This resource is in support of the Third Edition of Writing for Broadcast Journalists by Tim Crook and Rick Thompson published in 2025 by Routledge.
See: Routledge Media Skills books
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The ABC Style Guide at: https://www.abc.net.au/about/abc-style-guide
Allen, John, The BBC News Styleguide, BBC Training and Development, 2003 Available online at the time of writing at http://www.peteburns.com/downloads/BBC%20news%20styleguide.pdf
BBC Academy. Learning resources for journalism students at: https://www.bbc.com/academy/learning-resources-for-journalism-students
Relevant BBC writing guides:
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Writing- A Guide to Simple Language at: https://bbcacademyfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/Writing%20for%20news/WritingwithimpactSimplelanguage/index.html#/page/5f0c48593584d52005586839
Writing- A Guide to Writing Tricks at: https://bbcacademyfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/Writing%20for%20news/WritingwithimpactWritingtricks/index.html#/page/5f0f1e5d3a6e6d0330edcf2e
Writing- A Guide to being engaging at: https://bbcacademyfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/Writing%20for%20news/WritingwithimpactBeingengaging/index.html#/page/5f2a955ba89ea830bd37c552
Writing features for the news website at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/writing-features-for-the-news-website/
Writing Radio Cues at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/radio-cues/
Television News- giving your story structure at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/tv-news-giving-your-story-structure/
TV News- writing your story at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/tv-news-writing-your-story-/
TV News- telling your story at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/tv-news-telling-your-story/
How to tell TV news stories. Frank Gardner at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/how-to-tell-tv-news-stories-frank-gardner/
BBC Editorial Guidelines online at: https://www.bbc.com/editorialguidelines/guidelines
BBC News style guide. The current style guide for all BBC News output includes details many of the rules of spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as issues of accuracy, fairness and impartiality. This is online at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/
BuzzFeed online style guide, Denzer, Bob ed., Updated 22nd February 2024 at: https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/buzzfeed-style-guide
BuzzFeed online UK style guide, Lewarne, Rory and Brennan, Lyle eds., Updated 24th June 2019 at: https://www.buzzfeed.com/rorylewarne/buzzfeed-uk-style-guide
Calver, Bob, Kemp, Diane, Ryder, Marcus, Everybody In – A Journalist’s Guide to Inclusive Reporting for Journalism Students, Birmingham City University and BJTC (Broadcast Journalism Training Council), 2019. Online at: https://bjtc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/everybodyinbook-copy.pdf
Centre for Policy Studies, Lexicon of Contemporary Newspeak, CPS, 2008 (The 2009 Lexicon: A Guide to Contemporary Newspeak 2nd Edition can be downloaded from https://cps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/111104155143-2009Lexicon.pdf
Marsh, David and Hodsdon, Amelia, Guardian Style: Third edition, London: Guardian Books, 2010. The Guardian and Observer style guide is online and regularly updated at: https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-a
England and Wales Ministry of Justice. Glossary of terms at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63c5647de90e074eefce155a/glossary-of-terms-large-print.pdf
JournalismAI at the London School of Economics See: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI Also ‘JournalismAI Starter Pack’ at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI/Starter-Pack
Judicial titles and modes of address: https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/what-do-i-call-a-judge/
NPR (National Public Radio, USA) NPR Style Guide at: https://training.npr.org/styleguide/
Newman, Nic, The Future of Voice and the Implications for News, Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2018. Available at: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-01/Newman%20-%20Future%20of%20Voice%20FINAL.pdf
Newman, Nic, Fletcher, Richard, Robertson, Craig T., Arguedas, Amy Ross, and Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis, Reuters Institute, Digital News Report 2024, Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2024. Available at: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/RISJ_DNR_2024_Digital_v10%20lr.pdf
Ofcom, News consumption in the UK: 2024, Research findings, London: The Office for Communications, 2024. Available at: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/research-and-data/tv-radio-and-on-demand-research/tv-research/news/news-consumption-2024/news-consumption-in-the-uk-2024-report.pdf?v=379621
Orwell, George, Politics and the English Language (Penguin Modern Classics) 20th Edition, London: Penguin, 2013. Also available online at: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/
Oxford English Dictionary and Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Main edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011 Online at: https://www.oed.com/information/about-the-oed
Reuters Handbook of Journalism Standards and Values 2015, appears as a pdf file on the website of the Media Reform Coalition at: https://www.mediareform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Reuters_Handbook_of_Journalism.pdf
Waterson, Jim, ‘Financial Times tool warns if articles quote too many men’, Guardian, 14 November 2018. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/14/financial-times-tool-warns-if-articles-quote-too-many-men