This course looks at ways journalists can repurpose their reporting for use in new media. It looks at how different audiences are developing as new technologies open up fresh platforms for sharing news and views. Many newspapers now require their staff to do more than write for traditional print and conventional deadlines; they must also provide updates for the company’s news website and produce regular blogs. Some are asked to produce video reports to complement their coverage.
This course looks at ways journalists can repurpose their reporting for use in new media. It looks at how different audiences are developing as new technologies open up fresh platforms for sharing news and views. Many newspapers now require their staff to do more than write for traditional print and conventional deadlines; they must also provide updates for the company’s news website and produce regular blogs. Some are asked to produce video reports to complement their coverage. Celebrities, politicians and companies are increasingly turning to social networking sites such as Facebook – originally seen as just a portal for young people to share news with friends - to promote themselves and journalists are having to learn to find their way round these networks in order to gather information. And the mobile phone is now having an impact on how news is gathered and delivered.
The training shows the different skills required and provides practical exercises to help reporters deliver coverage confidently, whatever the medium.
who it's for:
Journalists whose media organisations are developing multimedia output and who need to gain new skills to meet changing newsroom platforms and dynamics.
- New media opportunities with focus on developments in participants’ own newsrooms
- A look at the different types of multimedia and the skills required to report effectively for them.
- Ways in which the internet and other new media can help journalists gather information.
- Reworking a traditional print news report into different multimedia outputs.
- Practical exercises in writing for websites and for mobile output; how to compile a video or audio report, present to camera and conduct a television interview.
- Basic multimedia editing techniques. What works and what doesn’t.
- Sourcing pitfalls and copyright issues.
- Reporting to a moving deadline and maintaining accuracy
- Starting a blog
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