News-writing

2 Days

What you will learn:

This workshop involves plenty of
practical work with individual attention and assessment.
Newcomers to news reporting and those with only a basic
knowledge will learn what news is, how to identify stories
and how to write them for different audiences. Invaluable
for those who want to improve their writing skills, in print or
online.

Workshop content includes:

• Finding news, especially off-diary stories
• Researching and planning
• Story structure, with particular
emphasis on intros
• The pyramid, and other techniques
• Interviewing for a news story
• Giving life to dull press releases
• Writing news stories from reports and exhibitions
Not for: Experienced news reporters or feature writers

Digital Highlights

• The differences in online
and print news
• Researching online