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| Duration: | Two Days | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Public Course: | £595 + VAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual tuition: | £990 + VAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Times: | 10am - 4.30pm | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Journalism: Introduction
This course is a comprehensive introduction to different types of writing for anyone who wants to fast track a career into journalism – whether you plan to be writing for magazines or newspapers, working in PR or contributing to house journals. This is a practical, results driven course covering news reporting, researching a story, feature writing, interview techniques, sub-editing and essential legal and privacy issues.
Who should attend
Anyone who is new to writing and wish to develop their skills to enable them to develop a career in Journalism
Key Topics
• Researching an article
• Different types of interview
• News reporting
• Feature writing
• Learning to Sub-edit
• Ethical and legal issues
Course Content
| Introduction to Journalism Conducting your research • The internet as a research tool • Traditional sources • What makes news and how to find it Interviewing • Face-to-face interviews • Telephone interviews • Interview techniques • The difficult interview • Extracting information • Spotting hidden agendas • The press conference News reporting • News writing • Working to media deadlines • News desk organisation • Writing press releases Feature writing • Understanding your audience • Rewriting for different audiences • Developing a feature • Writing excellent introductions • Selling your feature Sub-editing • On-screen subbing • Writing headlines • Effective use of quotes Ethics and legal issues • Privacy issues Questions and answers |