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Common points
Headlines on all varieties of stories Reuters tales filed from Lynx Editor software should be no more than about sixty four characters including the headline tags, as some Thomson Reuters merchandise can not handle longer headlines. Lynx Editor software program will flip characters read after the 64th character as a warning that your headline may be too lengthy.
ALL stories besides Alerts will need to have a slug
ALL stories, together with Tables, Factboxes and many others should be filed in a single web page (or take”) besides in cases of extreme size (e.g. a TEXT merchandise or Diary) the place there are system limitations. The downstream publishing system used by Reuters has a ten,000-character limit per document. This interprets right into a maximum web page length of a hundred and fifty-one hundred sixty linesin Lynx Editor or about 1500 phrases. Content longer than this may increasingly have to be break up into two "takes" for publishing. When reopening such a narrative to publish the second "take", use precisely the identical slug but add an =2, =three and so forth to the headline.
Contents
Spot story
Slug: XXX-YYY/
The essential spot information story is the mainstay of the Reuters file. Write it quickly, clearly and easily. Say what occurred and why we're reporting it, in language that is straightforward to translate into a number of the different languages through which Reuters publishes. Remember Reuters core values of accuracy, equity and speed.
To enable regional modifying desks to publish the story quickly, reporters ought to be sure that all the fundamental journalistic questions are answered. Who? What? When? The place? Why? And so what?
Sourcing ought to be clear. No reader should be pressured to ask how does Reuters actually know this?
All tales should embody some context to clarify the significance of the story. Why does this matter? What are the consequences or what will occur subsequent? Put the news in context so readers can understand its significance, utilizing quotes, coloration and background.
A full of life, well-contexted and self-contained spot story is often all that's needed. Keep the story to about four hundred words and don't update unless there are important new details so as to add.
If the story is up to date, the primary version of the story ought to stay on the screen. The Replace, if any, would carry a unique Unique Story Quantity. Any additional Updates would change the earlier Update in the sequence, however the first story should not be changed.
Sidebar
SLUG: XXX-XXX/YYY (wild slug)
A Sidebar is a spot story that's filed as a companion piece to a operating trunk” story or sequence of updates on breaking news. It might be a related Alert and Newsbreak or a fundamental spot information story. It could cowl reaction or another development linked with a serious working story. It might be a shade story, or a historical or scene piece. Format and writing are the same as for the basic spot information story except that it may be attainable only to sketch in the context and background. Any Sidebar should use the slug of the trunk story plus an extra identifier e.g. THAILAND-AUTOMOBILES/RESPONSE-
The tabular format or bullet points might also be thought-about as an choice when you're planning sidebar remedy of a story. Sidebars usually are not normally up to date.
Curtainraisers or Previews
Headline tag: PREVIEW
Slug: XXX-XXX (PREVIEW)
Topic Code: PRE
Curtainraisers or previews by definition are written forward of set-piece occasions - meetings, visits, elections, trials, earnings, speeches and so on. They should carry the PREVIEW tag in the headline and (PREVIEW) after the slug. In addition to relevant matter codes for display shoppers, they are also filed with a PRE story format subject code.
Previews give readers a head begin and provide you with a foundation on which to construct your story, and thus get it printed quicker, when the information happens. If they're written in a newsworthy style, they stand an opportunity with readers. Otherwise, purchasers are fairly content material to get the programmatic data (what, when, where, who, for a way long) from our diaries and outlooks or from a factbox or particular advisory listing dates and occasions. So the essential message is, there is no such thing in Reuters as a routine curtainraiser or preview. If your preview goes to learn like an prolonged diary entry, then drop it. Do not do a preview if no discernible news goes to emerge from the occasion. In all instances, seek the advice of your regional desk about your plans, including when to file.
A preview should often be filed 2-3 days before the event and inform the story in no more than about four hundred words. However, there may be interest by media purchasers in tales filed overnight to set up something that's going to happen through the coming 24 hours.
In a single day tales
No special tags or slugs. An "overnighter" is a method to restart a serious ongoing story with a write by way of for the following information cycle by adding a ahead trying aspect. It ought to be reserved for a story that is more likely to appear on a top news page or the world news schedule. While Reuters is a 24-hour information service, there can be value in an overnighter for purchasers in the subsequent major regional time zone additionally. One risk for an "overnighter" is to jot down a extra analytic piece answering the "what next?" question. In all instances, seek the advice of your regional modifying desk on when one is required. An overnighter takes its own USN.
Instantaneous View
Slug: XXX-XXX/ (INSTANTANEOUS VIEW)
Matter Code: INVU
Named Merchandise Code: Some regular INSTANTS take a named item code.
