News Editing: Introduction

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News editing is about journalism - news lists, diaries and planning. It's also about management and people skills.

This course covers all journalistic aspects of being a news editor, as well as equipping you for a managerial role and developing your people skills.

The course also looks at you as a manager and how you can become a really effective team leader.

Pre-Course Requirements

You need no previous news editing experience to attend this course.

• Your coverage
  • How to plan news coverage for a magazine or newspaper
  • Identifying weak areas of coverage
  • Turning a story round for your publication
  • Dealing with late-breaking stories
  • Ensuring you have a steady flow of story ideas presented to you
  
  The news editor's role on your publication
  • What is expected of you as news editor?
  • Defining your role
  • A look at you as leader and manager
  • Managing your time effectively
  
  Budgets
  • How to win a realistic budget
  • How to stick to that budget
  
  Getting the most from your team
  • How to ensure you have a clear understanding of the skills, abilities, problems and concerns of each member of your team
  • How to ensure they trust and value you as their leader
• Forward planning
  • How to make sure your know what story generating diary events are coming up and that you have them covered
  • How to anticipate news
  • Controlling the diary and choosing the right reporter
  • Deciding which stories to cover
  
  Commissioning a detailed brief
  • How to get what you want from reporters, feature writers and photographers
  • How to handle the situation if you don't get the story you want
  
  Editing copy
  • When should you edit a piece of unsatisfactory copy yourself and when should you hand it back for additional work?
  • Editing a news piece effectively
  
  Keeping ahead of rivals
  • Keeping reporters keen and sharp
  • The role of the news meeting
  • Finding off-diary stories
  
  Questions and answers