Go Freelance!

An evening class for those wishing to be freelance journalists. The aim of this course is to facilitate entry into the profession, to show how to launch a career in freelance journalism or to help existing writers add to their existing skills. By the end of the course, participants should be well prepared to develop a career as a freelance writer.

This course is tutored by Nick Barlay, an established freelance journalist and author.

	Week 1:	Introduction to Journalism and writing news
	Week 2:	Ideas and Angles (1)
	Week 3:	Ideas and Angles (2) - Developing proposals
	Week 4:	Research
	Week 5:	Style, Features intros, narrative
	Week 6:	Interviewing (1)
	Week 7:	Interviewing (2) Profiles, human interest
	Week 8:	Reviewing
	Week 9:	Travel
	Week 10:	Freelancing

There are four writing assignments included in the course - all of which will be reviewed by the course tutor.

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