This short, summer course provides a practical hands-on approach to news journalism in an online environment. It will be delivered partly at Goldsmiths, University of London and partly online. The 10-week course will teach you what makes a good news story and how to source, research and write good copy. It will give you the skills and techniques of working online, which are now seen as vital if yo
u are to be one of the new journalists of the future. You will also have a chance to build a portfolio of published work, which is essential if you are seeking employment in journalism. If you are already freelancing, it will sharpen your approach and give you fresh skills to cope with a rapidly evolving journalism market. If you are working in public relations or marketing, you will gain a valuable insight into what journalists need from you and how they work. If you are working in magazines, it will broaden your skill set and open up new avenues for work across the whole of journalism. Course tutor
You will be taught by Kate Morris, who has spent over a decade working in regional and national newspapers as a reporter, sub-editor and desk editor before going freelance in 2008. Kate now works as a writer and editor for a number of clients including The Independent and The i, and as a visiting lecturer in journalism at Goldsmiths. You will boost your portfolio by working on www.EastLondonLines.co.uk, an innovative news website servicing the communities of the East London Line. The course will be supervised by its creator, Terry Kirby, lecturer in journalism at Goldsmiths, who has more than 30 years' experience as a journalist in print and online and has worked in a variety of roles for The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, the Guardian, the Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph. The course starts with full days on Friday 14 & Sat 15 June, followed by Friday 21 & Sat 22 June and continuing on Tuesday evenings from June 25 to July 23; from approximately the third week of June until mid-August, the student group will be expected to work for the EastLondonLines website during which they will carry out a variety of writing and editing roles under the supervision of teaching staff. Staff will give individual and group feedback both on an adhoc basis and on specific days and times. There will be a final evening class feedback session at the end of the course. Students will be assessed on a portfolio of work for the website to be handed-in by the end of August.
