In-Depth News Reporting - day to day Investigation for Print Media
(In-depth News Reporting - Day to day Investigation and narrative story telling)
Time Duration: 3 months (total)
Target group: working journalists
No. of participants: 16
Over all objectives
After completion of the course you will be able »»
To enhance the capacity that helps to build your career
To write in-depth news with proactive approach
To write news with readers' angles
To use research and interview skills for the news gather
To know easy story telling style
Module 1
Face-to-face Proactive News Writing »»
You learn to:
Master 'proactive' news gathering
Write news through proactive news and to take control over the flow information
Make sharp and concrete angle for different target groups – rather than for the sources
Use mind map and other tools for idea development.
Explore and use more sources
Write impartial and balanced news.
Write in concise, precise, straight, concrete and active language
Module 1
Distance Learning »»
You learn to:
Implement the theoretical injection of the earlier face to face class to in practice
Make synopsis of potential news story
Give feedback to each other
Prepare proactive news
Face-to-Face Module- 2
Dealing with Sources »»
You learn to:
Identify and handle three types of sources- expert, partisan and source of experiences
Understand the source criticism
Write menu manage news model
Write in five box model
Distance Learning Module: 2
Dealing with SourcesYou learn to »»
You learn to:
Implement in practice what you learnt Face-to-Face Module-2,
Explore partisan, expert and experience sources,
Use the relevant sources.
Face-to-Face Module- 3
Interview Skills »»
You learn to:
Conduct Interview- Expert, Partisan and Case
cultivate sources and create your own source bank,
differentiate 'off the record', 'embargo' and 'not for attribution',
deal with interviewees,
Plan an interview,
Ask critical and verifying questions.
Distance learning Module- 3
Interview Skills »»
You learn to:
Implement in practice what you learn module 3.
Follow the feedbacks from the colleagues
Write a news story incorporating of case, expert and partisan sources
Face-to-Face Module- 4
In-depth Reporting Skills »»
You learn to:
Apply different follow up research strategy
Write menu manage news model and five box module
Apply code of conduct, law and regulations to access information
Avoid the sensationalization in the news story.
Distance learning Module- 4
In-depth Reporting Skills »»
You learn to:
Implement in practice what you learn module 4.
Follow the feedbacks from the colleagues
Write a in-depth news story incorporating of case, expert and partisan sources
