Write for one of the fastest growing media industries in the world! This five-month, online course teaches you all the skills to write and present TV and radio programmes on news and current affairs.

You will be able to work as a freelancer or in-house for TV stations, 450+ radio stations or 5000+ online news sites worldwide.

Students must complete:
· 10 writing exercises (10 for assessment and feedback)
· Short features, news reports and scripts, as required during the course

Admission requirements:
· Basic writing skills are essential
· Computer skills, email and internet access required
· No previous tertiary qualification required

Tutor:

Nick Worrall has worked as a journalist in TV, radio and print media for the past 40 years. After working several years at the BBC, he opted to become a freelance correspondent for the next twenty years, working around Africa, Russia, and the USA.

Nick immigrated to South Africa in 1998, and has been involved in broadcast journalism training for the BBC, Commonwealth Broadcasting in India, Pakistan, Uganda, Botswana, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Kazakhstan, Russia, and the SABC in South Africa.

He has published a book on his two-year trip in Sudan.

Course curriculum:

Module one: Introduction to the world of broadcast journalism
Module two: Introduction to radio
Module three: Introduction to television
Module four: Newsgathering - or getting the story
Module five: Writing for broadcast
Module six: Interviewing skills
Modules seven and eight: Radio journalism 2 and 3
Module nine: Television journalism 2
Module ten: The professional broadcast journalist

For more course details, please visit the site at www.sawriterscollege.co.za.

Venues

Date: 01 February 2008
Location: Countrywide
Cost: R2495.00

Date: 08 February 2008
Location: Countrywide
Cost: R2495.00

Contact: Nichola Meyer
Company name: SA Writers' College
Telephone number: +27 21 531 6436
Email address nichola@sawriterscollege.co.za