WRITING COURSE: NEWS WRITING

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11 modules

101 lessons

16 writing exercises

Audio for every lesson (coming soon)

Instant feedback on every writing exercise

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You get pointers on your own sentences: what’s already working, where it goes wrong, what you can do differently, and why. You don’t have to get it right the first time. No one’s looking over your shoulder.

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Learn to write the news so people want to read it.

A good piece of journalism takes more than the facts: the right angle, a clear structure, and sentences without a wasted word. This course teaches you to master that.

You write news stories, interviews, and features. You structure your story using the inverted pyramid, ask questions that get answers, and phrase things so precisely that every sentence does what it’s supposed to do.

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What You’ll Learn

Recognizing what’s newsworthy

You assess each topic for timeliness, impact, proximity, and conflict. You find the angle that turns a fact into a story.

Reporting that holds up

You verify information with multiple sources, fact-check before you publish, and organize your material so you can back up every claim.

Mastering the inverted pyramid

You put the most important information at the top and work down to the details. Your reader gets the core of the story in the first paragraph. The rest adds context.

Writing clearly and precisely

You write in the active voice, in concrete terms, and without jargon. Every sentence is clear on the first read. No word is there just for show.

Interviews that go beyond the stock answer

You prepare your questions, listen for what isn’t said, and keep asking until you have the answer your story needs.

Working ethically with sources

You know the rules on giving subjects a chance to respond, on protecting sources, and on accuracy. You know when to publish and when to wait.

Editing until every sentence is right

You assess your own work for structure, clarity, and accuracy. You cut what’s unnecessary and sharpen what’s vague.

Writing in every journalistic genre

You master the news story, the interview, the in-depth story, and the feature. You know the conventions of each genre and adapt your style to them.

You find the facts yourself. You learn news writing here.

You want to write stories that get the facts across clearly and inform readers. The News Writing course gives you the techniques to do that, from lead to closing paragraph. Start with module 1 today.

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