INSTANT VIEWS or ANALYSTS VIEWS are designed to supply shoppers with rapid reaction from analysts and main decision makers to a big political or monetary breaking news story or expected occasion equivalent to a serious financial indicator release in a bullet point format.
They should carry the headline tag INSTANTANEOUS VIEW or ANALYST VIEW and should carry a slug (e.g. AUSTRALIA-FINANCES/VIEW (INSTANT VIEW)).
They often begin with a dateline and quick note describing the occasion or knowledge being analysed. That is adopted by a sequence of direct quotes from analysts or determination makers in reaction to the occasion or financial or corporate data simply revealed.
Write the NAME, TITLE, ORGANISATION and GEOGRAPHIC LOCATOR of every commentator in UPPER CASE per case ABOVE his/her quote, separated by commas.
INSTANT VIEWS might be up to date, as a normal story can be, however with out the UPDATE tag, as every new entry is added.
The first IMMEDIATE VIEW on financial or monetary information should attain screens within quarter-hour of the event and the sequence must be accomplished within half-hour. In case you have attention-grabbing views from analysts which can be worth filing separately but which had been obtained over a number of hours change the headline tag to ANALYSTS' VIEW.
The PROMPT VIEW should look one thing like this:
PROMPT VIEW 1- Ruritania industrial manufacturing rises
Oct 1, (Reuters) - Ruritania industrial manufacturing rose 1.four p.c in August from July, more than expected and reinforcing a view amongst analysts that rates of interest could rise quickly. Manufacturing was 9.2 % higher within the year by way of August, in contrast with a 7.eight % rise in the yr by July.
Key factors
Ruritania statistics official says sturdy auto manufacturing boosted August output
Analysts say data cements the case for a price rise at November central financial institution meeting
Commentary:
JOHN Q. PUNDIT, ANALYST, AFFLUENT BANK, RURITANIA: We thought the number was on the excessive facet and it definitely means the central financial institution will wish to tighten at the next meeting.”
JOE H. MONEYMAKER, TRADER, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, RURITANIA: This clearly shows that the financial system is firing on all cylinders. Ruritania rates of interest will clearly be going up again now.: The auto numbers present that client demand is exhibiting no sign of easing. : The central bank will need to take action earlier than later.”
Market Reaction:
Greenback at 8.70 ruros vs. 8.95 before information. Ruro gets rapid enhance from elevated hypothesis of an imminent rate of interest rise.
Hyperlinks:
For extra knowledge, the Ruritania statistics Website online is =misc
For all ruro news and information, 3000 Xtra users can click on on:
Background:
The Ruritania economy has been growing at a 6-eight p.c price for the past few years and analysts say this is unsustainable if the central bank is to satisfy its inflation goal
Apart from retail gross sales, a lot of the past two months financial figures have come in on the excessive aspect of expectations. ((Ruritania newsroom +123 456 7890))
Highlights
Headline tag: HIGHLIGHTS
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (HIGHLIGHTS)
Matter Code: HLGT
The Highlights format is an effective option to get key quotes and information to clients throughout a fast-shifting news occasion, reminiscent of the unveiling of a government budget, a financial policy news conference or worldwide coverage occasions such because the G7/IMF conferences. It gets information to clients quickly with out forcing them to scan a number of small stories. As a substitute of submitting urgents after alerts, the alerts are coated with an XREF line which directs purchasers to the HIGHLIGHTS field which is updated several occasions.
This format shouldn't be confused with World News Highlights, that are summaries of the top political and basic information tales produced several instances a day, typically by editing desks, sometimes mechanically.
The Highlights format can be used when people speak at different instances, comparable to finance ministers at a excessive-degree assembly. Subscribers find direct quotes very worthwhile. Highlights will not be necessarily an alternative to a story. If there's a key news improvement, break it out into an pressing. Reporters ought to seek the advice of the relevant editing desk upfront if they suggest to use the Highlights format, and take the desk's guidance on when to jot down the story.
For Example
12:forty nine 18Jul13-HIGHLIGHTS-Bernanke's Q&An affidavit to Senate panel
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Beneath are highlights from the question and reply session of a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifying on financial coverage and the U.S. financial system. Bernanke repeated the prepared testimony he delivered on Wednesday to the Home Monetary Providers Committee.
BERNANKE ON DATA SINCE JUNE MEETING; POTENTIAL SEPTEMBER CHANGE TO QE:
"The June FOMC meeting was only some weeks in the past. There have been some information points since then and...they've been mixed. So I believe it's approach too early to make any judgment. We'll obviously evaluation the info and what we're looking for is a decide-up because the yr progresses." "One of the causes that the economy has been so sluggish in the early a part of 2013 is due to fiscal elements. It's hard to judge how lengthy these components will last. But when the economy begins to maneuver beyond that point and financial restraint turns into considerably much less pronounced then we should always see as you stated a decide-up in development."
