Journalists develop information through interviews and sources. The most successful journalists quickly master these important skill sets. The production of journalism relies on several elements: newsgathering, interviewing sources, researching and trying to find as much information as possible. The course will also teach you how to where to find information, interviewing skills and how to process information from various sources for publication.
This course is part of the Become a Journalist: Report the News! Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Earning and keeping trust
Types of sources
Interviewing
Tools for finding sourcing
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- 5 stars79.87%
- 4 stars14.04%
- 3 stars3.98%
- 2 stars0.83%
- 1 star1.25%
TOP REVIEWS FROM GATHERING AND DEVELOPING THE NEWS
This course was a great follow up to the first one. Knowing where to go to find sources is very important. I was especially intrigued by the section on crowd-sourcing content.
The course was very educative and very easy to understand. This is really going to be of great help to me in my journalism field
I really had a wonderful time learning from this course. The explanation was excellent in every video and it gave me a very clear understanding of the topics. Thank you so much for making this course!
Great course informative and gave helpful tips on how to conduct research via sources.
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