Journalism Skills for Beginners

Journalism Skills for Beginners, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.55, with 84 lectures, based on 205 reviews, and has 901 subscribers.

You will learn about Over 80 lectures and over 3 hours of content! Report and write a good feature story Write a story and get paid Learn how to get published Learn how writing for free can lead to getting paid Learn key reporting practices Learn key writing practices Learn the secrets of how to please editors Prepare a feature story for publication Understand how to get published Understand the opportunities for getting published Understand the need to build a portfolio Understand the benefits of internships Understand the pitfalls Understand the Journalist’s Code of Ethics Understand why failure is part of the road to success Take care with your image on social media Gain a glimpse of why journalism is a great career This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginners or New freelancers or Those keen to break into journalism or Those who seek to brush up their journalism skills or Website owners who seek to tell a good story or Bloggers keen to tell good stories or Those seeking to add journalism skills to their skill-set or Those who recognize storytelling skills can benefit their existing career It is particularly useful for Beginners or New freelancers or Those keen to break into journalism or Those who seek to brush up their journalism skills or Website owners who seek to tell a good story or Bloggers keen to tell good stories or Those seeking to add journalism skills to their skill-set or Those who recognize storytelling skills can benefit their existing career.

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Summary

Title: Journalism Skills for Beginners

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.55

Number of Lectures: 84

Number of Published Lectures: 84

Number of Curriculum Items: 84

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 84

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Over 80 lectures and over 3 hours of content!
Report and write a good feature story
Write a story and get paid
Learn how to get published
Learn how writing for free can lead to getting paid
Learn key reporting practices
Learn key writing practices
Learn the secrets of how to please editors
Prepare a feature story for publication
Understand how to get published
Understand the opportunities for getting published
Understand the need to build a portfolio
Understand the benefits of internships
Understand the pitfalls
Understand the Journalist’s Code of Ethics
Understand why failure is part of the road to success
Take care with your image on social media
Gain a glimpse of why journalism is a great career

Who Should Attend

Beginners
New freelancers
Those keen to break into journalism
Those who seek to brush up their journalism skills
Website owners who seek to tell a good story
Bloggers keen to tell good stories
Those seeking to add journalism skills to their skill-set
Those who recognize storytelling skills can benefit their existing career

Target Audiences

Beginners
New freelancers
Those keen to break into journalism
Those who seek to brush up their journalism skills
Website owners who seek to tell a good story
Bloggers keen to tell good stories
Those seeking to add journalism skills to their skill-set
Those who recognize storytelling skills can benefit their existing career

All you need to report and write a feature story and get it published

Do you want to interview the Dalai Lama, report on a local issue in your community, write up a good story for your blog or website, or break into journalism as a possible career?

Journalism for Beginners is a “fast track” course infused with practical advice on how to report and write a feature story with the aim to get it published.

Journalism for Beginners – in a total of over 80 lectures and 3 hours of videos – includes an overview of the whole reporting and writing process, and then is split into three main sections – Reporting, Writing, and Getting Published.

The emphasis of this course is on reporting, writing and selling your story – making an income from the sale of your story. That is the goal medium to long term, deriving income from the sale of your stories. But it also includes some of the tactics needed to build up a portfolio of stories – some of which may be published for free – in order to demonstrate to prospective editors that you can report and write, and know your subject.

KEEP YOUR EDITOR HAPPY: In addition, the course includes “secret tips” on how to deal with editors. These tips are entitled: Keep Your Editor Happy. And with good reason! If you are going to get your story published, you need to keep your editor happy – in other words, communicate with them in the right way and provide them with a story they are happy to publish.

If you are looking for a good introduction to how to report and write stories and get them published, this is it.

The aim is to produce a real story and send it to a newspaper, magazine or news service for publication. In other words – and this is important – the focus is on getting published, not just going through the motions. What matters is getting published and seeing your name online or in print.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: What's in the course

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Is this course for you?

Lecture 3: What's in the course

Lecture 4: What's not in the course

Lecture 5: Why you are lucky

Lecture 6: How to take the course

Chapter 2: Journalism Skills Overview

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Are you fearless?