BERNANKE ON REFORMING MORTGAGE MARKET:
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PRODUCTION:
Utilizing HIGHLIGHTS throughout a dwell information convention is fast and effective however labor intensive. One particular person recordsdata the alerts, with a second individual checking. You may need at least three people to supply quotes, relying on the event. An editor compiles and files the HIGHLIGHTS field of quotes; and recordsdata XREF's to the snaps.
Change the USN frequently in an extended sequence of snaps, in order that if there's a correction, the whole sequence doesn't must be repeated.
Snaps are coated by an XREF line, which permits subscribers to entry the rolling HIGHLIGHTS via a double-click field. Arrange the format nicely in advance. Textual content ought to describe the event the place the person was talking and provide a click via to the USN of the Highlights field. For instance: "For quotes from Mr. Large's speech before the Large Business Affiliation on Tuesday, Feb 31, please double click on ID:nxxxxxxxxx (USN). File WITH OUT a headline.
Use the HIGHLIGHTS headline tag and provides the item a slug with (HIGHLIGHTS) in brackets.
Publish the first model of the HIGHLIGHTS field as quickly as attainable. File updates to the same USN with R to overwrite earlier variations.
Insert new info at the top, saying "NEWEST QUOTES".
Attempt to keep the extra essential news at the high of the "NEWEST QUOTES" section
Capitalise sub heads; the shorter the higher.
Clean it up when the occasion ends to place crucial data on the high and take away "THIS MERCHANDISE CAN BE UPDATED"
Watch size, with one hundred thirty traces the utmost for one take.
Quotes: be selective. Concentrate on the key quotes moderately than trying to offer a whole transcript. If the speaker is responding to a question then embody the query when it's essential to provide context.
Interview
Headline tag: INTERVIEW
Slug: XXX-XXX (INTERVIEW)
Matter Code: INTER
Interviews with choice makers and other people within the information are an necessary a part of the Reuters file and assist our popularity by conveying exclusivity. We should always reserve using INTERVIEW in the slugline and headline tag for substantive interviews with topics of note and not debase it by applying it to accounts of a few questions shouted at someone in a scrum of reporters.
It is important to arrange nicely for an interview and to advise Reuters photographers and videographers, which may wish to do the identical interview. The story should be bylined and say the interview subject told Reuters” or stated in an interview”.
Outstanding interviews with main figures may use the UNIQUE tag, which is reserved for tales of exceptional significance which can be obtained solely by Reuters.
Strong interviews of major importance might also be reported after the story has been written as a TEXTUAL CONTENT of Q&A excerpts. This item ought to repeat all of the quotes, with questions, utilized in the principle story and may carry additional questions and solutions. The questions and answers ought to be written with a view to give the reader a sense of the complete interview.
Given the set piece nature of interviews that are usually scheduled prematurely, the INTERVIEW format is not usually updated. If an interviews topic discloses breaking information although you may need to file an Alert or Pressing sourcing the news to an interview with Reuters, and then write up the full interview later under the INTERVIEW tag without further update.
Newsmaker/Obituary
Headline tag: NEWSMAKER
Slug: XXX-YYY/ZZZ (NEWSMAKER)
Topic Code: NMKR
Headline tag: OBITUARY
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (OBITUARY)
Matter Code: OBIT
A profile of a newsmaker is usually written as a sidebar to a topical news peg. We use the tag NEWSMAKER within the headline and in brackets in the slugline. Aim for not more than 500 phrases (50 lines in Lynx Editor), making clear high up why this person is within the information. An OBITUARY is in impact a Newsmaker written when the topic has died.
The Newsmaker/Obitiary must be a self-contained pen-portrait. Subjects could also be main figures in politics, enterprise, sport, arts and leisure, science and different fields. Goal for comprehensiveness. Personal particulars are essential, as are exact dates. The highest half of a profile ought to contain a concise summary of the details of the subject's declare to fame, with a minimal of biographical detail. The remainder of the profile ought to assessment his or her profession chronologically. Assume coloration and outline.
Bureaux should hold Newsmaker profiles and Obituaries on outstanding personalities on file and with the regional desk. They're typically needed rapidly. Preserving the store usually updated helps when the pressure is on.
Witness
No special subject code.
A Witness story is a primary-person account by a Reuters journalist of an occasion or experience or an event with which he/she has been intently associated, usually as an eye fixed-witness. Many of our staff experience extraordinary and strange things in the midst of their reporting. Their work gives them distinctive views on other human beings and their conduct. These things are all the stuff of Witness stories. They are individual accounts of experiences and are an opportunity for the author to precise personality, feeling and engagement. They are not vehicles for prejudice or partisanship although. Reuters requirements of accuracy and equity apply. Reuters journalists working for text, image, video and on-line providers have all written Witness pieces. They're slugged WITNESS-XXX/, start with the headline tag WITNESS, and are accompanied by an Advisory giving some background on the creator and his or her story. They should be illustrated by a picture of the author and ideally by footage acceptable to the subject material. All Witness stories needs to be discussed with regional editors, who will supervise their production.
