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How to be a Journalist - The Complete Guide to Journalism 

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How to be a Journalist - The Complete Guide to Journalism
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Overview

All you need to know to become a freelance journalist or staffer and get paid for what you write

Duration

3 hours

Total fee

649

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

How to be a Journalist - The Complete Guide to Journalism
 at 
UDEMY 
Highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • 3 hours on-demand video
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Assignments
  • 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
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How to be a Journalist - The Complete Guide to Journalism
 at 
UDEMY 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • This course is for anyone who wants to be a journalist
  • The course is also an excellent refresher for all journalists
What are the course deliverables?
  • What is a journalist?
  • What is news?
  • Who, what, where, when, why, how?
  • The news intro or lead
  • Building your story
  • Headlines
  • Quotes in depth
  • Apostrophies
  • Accuracy
  • Fact, opinion or both
  • How to plan and set up interviews
  • Getting the interview
  • The confident interview
  • Getting people to talk
  • The different types of interviews
  • Getting the facts right
  • Keep your words to yourself
  • When things don't go according to plan
  • No comment and off the record
  • What is a feature?
  • The importance of word count
  • Pictures with your story
  • Specialist reporting
  • What is media law and why do you need to know
  • The basics of media law and privacy
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More about this course
  • At the end of the course learner will be able to confidently go out and pitch real stories to editors, and they will listen because they know learner can write

How to be a Journalist - The Complete Guide to Journalism
 at 
UDEMY 
Curriculum

How to be a journalist - the complete guide

Introduction

What is a journo?

What is a journalist?

Writing news

What is news?

Who, what, where, when, why, how

The news intro or lead

Building your story

Headlines

Quotes in depth

Apostrophes

Accuracy

Quick Quiz

Assignment

How have you done?

Lecture 16: Assignment - how to write a story

Lecture 17: Assignment - How have you done?

Interviews

How to plan and set-up interviews

The confident interview

Getting people to talk

The different types of interview

Getting the facts right

Keep your words to yourself

When things do not go according to plan

No comment and off the record

Summary

Feature writing5

What is a feature?

The importance of word count

Pictures with your story

Specialist reporting

Quick Quiz

Media Law

What is media law and why you need to know

The basics and privacy

Contempt of court

Slander and libel

Defamation

In the public interest

Court reporting

Quick Quiz

Assignment - interview

How have you done?

Pitching story ideas

Who does what?

Style guide

What you need to know before you pitch

The pitch

Getting paid

What next?

What next?

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