Creative Current Affairs Reporting

• Get the sense you've read this story before? A few times?
• Bored by your own hum-drum writing?
• Not sure how your story differs from an agency piece?
• Feel like 'current' affairs are stale?

Great current affair stories are everywhere... Find them, pitch them, write them and ensure your story stands out.
During this course you will learn how to:
• Source stories from press agencies and create something with far more flair;
• Link current affairs stories and the implications for business;
• Find stories in places you never thought of looking;
• Do creative follow ups, rather than just rehash old facts;
• Put a human face to your stories;
• Add colour and depth to your copy;
• Conduct effective interviews that result in the information you want and need;
• Set up a system to ensure you keep track of upcoming stories and events;
• Write both feature and web current affairs articles; and,
• Talk to and hear from your audience using social media.
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About your expert facilitator:
Janine Lazarus has 28 years of experience in the diverse media environments as a South African journalist and interviewer of top names in the news, public figures and celebrities. She has extensive writing experience, having worked in newspapers (The Citizen, The Sunday Times, Sunday Star, Saturday Star) magazines (Fair Lady), as well as broadcast (Radio 702, SABC 2, MNET, Britain's Channel 4, Granada Television and the BBC, and Ulster Television in Belfast, Ireland). With her combination of writing and training experience, no participant will leave the training room without vastly improved writing skills.
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Who should attend: The workshop will improve the skills of journalists from newspapers, magazines and internet publications. It is preferable that delegates have a background in journalism to benefit from the content.________________________________________

Date: 09 April 2013 to 10 April 2013
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Venue: Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, Johannesburg

More info:

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