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LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM |
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| Course Fee: £ 365 (inc vat) | |||
| Course Date and start time: | Commencing 23 September 2009 |
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| Twelve Wednesday evenings from 6.30pm- 9.00pm | |||
Journalism
A 12-week evening course providing an introduction to news and features journalism.
This course will give you a good grounding in the basics of journalism and valuable feedback on the pieces that you write. If you are thinking of working in journalism, this gives a good opportunity to discover if you would really enjoy it - and whether you can do it - before you give up your existing career.
The classes will begin at 6.30pm and end at 9.00pm.
If you would prefer a daytime course, we have a Saturday course which is almost identical in content.
The course tutor will be Tony Padman, an experienced journalist on national and local newspapers.
| Week 1: | Introduction, course aims, syllabus, tools of the trade, brief on assignments | |
| Week 2: | News, finding ideas, research, contacts, questions, national and local papers | |
| Week 3: | Six soldiers, news intros, inverted pyramid of news, angles, filing your story | |
| Week 4: | Facts, quotes, what's missing, who to quote, tight intros, good/bad reporting | |
| Week 5: | News content, structure, comparing news reports, first drafts, alternative intros | |
| Week 6: | Combining facts & quotes, writing to length, editing, deadlines, NIBs | |
| Week 7: | Vox pops, who to quote, news vs vox pop, questions to ask, key sources | |
| Week 8: | Features, feature intros, hooks, scene setting, comparing features | |
| Week 9: | Editing quotes, reported & direct speech, body language, more feature intros | |
| Week 10: | Short features, lifestyle features, interviewing, emotions, questions to ask | |
| Week 11: | Feedback on assignments 1 & 2, paper ownership, jargon, roles/responsibilities | |
| Week 12: | Feedback on assignments 3 & 4, marketing, review, future options, quiz, Q&A |
There are four writing assignments included in the course - all of which will give students feedback from the course tutor.
Book: Journalism and Newswriting (London School of Journalism 2009)
(cost included in course fees)