News school training courses in Cambridge, MA (public, in-house or online)

News reporting requires the discipline to understand both sides of the story, to check the facts, and to separate truth from rumor. This course focuses on teaching students these skills. Assignments range from stories with a print focus to posts that could be made on a blog or a website. They include reporting, drafting, and revising several pieces as well as in-class writing exercises and interviews of invited speakers. Occasional unannounced reporting assignments are completed on deadline outs...

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Individuals will learn how to pitch editors that will net their first sale. Whether they are looking to make money during their spare time or want to pursue freelancing full time. They’ll learn which department to address for the type of feature they want to write. And which departments are more likely to be receptive.

Non-Profit Organizations have unique budgetary issues when it comes to collateral materials such as newsletters. Often an information source as inexpensive to produce and distribute as a newsletter is overlooked due to misunderstanding the amount of work and expense involved. In this course the Student will learn how to create a quality newsletter from concept through distribution, and publishing to the web given the desire and resources, on the normally limited budget of a Non-Profit Organizati...

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This workshop is also the second class in our Social Media & E-Marketing Certificate Series and will be taught in our computer lab with a combination of lecture and hands-on training.

This social media seminar provides a unique perspective on how any business can use blogging to become an online voice, resource, and thought leader in their industry or in the community they serve. Participants will not only learn how to blog and use tools such as WordPress and Hootsuite, but also how to cr...

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