Brights or Odds
SLUG: XXX-XXX/ (ODD)
Subject Code: ODD
A vivid” or odd” is a story that we report above all as a result of it is funny, quirky or bizarre. A bright” may additionally be poignant or unhappy and invariably entails folks. It's the form of story we would not trouble overlaying if the main points weren't so uncommon. Such stories lighten our file, are enjoyable to put in writing and are welcomed by shoppers. They should carry the ODD slug and matter code.
Typically, arduous news stories comprise parts that happen to be bizarre or uncommon however we write these stories for extra severe causes. The first claim to have created a cloned human being came from a company, Clonaid, which is linked to a group that believes aliens cloned the first humans. That is weird, however it is not why we covered the story. These stories aren't brights” and shouldn't carry the ODD slug or subject code.
The best brights” just about write themselves. If you need to agonise over the first paragraph, the possibilities are that the story doesn't make it. Chances are you'll need a catchy headline and neat turn of phrase to promote” the story, but do not strain for impact. Good brights” are almost always so humorous, unusual, poignant or offbeat that they can be instructed straight without heavy use of adjectives and adverbs. Most good brights” will be informed in about 300 words, a decent amount of house in any newspaper or on any Web page. They work finest with a telling quote and humorous element.
Brights” should be correctly sourced and must be tasteful. Earlier than writing your vivid”, ask yourself whether or not it can curiosity a overseas reader. Some offbeat stories solely work in a given culture or language.
Evaluation
Headline tag: EVALUATION
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (ANALYSIS)
Matter Code: ANV
We must analyze information because it happens, making evaluation a part of breaking news. Normally this involves adding some context to explain the importance of the news and attainable future developments. Data customers are below increasing strain to take a view on occasions as soon as they occur so what's prone to happen within the close to future is commonly as essential for purchasers as what has just occurred.
Nevertheless, a separate stand-again take a look at a trend or development could take the ANALYSIS tag and examine what is likely to happen next and what affect it's going to have. It should be an informative, in-depth take a look at an issue. It ought to normally have a spot news hook, or at the very least be topical.
However an EVALUATION isn't meant as a automobile to break information and consequently is just not normally updated. Breaking information that relates to an EVALUATION ought to be handled using the Breaking News story codecs - Pressing, Replace etc - with links embedded within the text to the earlier ANALYSIS
(For the PERCEPTION format see Particular Studies and Enterprise Reporting. A bit with the headline tag PERCEPTION is a brief special report and should reveal one thing that our readers didn't know. INSIGHT pieces must be more than a roundup of stories mixed with a survey of consultants. )
An Evaluation stems from the writer's authority and expertise within the topic space however is just not a vehicle for personal view (see COLUMN). It ought to pursue an angle or line of argument and the argument should be supported by information or knowledge and quotes from named authoritative sources. An Evaluation must acknowledge either side of an argument even when the conclusion comes down squarely on one side or the other. When analyzing investment points, an Evaluation should use financial metrics akin to valuation measures and historical efficiency in addition to quote specialists within the subject.
An Analysis must be no more than about 800 or eighty strains in Lynx Editor.
Pitch concepts for analyses to your editor before you start work. An Analysis should not be written with out prior approval from a regional specialist editor or his/her deputy.
Dealtalk
Named Item Code: DEALTALK/
DEALTALK is an information evaluation story format that gives particulars and perception on capital raisings, reminiscent of initial public choices, or secondary fairness issues, or mergers and acquisitions.
DEALTALK can be an outlet for tales about developments in an ongoing transaction. It should be nicely-sourced additional information about the actual story behind a deal.
We should write DEALTALK in a brilliant tone, noting views and counter views. Named sources are sometimes tough to find during mergers and acquisitions but, even when sources are unnamed, these stories must be defensible by being based on a number of authoritative sources as single unnamed sources can be unreliable. Deal makers have agendas and vested pursuits also so we need to be cautious of banker spin.
All DEALTALKs should use the DEALTALK named item code, and embrace a line on the high: ((For more Reuters DEALTALKs, click on DEALTALK/ )).
DEALTALK should also be used instead of the previous and barely used IPOVIEW headline tag and related Named Merchandise Code IPOVIEW/ given shoppers are sometimes unaware of IPOVIEW.
Moves
Topic Codes: INVB, BISV, BACT
Brief objects about transfer of key folks between banks and brokerages.
