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| Duration: | Two Days | ||||||||||||||||||
| Public Course: | £595 + VAT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Individual tuition: | £990 + VAT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Times: | 10am - 4.30pm | ||||||||||||||||||
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Feature Writing: Introduction
This course covers the news writing and news gathering skills which every writer needs to master before they can become a competent feature writer. It also covers features ideas, how to ensure you follow an editors brief, how to research your subject thoroughly, how to identify the best interviewees and get the best quotes and how to decide which style of feature it should be.
Who should attend
This course is for anyone who needs to write features in the course of their work - including press officers, publicity officers, contributors to in-house journals and magazine and newspaper journalists.
Key Topics
Different feature formats
Finding good feature ideas
How to research them
The essentials of good English
Structuring a feature
How to interview and get the right quotes
Law for journalists
How to meet deadlines
Course Content
| Introduction The difference between a news story and a feature How to construct a feature Different feature formats: the Inverted Triangle vs the Diamond and other formats Developing a nose for finding good features subjects and how to research them How to turn good ideas into good features How to decide what features will work best How to research a feature Using the web and other published sources, archives, organisations and individuals to best develop your ideas How to spot ideas in other sources that were not intended to offer feature options The essentials of good English and the secrets of structuring a feature Grammar and spelling Sentence and paragraph construction Different structures and formats for features Feature styles How to get the right start Organising elements in the most logical and interesting way Finding a good ending How to interview and get the right quotes Preparing for an interview Deciding who to interview Ensuring you are well-briefed Gaining your subjects confidence Deciding when to use direct quotes When to convert information into reported speech Law for journalists Deformation Contempt of court Privacy laws How to meet deadlines Setting realistic deadlines Tips and tricks on how to make feature editors happy |