radio

Newsroom Management

This course is designed to help journalists make the transition to good leaders or managers. It helps them understand the dynamics of the companies they operate in and to master the mechanics of planning, budgeting and managing staff. They also gain skills in researching, presenting and gaining support for projects or ideas and of organising and motivating teams for success. Latest technological developments and current challenges and opportunities in media are explored.

Studio Operation

This workshop allows technicians and sound operators to improve how they operate studios for broadcasting and radio production. Partly theoretical, it deals with the basics of the analogue and digital equipment.

Improving Team Management in Local Radio

Managing involves leading a group of people in a given context, who must reach a common goal or goals, which fits with the overall objectives of an organisation and its members.

Voice Training

News itself is very important but if it is not well-delivered to air it is likely to bypass its targeted listener or viewer. This workshop provides participants who are already radio and tv presenters with the vital elements of vocal techniques and voice work.

Techniques of Editing and Mixing of a Radio Production

With the digitalisation of radio stations, particularly smaller-scale stations, it is vital for journalists and producers to be able to work alone. This module enables participants to acquire the necessary knowledge and pratical skills to produce a programme using computer support.

Setting Up and Managing a Radio Programming Timetable

Following on from the liberalisation of the airwaves and the creation of many new radio stations, it is increasingly essential to be extremely precise when putting together and managing programming.

Radio Presenting

The presenter has to make the listeners feel as if he is with them, alongside them about their daily business. He has to be dynamic with a smile, imaginative, reactive, know his subject intimately, and grasp all the elements of his chosen profession. The job is far from easy.

Radio Design: Create Your Station’s Own Sound Signature

Create your station’s sound signature to strengthen the image of the station.

Specialist workshops

Thomson Reuters Foundation can produce specialist courses and workshops on virtually any journalistic topic, from health and environment to trade and aid, for example. Durations range from one day up to five days – or longer if the complexity of the training so requires. The content of each session is prepared by the course instructors to meet the needs of the participants and can be devised in consultation with partners or workshop sponsors, where appropriate. As with all Thomson Reuters Foundation courses, training combines practical exercises with discussion, theory lectures and contributions from guest experts.

Train the Broadcast Trainer

We explore and practise training skills that can be used most effectively with groups of adults, particularly in work-based training. The course is a blend of workshop, seminar and discussion techniques. Delegates need to start planning the content of a half-hour training session, which will be delivered to the group on the second morning. This course aims to equip delegates with the tools to run effective training and to develop the ability to assess and improve training techniques.