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Freelance Journalism

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STOP PRESS! Hold the front page! That local news story or snippet of gossip you've heard could earn you a small fortune! Most newspapers buy some or even all of their news from local freelancers and pay serious money for the best stories. This correspondence course prepared for us by a successful freelancer, will teach you how to find and write up saleable news stories, features or even just 'snippets'. It will also show you how to operate successfully and profitably as a professional freelance journalist, providing names of newspapers who will pay anything from a tenner for a snippet to thousands of pounds for a front page story. If you'd like to enjoy the buzz of being a journalist and see your work splashed across the pages of newspapers worldwide then this is the course for you.

Regions:
  • All Areas
Delivery:
  • Distance
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Difficulty:
  • Intermediate

Further Details

You will discover:


How to find & research news stories

How to plan and structure stories correctly

How to write for the local, regional, national & overseas press

How to write for magazines

Choosing the right market

Marketing & selling

Dealing with editors

Copyright & contracts: what you need to know

Building a writing business

Addresses of key buyers

Students obtaining 70% or more marks in the final examination will receive a Diploma from The Society of Writers.

Guide price

£170

 

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