Feature
Headline tag: FEATURE
Slug: XXX-YYY (CHARACTERISTIC)
Subject Code: FEA
A narrative that takes the FUNCTION tag is an perception into a pattern or a difficulty or character. It should be accompanied by illustrative materials akin to a picture, graphic, video or factbox. It uses particular examples as an example that pattern or subject and puts them in a broad framework that allows the social, economic, company, or political implications to shine by way of, whether national or world. A function is actually cross-sectoral i.e. it ought to enchantment to anybody in a worldwide viewers of politically and financially aware readers.
A Function gives a correspondent the chance to report in depth and against a more relaxed deadline. Options should be properly sourced, correct and truthful like all Reuters story. Readability is the key and often includes including color by means of telling particulars, vignettes, quotes and context, rather than heavy use of adjectives and adverbs.
A feature could profit from the use of an anecdotal, scene setter, exemplar, question, or even a quote introduction.
A function needs to be no more than about 800 phrases or about eighty lines in Lynx Editor.
Feature writers SHOULD make sure that they have approval for an outline of the story from a regional or specialist editor before continuing. Editors should help organize visual or different material to enrich a function in ways that make it notably useful to internet based mostly purchasers.
The phrase CHARACTERISTIC is the headline tag. The slugline should carry an addition in brackets categorizing the kind of Feature by essentially the most appropriate topic, e.g.:
(SCIENCE CHARACTERISTIC, IMAGE)
(POLITICAL CHARACTERISTIC, IMAGE)
(ENTERPRISE FUNCTION, PICTURE)
(SPORTS ACTIVITIES FEATURE, PICTURE)
Slug: XXXX-YYYY/ (SPECIALREPORT)
Subject Codes: SREP EREP
Named Item Code: PARTICULAR/
What does "enterprise reporting" imply? By enterprise journalism, we mean deeply reported tales, executed on our personal initiative, which in any other case would never come to gentle. Here's a sampling of the kinds of tales we're serious about: Investigative journalism - accountability or watchdog reporting; unique seems inside a subject now in the news - the true story behind the story; revealing profiles of the individuals who run the world; scoops of trend-recognizing and scoops of rationalization
How much time ought to an enterprise story take and how lengthy should or not it's? Some enterprise tales are quick-hit pieces that take just a day or two to pull off. Some are out-of-the-blue stories that take months.
Enterprise tales fluctuate in size but may run to journal length of about 2,000 words or 200 strains in Lynx Editor.
Enterprise tales which are fast hit items researched and written in a day or two can carry the INSIGHT headline tag and are generally not more than 800 words (eighty traces in Lynx Editor), but like full length SPECIAL EXPERIENCES ought to reveal something that our readers didn't know with unique reporting. INSIGHTS shouldn't be a roundup of reports mixed with a survey of consultants.
How do you get an enterprise story printed? First, talk over your concept with your bureau chief or editor-in-cost. In the event you both agree you may have a good suggestion, ship the Enterprise Editor a narrative pitch.
Send pitches to the e-mail distribution checklist referred to as Enterprise Pitches (EnterprisePitches@).
CC different reporters and editors who should know in regards to the mission.
Column
Slug: XXX-YYYY/ (COLUMN)
Subject Code: CLM
A Reuters column is a showcase for the experience and perception of seasoned journalists who use the format to convey recent perspectives and novel pondering to their space of specialist protection. Columns offer extra worth to our audiences by challenging assumptions, bringing clarity where there may be confusion and by casting doubt on comfy orthodoxies.
A column is opinion and is distinct from the remainder of the information file in that the creator is licensed to precise a point of view. Every must carry a disclaimer at the high, above the byline, making clear the views they contain usually are not those of Reuters.
They need to comprise a powerful argument that is properly reasoned and backed up with evidence. They should also be fair, acknowledging the existence of different arguments or viewpoints. They should not be politically or ideologically partisan, nor should they comprise invective. The column's argument should be such that if challenged it may be defended robustly and sensibly by the author.
As soon as appointed to cover a sector or topic columnists are free to resolve their very own subject material, however shut collaboration and session with a senior supervising editor is crucial. Since columns are the work of an individual, variations between them in tone and magnificence are welcome. Columns should only be written by dedicated columnists. The appointment of a columnist needs the approval of the Editor-in-Chief.
Material that is within the nature of opinion/editorial but written in a blog model, sometimes referred to as "service journalism" that gives readers suggestions about personal finance or other matters (e.g. "What it is advisable to know about....." or "You may think about these options etc" ) also needs to carry the slug XXXX-YYYY (COLUMN) or XXX-YYY (PRIVATE FINANCE) and the subject code CLM to allow software utilized by media purchasers to tell apart this material from arduous information.
