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LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

 

Postgraduate Online Course in Journalism

Course syllabus

All lectures and tutorials are delivered in real time on our secure server, with the system being capable of supporting up to 150 concurrent feeds from students.

You will be committed to an average of one tutorial per month and one lecture per week, and approximately 5 to 8 hours (in total) of reading, research and written assignments weekly. You will have a deadline of one week in which to complete and submit each individual assignment and will be penalised for those which are received late. You will also be expected to achieve at least an 85% 'attendance' at online lectures.

The course structure is made up of four modules, all of which must be completed to receive the Postgraduate Diploma.

  Journalism and Newswriting     Feature Writing
   
Starting out in journalism  
Introduction to features writing  
What is news?  
Freelance opportunities  
Writing for publication  
Features Intros  
Crime and the courts  
Reviews  
Generating story ideas  
Reviews - 2  
Crime and the courts - 2  
Legal issues  
Local government  
Lifestyle and consumer features  
Filing court copy  
Human interest features  
Central government  
Features profiles  
Interviewing skills  
Gossip, diary and opinion columns  
Legal dilemmas  
Specialist and trade features  
Central government - 2  
The features professional  
Handouts  
The freelance reviewer  
Newspaper practice  
Directing your writing  
Libel dangers  
Markets  
Running story  
Law for feature writing  
Libel defences  
Optional module 1  
Specialist writing  
Optional module 2  
The senior journalist  
Optional module 3  
The editor's chair  
Optional module 4  

 

  Freelance and Internet     Subediting
   
The freelance journalist  
The subeditor's role  
Writing for publication  
The professional sub  
More about markets  
Page editing  
News, features, reviews  
Production law  
Legal issues  
Headlines  
Legal dilemmas  
Legal issues  
Successful packages  
First steps in design  
Dealing with editors  
Design principles  
The broadcast media  
Practical subbing  
Going it alone  
Planning for publication  
Internet - Creating a website  
Subs and the law  
Internet - web design  
Advanced design  
Internet - Advanced web pages  
Subbing in action  
Internet - The digital economy  
Specialist subbing  
Internet - Writing for the web  
Legal pitfalls  
Internet - Selling in cyberspace  
Editing and design  
           

This syllabus may be changed without notice and is issued for guidance only

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