News Writing
- Course Fee: €249
- Distance Learning home study course.
- There are no lectures to attend, and all course materials are provided. Students are given ample time to complete a course and can start it at any time of the year that is convenient for them.
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Course Details:
his is a comprehensive journalism course which provides students with all the skills and techniques required to source and write news stories for print. It covers various aspects, for example: how and where to source news stories, how to writer and make an impact, how to utilise different styles to meet the requirements of the paper you are writing for, how to execute court, financial and incident reporting.
Students receive a course manual, assignments, an efficient studyguide, plus unlimited one-to-one tutor support for the duration of the course.
Course documentation for this, journalism course is detailed, comprehensive and easy to read.
Topics covered include:
- Getting Started
- Understanding Your Audience
- How Papers and Magazines Work
- What is News?
- Principles of Good News Writing
- News Sources
- Interview Techniques
- Ethics
- The Title
- The Lead
- The 'Nut Graph'
- The Body
- Ending
- Writing Style
- Good English
- Word Usage
- Editing your Text
- Adapting Style
- Writing Incident Reports
- Incident Reporting Guidelines
- Incident Interviews
- The Irish Court System
- Restrictions on Reporting
- Ethical Issues
- Writing Court Reports
- Writing Business News
- The Language of Business
- Business Statistics
- Ethical Issues.
Accreditation:
When you have completed this course you can take an optional final examination which you take from home just like the course itself. Further details will be sent to you during the course and before it is completed. Those successful will receive a Diploma from ITEC - Irish Training & educational Centre.
Registration:
A non refundable registration fee of €65 is payable when enrolling for this course.
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