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
Reviews
- 5 stars79.70%
- 4 stars14.22%
- 3 stars3.97%
- 2 stars0.83%
- 1 star1.25%
TOP REVIEWS FROM GATHERING AND DEVELOPING THE NEWS
I really enjoyed learning the inside parts to gathering and developing the news! This has taught me very valuable information on how to gather and put together news.
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Denise S.
I like the course and the teachers. I don't like the peer review because most of the students don't work hard enough on their reviews. I do want the challenge and the feedback.
this course helps me to stand again to pursue my dream job. I am very thankful to Michigan university.
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.
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