Online reporting means the news now travels as fast as a story develops. But while the advent of digital news has put powerful new tools at journalists’ fingertips, it has also given readers greater expectations for online journalism. This illuminating course explores the new opportunities created by digital platforms, and how to use them to tell powerful stories that readers will care about.
Using examples from the Guardian’s award-winning, multimedia reporting projects, the course explores how to build flexibility into a story, allowing you to stay abreast of developments as they happen. You’ll learn how to build upon your existing content to provide a deeper, richer experience for readers. You’ll also learn the fundamental storytelling principles that underpin all quality journalism – online or in print – as well as the best ways to use social media to source stories, cultivate contacts and grab the attention of an online audience. In addition, you’ll discover how to collaborate with experts from other disciplines to incorporate film, photography, infographics and other media into your story, and ensure all content is pulling in the same direction.
This course is for you if...
- You’re a group of print journalists looking to update your digital skillset
- You’re a team of bloggers who want to learn more about good storytelling, including how to spot, research and report high-quality news stories
- You’re a group of website editors or PRs for an NGO who want to learn more about turning your organisation’s activities into compelling stories that will attract new audiences
Course content
- Why journalism in the digital age has to be different
- How to use social media to source and tell stories
- Why writing for the web changes the way journalists write
- How to spot a good story
- The fundamentals of good storytelling, in print and online
- How to tell one story across several different platforms
- Multimedia storytelling: how to write for multimedia
- Practical storytelling exercises
- Q&A and group discussion
This comprehensive course can be tailored to the needs of your team. Please contact alastair.price@theguardian.com with the title of this course in the subject line for more details.
