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Journalism: Introduction
Writing & Journalism Courses |
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Public scheduled course £595
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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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INTRODUCTION
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
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If you'd like to book by phone, or discuss your requirements;
 Courses provided by partners Media Training.
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