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LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM |
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| Course Fee: £ 325 (inc vat) | |||
| Course Date and start time: | Wednesday 6 October 2010 |
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| Ten Wednesday evenings from 6.30pm-8.30pm | |||
Go Freelance!
An evening class for those wishing to be freelance journalists. The aim of this course is to facilitate entry into the profession, to show how to launch a career in freelance journalism or to help existing writers add to their existing skills. By the end of the course, participants should be well prepared to develop a career as a freelance writer.
This course is tutored by Nick Barlay, an established freelance journalist and author.
| Week 1: | Introduction to Journalism and writing news | |
| Week 2: | Ideas and Angles (1) | |
| Week 3: | Ideas and Angles (2) - Developing proposals | |
| Week 4: | Research | |
| Week 5: | Style, Features intros, narrative | |
| Week 6: | Interviewing (1) | |
| Week 7: | Interviewing (2) Profiles, human interest | |
| Week 8: | Reviewing | |
| Week 9: | Travel | |
| Week 10: | Freelancing |
There are four writing assignments included in the course - all of which will be reviewed by the course tutor.
Book: Freelance and Feature Writing (London School of Journalism 2009)
(cost included in course fees)