Location
Online
Dates
Can be taken anytime
Course Type
Professional Training Course
Accreditation
Yes (Details)
Language
English
Price
$495

Course Overview

This Journalism course teaches you how to write news stories, feature articles, color pieces and do interviews. You will find out how to research, keep contacts books and find sources of information. You will learn about journalistic codes of ethics, the power of language and important legal areas like slander and libel.

You will cover the key elements of journalism. When you graduate, you will have highly marketable skills which you can use in print and online media, radio and television, ezines, blogs, speech writing, book reviews and annual reports.

Who should take this course

Marketing professionals looking to upgrade their professional skills.

Eligibility

18 years of age and good command of the English language.

Accreditation

Certificate in Journalism by Orient Planet Academy in affiliation with Irish Academy of Public Relations.

Course content

Course Modules:

  • Introduction to Journalism,
  • Journalists and the law,
  • Use of language, News reporting,
  • Writing for newsletters,
  • Feature Writing,
  • How the media works,
  • Sourcing the News,
  • Interviewing techniques and Color writing

About Course Provider

Orient Planet Academy has been established in response to the huge demand for communications professionals in the Middle East. Home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and commercial hubs, the region is ripe for a communications revolution that will harness the energy and potential of the Arab business community.

Our Academy draws on the expertise of Orient Planet PR and Marketing Communications, one of the Middle East’s most rapidly growing Public Relations, Marketing and Communications Consultancies, and its exclusive partnership with the Irish Academy – a private college with over 20 years of expertise in education and training in the communications disciplines – to transform you into the communications expert today’s corporations want and need.

The Academy offers online Public Relations, Journalism, Grammar, and Event Management courses taught worldwide.