Journalism Writing Course
This course equips aspiring journalists with essential skills for writing impactful local stories on key community topics, emphasizing ethics, accuracy, and professional workflows.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This short course builds practical skills for writing clear and accurate local stories about housing, jobs, education, health, and technology. You will learn to use hypothetical scenes ethically, protect privacy and avoid defamation, write strong leads, structure features, map sources, attribute data, and make corrections. By the end, you will have polished drafts, a simple workflow, and confident reporting based on standards for community media outlets.
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Develop skills
- Feature storytelling: create ethical long-form stories with strong scenes.
- News writing: write clear, accurate local stories with sharp leads and headlines.
- Source research: check data, identify stakeholders, and plan targeted interviews.
- Media ethics: use rules on attribution, privacy, and defamation in real situations.
- Editorial workflow: plan, self-edit, and prepare news and features for publication.
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