Course Title:

Journalism Introduction

Duration:

2 days

Prerequisites:

It is assumed that delegates will be writers wishing to improve skills

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Objectives:

This two-day course is the ideal preparation for anyone who wants to fast track 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

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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
Re-writing 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

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