Blogging
Blogging is an informal strategy to content material creation that has advanced in response to Internet users' need for a simple publishing tool giving most engagement with readers. Running a blog is by nature a flexible format and there are few guidelines governing its use. Reuters journalists blog to trigger discussions on topical issues, point to the most interesting material on a subject elsewhere on the Net, take readers behind the scenes of our news-gathering, solicit questions for interviews, and so as to add coloration, anecdote and angles that do not make it into our different story types. As well as, blogging is the simplest manner now we have of handling multimedia story-telling and some Reuters journalists produce video blogs, also known as ‘vlogs'.
A Reuters weblog should:
Link to external sites with related data
Monitor other blogs in the same space and try and construct reciprocal hyperlinks with them.
Tag posts so that they are simple for engines like google to search out.
Inject some character into the submit and embody observation and anecdote.
Make use of multimedia every time attainable and think about a submit's structure.
Credit the original source of all content embedded in posts.
Be sure that posts are seen by a second pair of eyes before publication.
Ask desks to place a link to their blog/publish on related tales.
A Reuters blog ought to NOT:
Be one-sided opinion. You're free to make observations, ask questions and make an argument, however blogging in Reuters isn't a license to vent partisan views or invective. You might be nonetheless sure by the Trust Rules of fairness and steadiness.
Respond in anger to feedback that seem on posts.
End each put up with the line, ‘inform us what you think'. In case you have a particular query for readers then ask it, otherwise let the feedback field do the give you the results you want.
Knowingly hyperlink to materials that infringes copyright.
Have the color and persona subbed out of the post.
Take an idea or perception from one other blog or web site without acknowledgement.
Reuters use of running a blog is continually evolving and up-to-date steerage on how blogs are being used is out there on the blogging wiki at
Diaries
Headline tag: DIARY
Slug:(DIARY)
Topic Code: DIARY
The Diaries Desk (now part of StreetEvents) assembles normal, political, central bank and corporate diaries from each its personal sources and in addition bureau diaries and Lynx NewsPlanner calendars into subject-matter diaries.
The Diaries desk manages the next diaries with the Named Item Codes listed under:
General/ political information events diaries: POL/DIARY, M/DIARY, EMRG/DIARY, D/DIARY, KEY/DIARY, CEN/DIARY, CEN/EMRG, EURO/BIZ, EUR/DIARY, VOTE/DIARY
Company events diaries: WEU/EQUITY, GB/FAIRNESS, EURO/DJSTX, CH/EQUITY, CEE/EQUITY, JAPANESE/SP, NSP500/WK, RESF/US, US/CCALLM, US/MEETM
All queries to Diaries Desk ought to be despatched to diaries@
Factbox
Headline Tag: FACTBOX
Slug: XXX-XXX (FACTBOX)
Matter Code: FBOX
A Factbox presents a option to present data clearly and comparatively. The format could vary in keeping with the subject matter however the important challenge is that they need to be quick, written primarily in bullet point kind and easy on the attention.
Primary normal news background factboxes on folks, nations and issues can normally run at a maximum of five key details. Other factboxes, for example on a corporate boardroom battle or complicated political procedure, could need to be carried out in a Q&A (Question and Reply) format.
Economic and financial news lends itself to a tabular format in the factbox, listing such points as market capitalisation, rate of interest progression and varied comparatives.
A factbox doesn't have location within the dateline but begins e.g. Could 6 (Reuters) -
The title of the person who compiled it and the placement must be within the signoff line at the backside
Chronology
Headline Tag: CHRONOLOGY
Slug: XXX-XXX (TIMELINE)
Subject Code: TMLN
A Chronology is a type of TIMELINE listing in chronological order occasions associated to a major information story. Keep entries to the necessities, normally no more than 10 key dates with a line or two on every. Clients want data they'll use, not the history of the world. Begin with the oldest information first.
A chronology doesn't carry a dateline however begins e.g. May 6 (Reuters) - The name of the one who compiled it and the location should be in the signoff line on the bottom of the merchandise.
Q&A
Headline tag: FACTBOX
Slug: XXX-XXX/ (FACTBOX)
Matter Code: FBOX
A Q&A format is a type of factbox used to elucidate sophisticated issues. It is a technique of highlighting our depth of understanding on newsworthy themes. This merchandise is what it says - a factbox in question and answer fashion.
They're:
written in bullet level codecs
can by bylined and datelined however don't have to be.
Instance:
USA-HILLARY/ (FACTBOX) Why does Hillary Clinton maintain working for president.
June 2 (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton has shrugged off calls to drop out of the U.S. Democratic presidential race and stated she will keep operating "until there is a nominee". Beneath are some questions and solutions on why she continues to be within the race, regardless of her rival Barack Obama showing to have an insurmountable lead.
