Writing a Good Story eLearning Course

Overview

This course will equip you with the essential skills to write compelling stories, focusing on the fundamental structure of a press release. You will learn how to effectively source information for articles, master key interview techniques, and understand the ideal size and structure for your releases, including how to incorporate impactful quotes. The training also explores strategies to get your story noticed and examines the significant influence of social media on modern journalism, alongside the rise of citizen journalism, showing how these developments have reshaped story writing.

Learning Objectives/Outcomes

• Writing a Good Story
• Ways of sourcing information to include in an article
• Interview techniques
• The impact that social media has had on journalism, and how this has changed story writing
• The rise of citizen journalism

Target Audience

Journalists