Advanced News-writing

Course content:

For experienced news reporters. A look at the quality and quantity of your news-writing, plus fresh ideas on sources for stories. Includes:

- Finding stories when there seems nothing to write about
- Getting more from seminars, exhibitions, press conferences, the web, visits and foreign trips
- Getting the tough stories and working round problems
- Practical news gathering exercises with in-depth debrief in copy clinic format
- Writing quickly and accurately
- The lighter touch
- The legal side
- Coaching junior reporters

Not for: Those who have been writing news for under two years