State of affairs packing containers
Headline tag: FACTBOX
Slug: XXX-XXX (FACTBOX)
Matter Code: FBOX
A scenario format is a form of actbox used to throw a story ahead by describing what our correspondents assume are the potential outcomes of a crisis or scenario. The place potential they need to give some steering on the probability of each situation.
They're:
written in bullet factors
could be bylined and datelined however don't need to be.
Example:
THAI-CRISIS (FACTBOX) FACTBOX - Scenarios for the way the Thai political disaster might unfold
BANGKOK, Sept 1 (Reuters) - 1000's of protesters have been occupying Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's official compound since Aug. 26, vowing to remain till he and his elected authorities fall. Following are some situations for what would possibly happen next:
Snapshot
Headline tag: SNAPSHOT
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (SNAPSHOT)
No subject code
A SNAPSHOT is a versatile quick format for Eikon clients solely to summarize key numbers, facts or developments on breaking news or later developments on political, financial, corporate, markets or sports tales.
Usually in a bullet level format, it could listing key numbers, fundamental details, key quotes or latest developments and will include USN links or URL links to different reviews or graphics.
Unlike a TRANSIENT, a SNAPSHOT is compiled manually and may be used to cowl an alert or could stand alone.
It might be revealed by reporting teams and bureaus instantly, in contrast to a FACTBOX which is often a longer format that's usually revealed to both Eikon and media shoppers and normally benefits from editing by a regional desk.
Do not forget that a SNAPSHOT is meant only for Eikon or different Reuters proprietary merchandise and never media shoppers who who normally need a full textual content story.
Desk
No story sort topic code.
Tabular presentation after an Alert, whether of corporate outcomes, economic indicators, bond points or commodities knowledge, is often the quickest method to supply a specialist market the key numbers it wants.
A textual content Newsbreak is usually essential after the Desk is filed when a story is particularly newsworthy as media clients often do not get the desk. The identical applies to the automated TEMPORARY format, consisting of bullet points, typically used by Firm Information teams to cowl company earnings. Some Alerts of strictly specialist interest may be coated by a Desk and never require textual treatment, i.e. not every Alert needs to be lined by a full textual content Newsbreak. Like all stories, the Desk requires a slug.
The results of elections may additionally be filed as a Table both as soon as on the finish of the depend or often up to date all through the count relying on how necessary the vote is.
Guidelines for Tables:
Clearly label tables. Use the TABLE headline tag.
In Lynx Editor, click on on the Format tab within the header subject and use the Add Table button.
In Lynx Editor, place the cursor the place you want the desk to go and click on on the Add Table” button. Format the desk utilizing the dialog box.
Organise Tables logically and neatly.
A gap paragraph may define the contents and might generally shift phrases out of the tabular part and avoid muddle e.g. OPEC monthly oil output (in hundreds of thousands of barrels per day).”
Textual content
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (TEXT)
Topic Code: TXT
Purchasers usually wish to learn the text of a significant announcement or speech. We must always say within the lead paragraph whether or not it is a full or a partial text. Use TEXT (not FULL TEXT) as a headline tag.
If the original is in a language apart from English, say so, and whether that is an official or Reuters translation. It could be necessary to file a TEXT merchandise in multiple take” or web page. If this is obligatory, use the identical slug however add a page quantity to the headline of the item, preceded by an equal signal (e.g. TEXTUAL CONTENT-Ruritanian president =2”)
Sturdy interviews of major importance might also be reported after the story has been written as a TEXTUAL CONTENT of Q&A excerpts. This merchandise must repeat all of the quotes, with questions, utilized in the main story and should additionally carry extra questions and answers, which may be edited. The questions and answers should be written so as.
Timeline
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (TIMELINE)
Topic Code: TMLN
A Timeline is a form of sidebar itemizing in chronological order occasions associated to a serious information story. Keep entries to the necessities, normally no more than 10 key dates with a line or two on every. Prospects need data they'll use, not the historical past of the world. Start with the oldest info first.
A timeline has no dateline and begins with the date e.g. Might 6 (Reuters) -
The name of the person who compiled it and the placement should be in the signoff line at the bottom of the item.
High News summaries
Topic Code: PRIME, GLANCE, XREF
Prime News pages are the front web page” for a lot of of our desktop products resembling Eikon, Kobra, ThomonOne. They're among the most retrieved objects and offer an opportunity for us to highlight the principle tales, help purchasers with navigation and promote different components of the service.
Skilled information judgment is required when choosing headlines and arranging the running order. Intention for no more than 12 stories.
Senior editors should take accountability for Top News pages. All cross-references should work and take customers to the meant instrument or listing. Tales must be fastidiously selected and categorised clearly and sensibly, normally with probably the most important story first if not the most recent. An Analysis part needs to be used. Coding protocols have to be noticed.
