{"id":10457,"date":"2013-10-08T10:22:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T23:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?page_id=10457"},"modified":"2019-03-09T11:05:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T00:05:50","slug":"fibs-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/fibs-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"The No Fibs basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>No Fibs<\/em> welcomes anyone who would like to try their hand at citizen journalism.<\/p>\n<p>We ask two things:<\/p>\n<p>1. That our citizen journalists (CJs) agree to abide by the <a title=\"MEAA Journalists\u2019 Code of Ethics\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/meaa-journalists-code-ethics\/\">MEAA code of ethics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. That our CJs are genuinely interested in applying themselves to the craft of journalism, which in the 21st century means a level of self-sufficiency, some basic skills in the use of social media and WordPress, and an eye for detail.<\/p>\n<p>This means understanding, respecting and recognising the importance of the following basic principles:<\/p>\n<p>* There is a difference between fact and opinion<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Everyone has an agenda (this is neither a positive or negative statement. It&#8217;s vital you are aware of the subtle &#8211; or not so subtle &#8211; influences on your work)<\/p>\n<p>* Accuracy\u00a0is fundamental to your credibility and your reputation<\/p>\n<p>* Assumptions\u00a0are the greatest danger to your reporting<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Fibs welcomes anyone who would like to try their hand at citizen journalism. We ask two things: 1. That our citizen journalists (CJs) agree to abide by the MEAA code of ethics. 2. That our CJs are genuinely interested in applying themselves to the craft of journalism, which in the 21st century means a [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3t0mw-2IF","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}