Journalism

I have successfully completed Professional Journalism studies with the Morris Journalism Academy, a division of Australian News & feature service Pty Ltd and a part of the International News Syndicate, undertaking The Professional Freelance Journalism Course. 

Demonstrated competency in:

•   Identifying story ideas

•   Developing story ideas into competent finished material

•   Identifying media markets and readerships with a perceived interest in specific subject areas

•   Deciding on story angles

• Presenting and selling ideas and material

• Researching ideas

• Interviewing

•   Drafting

•   Writing with structure

•   Submitting cop

Following is a broad outline of the course of studies successfully completed:

• Understanding media markets and readerships

• Identifying article ideas

• Taking a brief

• Research techniques

• Basic Internet research

• Successful interview techniques

• Writing the feature article

• Writing the profile article

• Writing the "How To" article

• Writing a sports article

• Writing a column

• Writing for music press

• Writing for women's magazines

• Writing for regional press

• Writing a travel article

• Modern language usage

• Understanding grammar

• Article structure and the pyramid

• Writing a lead

• Basic sub-editing rules

In addition to this, I have successfully finished the Reuters Training Course on the Facebook Journalism Project, specifically focusing on the Introduction to Digital Journalism.

Here are some of my Documentaries and News Stories.