radio

Leading Creative Workshops

This two day workshop will cover all the essential skills of combining words and pictures to tell compelling stories. It will combine clip analysis and examples of best practice from recent output with a number of intensive, practical exercises. The aims of this course are to develop the skills and techniques to write creatively and effectively for television, and to know how to write a script to enhance viewer engagement, understanding and enjoyment. By the end of this course participants will have the skills and confidence to tell more interesting stories on television and rediscover the pleasure of creative writing.

Techniques for Creative Thinking

Creativity is at the heart of content production. Making distinctive programmes, developing fresh approaches to websites, delivering exciting on-air promotions or setting trends for new services on mobile: whatever your goals you will need to take creative risks. This courses will help you to generate new ideas, find new ways to solve problems and keep on doing it.

Techniques for Creative Thinking

Creativity is at the heart of content production. Making distinctive programmes, developing fresh approaches to websites, delivering exciting on-air promotions or setting trends for new services on mobile: whatever your goals you will need to take creative risks. This courses will help you to generate new ideas, find new ways to solve problems and keep on doing it.

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.

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.

Discovering Radio Operations

A two day course where the delegates have lots of hands on experience at making radio programmes using the latest digital equipment and up to the minute working practices. The emphasis is on team working and having a fun time with as much practical operational experience as possible. The course culminates in an 'as live' transmission of a short programme. The end products will be burnt onto CD for the delegates. The aims of this course are to give delegates a fun, illuminating and very hands-on experience in making radio. They will leave the 2 day course with a good understanding of the technology and working practices that go into producing modern radio output. They should feel more comfortable and confident when using the terminology and jargon that is associated with this process. No previous technical, operational or production knowledge is required, though a basic understanding of Windows is a definite advantage. The course is not designed to be a substitute for our in-depth operational training or to replace our longer, equipment specific, targeted technical courses. At the end of the 2 days, delegates will have experienced: • At first hand the roles of operator, presenter and studio producer in a modern radio studio. • Used a variety of digital editing systems, portable recorders and playout and production systems. • Experienced the need for lateral thinking and being pragmatic when thinking and being pragmatic when things don't go quite according to plan. • The importance of team working along with the careful allocation of studio resources and time management are also highlighted. • Excellent opportunity for teambuilding, discussion and project planning where appropriate.

Writing for Radio

The workshop will cover all the essential skills of writing for the ear rather than for print - using clear story-telling, vivid imagery, and spoken English. It will combine clip analysis and examples of best practice from recent output with a number of intensive, practical exercises.This workshop provides delegates with the opportunity to practice the skills and techniques of good radio script writing in a variety of genres.

Core Network Radio Skills

A practical course focusing on key technical skills required to make programmes for network radio. By the end of the course you will understand location recording using a digital recorder and a variety of microphones; you will be able to conduct and edit an interview using a workshop; you will appreciate digital workflow, metadata and podcasting.

Radio Features

Produce your own stereo feature and, as your work progresses, analyse structure, methods of recording material, uses of sound and montage techniques. Aims: - how to develop ideas creatively - to understand the virtues of scripted pieces and montages - how to match subject and content - how to use sound effects, speech, music and silence effectively - how to do stereo recording - how to produce a 10' stereo feature