Prime News Pages and Glances are often compiled utilizing Lynx Packager software program.
For examples of PRIME NEWS summaries, key in HIGH in your Reuters 3000Xtra/Kobra or Eikon.
Poll (Polling)
Headline tag: POLL
Slug: XXX-YYY (POLL)
Subject Code: RPOLL
Polling is a growth trade across the media, enjoying to the need to know what others are considering. Reuters polls are in style with our clients, serving to to strengthen the Reuters model. Only stories on Reuters polls ought to have the POLL tag and the word in brackets after the slug.
Each ballot story we run is an exclusive. Reuters produces polls on a variety of topics however usually they cover monetary market expectations. Once we report that an financial indicator or an organization outcome was above, below or consistent with expectations, how do we all know? As often as not it's as a result of a Reuters poll established the consensus view beforehand.
Polls linked to a set event in the future - announcement of firm results, publication of economic information, nation election and so on - should carry a PRE topic code as well as RPOLL. Polls on company earnings should take an EARNINGS BALLOT tag in the headline and in brackets after the slug.
Tips on how to poll:
Chose a subject. It may be short term, resembling economic knowledge due next week, or long term, corresponding to where analysts count on a stock index to end the 12 months. It does not have to be a pure numbers recreation. You would, as an illustration, ask analysts to charge the efficiency of your central bank governor or finance minister.
Set your questions. They must be clear, unambiguous and honest. Leading questions, aimed toward getting a pre-ordained answer, don't have any place in Reuters polls.
Find respondents. Ensure they're bona fide, know what they're talking about and are keen to take part.
Accumulate responses. This can be achieved by telephone, e-mail or fax. You may usually get responses out of analysts relatively easily but polling choice makers or celebrities is way more durable and time consuming.
Analyse the responses. Carry the numbers to life with tales. Get individuals to justify their forecasts or views. Establishing the consensus view, if there is one, ought to be the target. That can be completed in many ways similar to calculating a mean common or median forecast for next month's inflation rate. The median, the middle forecast in the event you line all of them up in a row, is often preferable to the imply because it's typically much less liable to distortion by forecasts which are way out of line. You must also publish the very best and lowest forecasts and the variety of forecasts. Another option is the mode, which is probably the most continuously cited response. Microsoft Excel can calculate all this for you.
Don't ignore the mavericks. This month's minority view can turn out to be next month's typical knowledge. Be careful for modifications in expectations; why do economists now anticipate an interest rate cut soon whereas last month they dominated one out?
Publish. Say when your poll was performed as timing can affect views. Was your interest rate survey taken earlier than or after the shock rise in inflation? The faster you publish, the less seemingly you may be overtaken by occasions. Run individual responses when potential as transparency is important to the credibility of our polls.
For those who need any assist in conducting or masking polls, give the Polling Unit a name on + forty four 20 7542 5223, or e-mail @
Overlaying other organisations' polls:
Public opinion polls are sometimes produced by respected organisations with no axe to grind however care still needs to be taken in reporting them. Different pollsters use different methods yielding different outcomes.
Watch out for the spin doctors: A lobby group might commission a ballot from a revered organisation but then present the results selectively to assist its trigger.
Voodoo polls: Watch out for surveys wherein contributors select themselves comparable to in cellphone-in TELEVISION polls and Web surveys. At greatest one side of an argument could feel extra passionately about a difficulty than the other, that means extra of them participate. At worst, organised interest groups may rig the result.
Be careful for commercially-motivated polls. A survey exhibiting that all men concern going bald by forty may be sponsored by the makers of a miracle hair restorer. We need to beware towards free plugs for the sponsors in such circumstances.
WIDER PICTURE
Wider Image tales are photo essays which spotlight the very best of Reuters photos. Sometimes they inform a selected story, generally, the main focus is on the beauty of the pictures. They're published as multimedia stories with photos, text and different mutimedia.
Wider Picture tales might be viewed on at , in addition to on Eikon.
FORMATTING WIDER IMAGE STORIES IN LYNX EDITOR
Slug: XXX-YYY/ (PIX) Headline tag: WIDER IMAGE-Xxxxx
The WIDER IMAGE headline tag is programmed into Lynx Editor and will pop up when you sort it within the headline tag area. That will even add PIX to the slug discipline in brackets, add G and YDB to the product code discipline, and add MTPIX and PXP to the subject code field.
Please be sure all Wider Picture textual content stories embody a URL hyperlink to the photograph story in the following three places: 1) Associated Content tab in Lynx Editor 2) Bullet point at the high of the story: Picture essay at three) On the finish of the story, add: Click on to see a related photograph essay
To get a link to the photograph story, or when you have different questions about Wider Image tasks, please e-mail London-Widerimage-Editors
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