Lecture 3: A useful secret to know

Lecture 4: Brainstorming story ideas

Lecture 5: Write for a specific market

Lecture 6: Getting paid vs writing for free

Lecture 7: Work on your story idea

Chapter 3: Focus is key

Lecture 1: Your guiding light

Lecture 2: When it is okay to change your focus

Chapter 4: Journalism 101

Lecture 1: The five Ws and one H

Lecture 2: Feature stories vs news

Lecture 3: The feature story approach

Lecture 4: The pitfalls of passion

Lecture 5: Attribution

Chapter 5: Code of Ethics

Lecture 1: Be honest in your reporting

Lecture 2: The Journalist's Code of Ethics

Chapter 6: Safety in the field

Lecture 1: Take care

Lecture 2: Calculated risks and commonsense reporting

Lecture 3: Specialized training for conflicts

Chapter 7: Reporting your story

Lecture 1: Don't skip preparation

Lecture 2: But don't overdo it

Lecture 3: Are you an expert but don't realize it?

Chapter 8: Practical stuff

Lecture 1: Note taking vs recording

Lecture 2: Pen and note pad

Lecture 3: Note-taking practice makes perfect

Lecture 4: The lost art of shorthand

Lecture 5: Using a recorder

Lecture 6: The secret every boy scout knows

Chapter 9: Getting out into the field

Lecture 1: Visit the scene

Lecture 2: Face to face

Lecture 3: Take care to get a variety of voices

Lecture 4: Waiting for the "bell" to go off

Lecture 5: Covering the ground

Lecture 6: Calling it a day

Chapter 10: The art of interviewing

Lecture 1: Getting down to the nitty-gritty of interviewing

Lecture 2: Choosing your interviewing situation

Lecture 3: Preparing the questions

Lecture 4: Ask the right questions

Lecture 5: Avoid leading questions

Lecture 6: Follow-up questions

Lecture 7: The secret that even professionals fail at

Lecture 8: Professional behavior

Lecture 9: Finishing on a high note

Lecture 10: Summing up interviewing

Chapter 11: Tackling complex issues

Lecture 1: You don't need a PhD to tackle complex issues

Lecture 2: Do your homework

Lecture 3: Don't jump in if it is too complex

Lecture 4: Examples of tough subjects

Lecture 5: Reporting summary

Lecture 6: FUN BONUS

Chapter 12: Preparing to write

Lecture 1: Introduction and the bonus – Keep Your Editor Happy

Lecture 2: Get organized

Chapter 13: Writing basics

Lecture 1: The five boxes feature template

Lecture 2: A secret that will be invaluable for your writing

Lecture 3: Your focus

Lecture 4: Weaving your focus through your story

Lecture 5: Grab your reader

Lecture 6: Examples of good leads

Lecture 7: The importance of anecdotes and description

Lecture 8: Letting it flow

Lecture 9: Still a bit rough?

Chapter 14: Editing Your Story

Lecture 1: From creative to critic

Lecture 2: A secret that sounds worse than it is

Lecture 3: Check everything is there

Lecture 4: Check grammar, spelling and names

Chapter 15: Getting feedback

Lecture 1: Get a friend or colleague to check your work

Chapter 16: Selling your story

Lecture 1: Working to get your story published

Lecture 2: For money or fame or exposure?

Lecture 3: Make sure the conditions of submission are clear

Lecture 4: The importance of getting published

Lecture 5: The problem and opportunity of working for free

Lecture 6: Building a portfolio

Lecture 7: Keeping things professional

Lecture 8: Many reporters' first attempts suck

Lecture 9: Your blog or website

Chapter 17: Your future in journalism

Lecture 1: Stick at it

Lecture 2: BONUS – The answer to that question about "All the President's Men"

Instructors

Julian Gearing
Award-winning journalist, editor, and media trainer

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 2 votes
2 stars: 5 votes
3 stars: 27 votes
4 stars: 81 votes
5 stars: 90 votes

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