News-writing

2 DAYS

Aimed at: Newcomers to news reporting and those with only a basic knowledge. Invaluable for those in public relations and others who want to improve their writing skills, whether for print or online.

Workshop contents: What news is, identifying stories and writing them for different readerships. The workshop involves plenty of practical work with individual attention and assessment. 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

• The differences in online and print news

Not for: Experienced news reporters or feature writers

Fee: £680+VAT

THEY SAY: "I learnt about turning a story on its head to bring out the main points. The personal advice and exercises were great."