Interfax, Russia's largest independent news agency, reveals the "inner workings" of the news production process. The book, which was originally created as an internal information standard, tells in detail how to write high-quality texts and release them first, how a journalist should always follow the principles of reliability, objectivity and independence. Using the examples of Interfax news, the authors of the manual describe in detail how to evaluate the importance of an event or statement, find the optimal format, formulate a lead, choose a "golden quote", conduct fact-checking and look for interesting details. The result of this work should be a text that answers the questions "what", "where", "when", "what does it mean and what will happen next", and as a result - giving a full disclosure of the topic. The book will be useful to those who work with intelligence - from students of journalism departments to reporters and PR specialists - as well as to anyone who wants to learn how to write professional news that meets the best industry standard.
