PMA Media Training courses

...either online or in print. Those who want to improve their reporting and writing skills. You should have been writing news stories regularly for at least six months...

...contract publishers and design companies. Improving writing, editing and design of house journals, newsletters or intranets. Includes an individual coaching...

...Final Cut Pro 6. Also video professionals with some video editing experience who wish to become an Apple Certified Pro Level 1 in FCP. Hands on discovery...

...News and feature reporters working in competitive areas, where off-diary stories and original approaches are a vital part of the publication. For...

...features and formats - Selecting appropriate resolutions - Resizing and cropping image area - Adding and formatting text within an image - Tools palette...

...Maximising event coverage - Research and evaluation - The principles of planning and an introduction to wider PR techniques Those with more than 18 months' experience...

...Finishing and final output - Hands-on practical exercises throughout Course includes textbook. Apple Prometric text fee is an extra £27+VAT)...

...How to price a financial asset - Your right of access to annual or creditors' meetings - Writing summaries or stories from lists of figures...

...Preparing your output for printers - Getting the specification right - Printing methods: sheet-fed and web-fed presses, ink and paper, print finishing...

...This course is for n ews reporters who work in digital and online media. Content : Why a different approach is required to write for mobile...

...For any organisation or individual who want to engage with a wider audience to improve their content marketing. What to put in your blog to keep it topical...

...Sharpening your interpretation of financial jargon International currency flows Quantitative easing: why governments print money How central banks...

...Suitable for: Those who have to write as part of their jobs, but need confidence to boost their written English skills. Those who have to write as part of their...

...Course content: Invaluable for all those who want to keep their websites topical with news information to attract search engines. Covers what news...

...and wants to learn how to go about it cost-effectively and professionally. This course gives you practical skills and knowledge to devise and apply a survey...

...and how to interpret them - The meaning of different ratios and valuations - How to handle price-sensitive information - Accounting jargon, such as EBIT and EBITDA...

...HTML, PNG, Word and RTF - Convert HTML pages to PDF and embed media and appearance - Setting Distiller (PDF maker) job options for conversion – general fonts...

...how it integrates with other design tools. It covers vector and bitmap images, work with layers, build buttons, add rollovers, slice images...

...Text and styles – how to work tidily and fast - Text automation and working with tables - Hiding, rejecting and accepting changes – ensuring consistency...

...Understanding consistency and simplicity - Using colour and content effectively - Using and cropping pictures - Copy flow and proportions - Practical layout exercises...