Digital Journalism 101 : get published in online media
What you'll learn
- Know how to pitch & publish to High Authority publications.
Requirements
- Basic English.
Description
Getting published in a high authority publication can transform your career and massively boost your earnings. But with thousands of writers competing for the privilege, competition is fierce.
The Perfect Pitch is an easy to learn system for finding, formatting and pitching stories that will massively increase your chances of breaking into high authority publications
This course will give you an insider look at how to pitch and publish at high authority level, from a 15 year veteran with bylines including The Guardian, BBC, Wired, Independent, Buzzfeed, Aeon and many more high authority publications.
- What’s the REAL business of high authority publications? Knowing this changes everything.
- Learn the 3 pillars of making the perfect pitch: Community, Story and Angle.
- Understand the key formats that high authority publications use to tell stories.
- Mine online resources like Reddit to find killer angles.
- Lever the power of social media to find editors and grow your network.
- How to negotiate pay effectively, and turn a one off gig into a long-term job.
Who this course is for:
- Freelance journalists.
- Experts and influencers.
- Marketers.
- Leaders.
Course content
- Preview05:07
- 00:08LIVE Q&A on Instagram
- Preview04:12Who wants to publish High Authority?
- Preview05:02
- 05:10You need an angle.
- 03:12Bonus: Business Angles.
- 03:49Know our community.
- 05:15Exercise: Community Mapping.
- 03:32Hack: Finding Angles.
- 05:55Interlude: The Nomad Writer.
- 08:15Practice 1: Writing the perfect pitch.
- 07:47Practice 2: Writing the perfect pitch.
- 07:07Formats for stories.
- 05:35Finding editors.
- 03:32Negotiating pay.
- 04:04Turn a gig into a job.
- 04:26Build your own platform.
- 00:43PROJECT: Make a perfect pitch.
- 00:13Perfect Pitch PROFORMA
Instructor
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Damien Walter ( BA / MA / PGCHE / HEA) teaches good writers how to be great. His research and critical writing have been published in The Guardian, Wired, BBC, The Independent, Aeon and with Oxford University Press. He is a former director of creative writing at the University of Leicester, a member of the Higher Education Academy, and a graduate of the Clarion writers workshop taught by Neil Gaiman. He consults widely for businesses in technology, healthcare, and manufacturing to help them tell great stories.