Who should do this course?
Anyone who is either currently working In a media field or would like to break into freelancing either full time or to supplement their income.
CONTENT
DAY ONE
- Introduction to freelancing – different types of work available
- Basic writing skills
- Introduction to feature writing
DAY TWO
- Print interviewing skills
- Profile writing
- Travel writing
- Column/back page writing
- Issue/health writing
DAY THREE
- Press release writing
- News letter writing
- Editing/subbing of articles/newsletters
DAY FOUR
- Blogging
- Writing for the web
- Setting up your own website
- Selling your work and yourself!
COST: R7500 – 50% payable on booking place
ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE MAXIMUM ON COURSE
DATES: Wednesdays - March 3,10,17.,24
TIMES: 9 – 3.30pm.
VENUE: 1A, Haven Road, Greenside, Johannesburg.
Workshop Facilitator
Award winning journalist and author Marion Scher has been one of South Africa's top freelance journalists for the last 22 years. Until 2008 she was Head of Journalism Studies at Damelin, Bramley and is an editorial trainer for the Magazine Publisher's Association. She is also a judge of South Africa’s two most prestigious media awards, the PICA Awards and the Admag Awards.
She runs courses both in the media and public relations industry as well as in the corporate field, tailoring courses to meet the client's needs. Her corporate clients include Unilever, MTN, Telkom, Multichoice, Munich Re, Anglo Gold Ashanti and DBSA.
Her new book ‘Surviving the SA Media (Knowledge Resources) has just been released and is available in most major bookshops.
