What are the qualities of a good reporter?

        A good reporter should, first and most importantly, know how to listen and to observe. Second, a reporter needs to be curious about people and topics. Third, a reporter must be able to write, without bias or opinion (unless doing an opinion piece). Reporters must follow the ethics of journalism even if those convictions cause discomfort or inconvenience. Many reporters have gone to jail rather than to reveal a source, for example. Thus, reporters must also be confidants to their sources in a sense.Maybe as follows:

1. he should not be biased

2.he should write what he sees.

3. he should follow the ethics of journalism.

4. he should not mingle his own opinion in the story.

5. he should try to provide complete and authentic information.

6. he must have greatest sence of responsibilities.

7. hemust exercise care.

8. he must try to find all sides to a story.

9. he must not influence by fear or fabour.

What are the qualities of a paragraph?

The Qualities of a well written paragraph are:

1. Unity - is when a paragraph contains one single main idea.

2. Coherence - is when a sentence follow one another in such a way that the writer`s ideas are expressed in a clear logical manner without sudden shifts or gaps of thought.

        a. be arranging the details in logical order to avoid thought gaps.

        b. by using transitional devices or signals to link the thought sequence from one idea to the next.

3. Emphasis - is the principle of composition by means of which important ideas are made to stand.

4. Order - the quality that gives the paragraph a specific direction.

            - it guides the readers mind towards the point the writer wishes to make or directs the direct the reader towards the understanding of that point.