The London School of Journalism courses

...Your work will receive constructive, balanced critiques to help you learn and grow as a writer. If ten ass. Suitable for: If you are dedicated...

...as well as covering the legal and ethical aspects required. Course Syllabus: Lesson 1: Starting Out in Journalism The myths and realities, responsibilities...

...A brief look at the way in which the British Press has evolved and an analysis of different categories of newspapers and magazines. Ten key elements which...

...Writing Features Exploring the difference in approach required for a features article. Focusing on the importance of interviews in features writing...

...Learning the basic guidelines for producing articles for publication. Assessment tasks include: Comparing different newspaper and magazine outlets Outlining...

...may affect your ability to get your work published. Assessment tasks include: Identifying personal aims, skills and experience Researching potential markets...

...the 'Short' version of the course, if they wish, which eliminates three freelance writing modules. Course Syllabus: Introduction to content creation...

...Fair comment, malice and slander are explained, along with the risks and implications of mistaken identity. Assessment tasks include: Reviewing passages...

...Your tutor will be a professional cartoonist and will be on hand to answer your questions and provide advice. A love of cartooning and its various forms...

...McNae's Essential Law for Journalists can be purchased from most good bookshops or from Amazon.co.uk . Those students who enrol online, or from overseas...

...Creating openings that work. Lesson 8 - Dramatisation Make your style fit the story. Create drama - and hold the readers attention. Making your readers...

...there is one story strand for you to manage not several and there's no room for a throng of characters. Successful fiction writing normally depends... Learn about: Story Writing...

...are being dreamed up all the time. Your tutor will help you to work out what kind of romantic fiction will be right for you, and will guide and encourage...

...a structure you will be able to create a work plan based on goals and targets set for writing your novel. Lesson 10 - Getting Published How to look for an agent or publisher...

...It takes all sorts. Lesson 11 - Achievements and accomplishments Your ideas. Family traditions. Lesson 12 - Children Inventions. Digging up your memories...

...months Many people assume that the art of writing for children need not be learnt - after all, parents are able to hold the attention of their children...

...Our professional tutors will help perfect your style and choice of theme, to deepen your awareness of metre and rhyme, and to use the natural rhythms...

...Numbers, fractions and dates. Prefixes and suffixes. A special note about the apostrophe. Exercises include rewriting a passage with correct punctuation...

...Suitable for: This course is suitable for those who wish to be at ease with the language of the business world, and for those planning for a business career in the future...

...designed to bring out some of the most important and interesting aspects of the texts you have read, and in the ninth you will be invited to write an essay...