Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This online course delved into the world of features in Journalism and looked at what goes into making one. Learners thought about idea-generation, the structure of features and different ways of approaching them. They examined opinion columns, reviews and newsy blogs and created one of their own. Learners were also tasked with pitching a feature idea of their own and writing an introduction for one. They also explored how to prepare to interview people for features.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Ian Reeves
Head of the Centre for Journalism,
The University of Kent
Angela Harrison
Journalism Lecturer, Centre for Journalism,
The University of Kent
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore features and where they appear
- Discuss idea-generation
- Explain how to prepare to interview people for features
- Describe feature construction, including narrative storytelling
- Investigate ideas for features
- Produce a pitch for a feature idea
- Explore opinion columns, reviews and blogs
Syllabus
- Exploring features and where they appear
- Idea generation
- Interviews
- Feature construction, including narrative storytelling
- Research and pitching
- Opinion columns, reviews and blogs
Issued on 26th January 2023
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