Course Description
Our online freelance journalism course trains you to write compelling news and articles for both print and online publications, on a range of topics. This course is an ideal place for beginners to start. It covers all of the journalism basics and teaches you to work as a professional freelance journalist. Freelance journalism is a great opportunity to turn a pastime or interest into a lucrative part-time job or full-time career.
Certification And Accreditation
You will be accredited and certified by Open Awards after qualification.
Outcome
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Use your own skills, experiences, qualifications and opinions to produce article ideas.
- Source information, conduct research and carry out effective interviews.
- Write news, articles and features for digital and print publications.
- Apply media law and ethics.
- Sell your work and get paid.
- Use your own skills, experiences, qualifications and opinions to produce article ideas.
- Source information, conduct research and carry out effective interviews.
- Write news, articles and features for digital and print publications.
- Apply media law and ethics.
- Sell your work and get paid.
Entry Requirement
To undertake the course you will require to have an access to a laptop with dependable internet, an email address,be over 16 years of age and more so be willing to break into journalism industry.
Assessment Method
To validate that you have gained the required skills and competence you tutor will have to asses you in various ways including:
- Observation of performance
- Project work
- written and Oral Exam
- Photography and videos
- Group discussion
Course Features
- Lectures 10
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Language English
- Students 17
- Assessments Yes
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The curriculum details are available in google classroom
- Lecture 1.1 : Introduction to freelance journalism
- Lecture 1.2 :Copy presentation and terminology
- Lecture 1.3:Notebook discipline and record keeping
- lecture 1.4: Contacts book
- lecture 1.5: Sources and output
- Lecture 1.6: Using a style guide
- Lecture1.7 :Who publishes what
- Lecture 1.8: Interviewing
- Lecture 1.9: News writing techniques
- Lecture 2.0: Feature writing
