specialist journalism workshops from thomson reuters foundation

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Thomson Reuters Foundation can produce specialist journalism workshops & courses 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.

Thomson Reuters Foundation can produce specialist journalism workshops & courses 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.

Recent Specialist Journalism Workshops have been conducted in the following areas:

General News Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop
Business and Economics Specialist Journalism Workshop
Conflict and Disaster Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop
Human Rights Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop
New Media Specialist Journalism Workshop
Environmental Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop

General News Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop:

Accuracy (one day): how to double check information, verify sources and provide balance.
General reporting skills (two days): core techniques for delivering fast, accurate, impartial and reliable coverage. Raising awareness of legal dangers.
Editorial balance (one day): ensuring impartiality and reporting all sides of a story.
Researching for interviews (one day): different ways to gather information, including using new technologies. How to verify information and identify sources.
Codes of conduct (one day): a review of codes for journalists in different countries and exploration of why codes matter.
Feature writing (two days): how to create interest and techniques for researching and writing compelling features.
Investigative reporting (two days): how to gather and verify information, build a story, report accurately and fairly and follow-up outcomes. Avoiding legal dangers and staying safe.
Copy editing / sub-editing (two days): how to edit copy effectively, without distorting or misrepresenting it; dangers to watch out for; spotting the gaps.
Legal dangers / intellectual property rights (one day): learning how to navigate the legal minefields and the essential points of copyright.

Business and Economics Specialist Journalism Workshop:

Numeracy for journalists / handling figures (one day)
Understanding financial reports (two days)
Understanding statistics (one day)
Business and finance reporting (two days)
Business and corporate governance (two days)
Carbon trading (one day)
Financial markets – an introduction (two days)
Corporate finance – an overview (two days)
Equities reporting (US Equity Market) (two days)
Equities reporting (European Markets) (two days)
Market reporting (two days)
Precious metals markets (one day)
Non-ferrous metals markets (one day)
Commodities reporting (two days)
Inside energy markets (two days)
US bond market (one day)
European bond markets (one day)
Derivatives – an overview (one day)
Economic indicators – fundamentals (two days)
Money markets – an introduction (two days)
Foreign exchange
FX dealing
Futures – an introduction (one day)
Macro economics (one day)
Hedge funds (one day)
EU regulation (two days)
Aid versus Trade (two days)
TV training for business reporters (two days)
The world of Thomson Reuters data and news (one day)

Conflict and Disaster Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop:

Reporting in conflict zones: keeping safe within an area of conflict. Covers how to identify dangers and to minimise risk, taking evasive action, and responding to injury. Ways of reporting effectively while avoiding unnecessary risk.
Reporting in countries in transition: understanding political and economic issues common to countries undergoing change; reinforcing the importance of fair and reliable news coverage within an emerging democracy.
Covering wars and disasters: staying safe. How to gather information effectively despite impaired infrastructure. Finding useful sources. Helpful tips and resources.
Emergencies and disasters reporting: similar to above.

Human Rights Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop:

Women’s rights / gender equality: general issues and a focus on the situations and issues in participants’ own countries
Children’s rights: as above

New Media Specialist Journalism Workshop:

News2web (one day): What does it mean and what does it entail
Blogs and new writing forms (one day): What are blogs and vlogs and why might we start one?
Convergence (one day): Understanding the pros and cons of convergence
Using latest news technology (two days): What’s now available – or on the horizon – and how does it help us as journalists?

Environmental Reporting Specialist Journalism Workshop: