Who is this course for?
This course has been developed for those starting out in the reporting and news-gathering trades. We have found it is particularly popular among those who have come from a specialist background but without direct experience of journalism.
Introduction to Journalism and Reporting Skills covers:
- basic reporting topics such as research and collecting information;
- handling press conferences and finding stories in press releases;
- how to approach interviews;
- access and obstruction;
- cold-calling and door-stepping;
- building contacts and networks;
- an outline of journalistic regulations and media law, and;
- and theories of news values and looks at the opening steps in shaping and writing news reports.
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