News-writing
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Days
Suitable for: Newcomers to reporting and those with only a very basic knowledge. Also invaluable for those in public relations and others who want to improve their writing skills for print or online.
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Course programme
For newcomers to news reporting and those with only a basic knowledge. Invaluable for those in public relations and others who want to improve their writing skills, whether print or online.
What news is, identifying stories and writing them for different readerships. The workshop involves plenty of practical work with individual attention and assessment. Includes:
- Finding news, especially off-diary stories
- Researching and planning
- Story structure, with particular emphasis on intros
- The pyramid, and other techniques
- Interviewing for a news story
- Giving life to dull press releases
- Writing news stories from reports and exhibitions
- The differences in online and print news
Not for: Experienced news reporters or feature writers
News-writing