Journalism Writing Course
This course equips aspiring journalists with essential skills for writing impactful local news and feature stories, emphasizing ethics, accuracy, and effective storytelling techniques.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This short course helps you gain practical skills for writing clear and accurate stories about local matters like housing, jobs, schooling, health, and technology. You will learn to use made-up scenes in an ethical way, protect privacy and avoid defamation, write strong openings, structure feature stories, find sources, credit data properly, and make corrections. By the end, you will have well-edited drafts, a simple way of working, and the confidence to report based on standards for community news places.
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Develop skills
- Feature storytelling: create ethical long stories with strong scenes.
- News writing: make clear, accurate local stories with sharp openings and titles.
- Source research: check facts, find key people, and plan good interviews.
- Media ethics: use rules on crediting sources, privacy, and avoiding false claims in real situations.
- Editorial workflow: plan, edit yourself, and prepare news and features for publishing.
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