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News
and Media Information on the Internet
The press and
broadcast media must get to the story first, but get it
right. This course will teach you how to do timely, accurate
online information research using the complementary information
gathering skills of both journalists and information professionals.
As the media must report on any subject area , you will
learn how to organise a very broad range of online sources
and contacts in fast paced deadline driven environment.
Programme
Highlights
- Learn the
key reliable sources of online information for working
media librarians and journalists
- Use mailing
lists, newsgroups and the web to get story ideas, and
find pundits and contributors
- Practical
exercises tracing newspaper articles and TV programme
examples back to Internet research
- How to organise
and evaluate online sources closely tied to journalists
fast paced culture and working practices
- How to find
quick facts and statistics for daily news research
- How to source
material for briefings and dig deep for long form or
investigative journalism
- Basic tips
on how to work with legally sensitive investigative
material
Who is the
course for?
- Information
professionals and journalists working in newspapers,
magazines, TV, radio and public relations
- Media librarianship
and journalism educators
- Information
professionals working in any sector who want to practice
very fast paced internet research over a wide range
of subjects, or who want to gain an insight into the
media
Prerequisites:
Participants
should be comfortable with basic browser technology (ie
internet explorer) using email and basic internet terminology.
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