The basic rules of journalism are below:
- Ask as many questions as possible to make your research comprehensive and get the essential information
- Keep digging further to uncover more aspects of the story
- Read extensively to improve your language skills
- Be mindful of spelling and grammatical errors
- Learn about the style of the publication you are pitching to or writing for
- Network well to advance in your career
- It may seem tempting to distort the facts to make the story juicy, but stick to the facts
- Look for as many sources as possible to testify the facts