Journalism school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

This course teaches students the skills required for successful freelance writing, including making an effective pitch, planning a compelling story, and developing a good working relationship with an editor. We review the basics—interviewing, gathering information, drafting, and revising—as we discuss freelancing for newspapers, magazines, professional publications, and websites. Guest speakers include several successful freelance journalists and editors. The course requires several written assi...

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Modern journalists operate in multiple media, almost by default. They need at least a basic understanding of digital journalism tools and digital storytelling techniques. This course allows students to develop experience with the major aspects of practicing digital journalism, including digital photography, video stories, video-blogging, audio components and audio slide shows, as well as using social media both as a reporting tool and for promoting stories. Students practice moving between tradi...

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Punch your own ticket -Write your way to The Show. Sports Journalism as a practical writing course covering the major formats of game stories, features, columns and player profiles. Learn reporting and interviewing skills, story structure and ways to put color in your copy. The course also offers a look at the job market and the freelance writing business.

Train to be a Sports Anchor. During each class, we will produce a half-hour episode of "Sports Summer", a program combining hard news, feature stories, commentary and live guests. We will format, write, edit and produce the show within the three-hour class time. Students will get hands on experience on the Anchor desk and in reporting sports stories from the field. Your resume tape starts here!

Today’s audience wants more than can be delivered through the straight broadcast or print story. In order to stay competitive, today’s outlets are leaning heavily on young journalists with fresh ideas to get the rest of the story out. Learn how to take the time-honored techniques of good storytelling and new techniques in multimedia - video, audio, photos and text - to the web with tools like Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Wordpress and other content management systems. At the ...

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