The first three courses under Career Development are taking place in January as advertised on the home page.
We can organise the remaining courses if there’s enough demand so please contact us to register your interest.
New Media
These courses are integrated and progressive but can just as well stand alone as solo courses.
- Build Your Own Website
- Writing for the Web – Day One and Two
- Social Media for Journalists and Communicators
- Advanced Social Media Search Tools for Journalism (Twitter & Google)
- Design for Journalism and Communications (online or publishing)
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Shoot & Edit (using your own iPhone and iPad or Macbook)
- Produce Your Own Digital CV (shoot a short video blog where you introduce yourself; showcase your work; write a blog; put it all into a neat online package)
Specialist Print, Broadcast and Online Journalism Courses or Masterclasses
- Training in Freedom of Information: requests, the law, case studies etc
- Panel on Freedom of Info with prominent campaigning journalist and compliance lawyer
- Feature Writing Masterclass with prominent national weekly features writer & editor
- Business for Journalists
- Effective Internet Research
Career Development
- Re-assessing Your Skills and Writing an Effective CV
- Interview and Communications Skills
- CV surgeries: 1 hour one-on-one sessions
- Freelance Survival Guide
- Finance for Freelances (NB this is an online module available on this website)
- Pitch & Deal: Marketing Your Work and Negotiating Rates
- Digital CV Production (see above)
