Date: 18 February 2011
National Library, Singapore
What will you get?
Felix Cheong, award-winning poet and correspondent with business weekly The Edge Singapore, will be your guide through the basics of journalism. Whether it's journalistic etiquette and conduct, preparing questions for and conducting interviews or how to write different kinds of articles, Felix will systematically take you through the process, using a multi-media approach. At the end of the course, you'd have learned how to write three kinds of features articles: Personality profile, trend and commentary and review. You’d also learn how to pitch your story ideas to magazines and how to get them published.
Course outline
· Different kinds of features writing.
· What makes for good writing
· Style and target audience.
· Research skills.
· Eye for telling details.
· Plagiarism.
· Peg and hook.
· Three-act structure of stories.
· Writing personality profiles.
· Drafting interview questions.
· Interview skills.
· How not to quote people out of context.
· Writing trend and commentary.
· Writing reviews.
· Professional conduct and etiquette.
· Pitching story ideas.
· Becoming a freelance writer.
Who is this for?
For anyone interested in freelancing and writing features articles for magazines, journals and newspapers. This workshop assumes you have NO prior experience in article writing.
More information here.
National Library, Singapore
What will you get?
Felix Cheong, award-winning poet and correspondent with business weekly The Edge Singapore, will be your guide through the basics of journalism. Whether it's journalistic etiquette and conduct, preparing questions for and conducting interviews or how to write different kinds of articles, Felix will systematically take you through the process, using a multi-media approach. At the end of the course, you'd have learned how to write three kinds of features articles: Personality profile, trend and commentary and review. You’d also learn how to pitch your story ideas to magazines and how to get them published.
Course outline
· Different kinds of features writing.
· What makes for good writing
· Style and target audience.
· Research skills.
· Eye for telling details.
· Plagiarism.
· Peg and hook.
· Three-act structure of stories.
· Writing personality profiles.
· Drafting interview questions.
· Interview skills.
· How not to quote people out of context.
· Writing trend and commentary.
· Writing reviews.
· Professional conduct and etiquette.
· Pitching story ideas.
· Becoming a freelance writer.
Who is this for?
For anyone interested in freelancing and writing features articles for magazines, journals and newspapers. This workshop assumes you have NO prior experience in article writing.
More information here.
