Prerequisites

• University degree in journalism.
• At least one year journalism field for non-media graduates.

Course Description

The TV report is simply how we tell a story. It is a short news film that ranges from two to three minutes, and thus, it is subject to the same elements of a news story. A captivating introductory section, a knot that embodies the issues presented in the report, and an end that we ensure remains in the viewer's memory.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will:
• Explore the nature of field journalism, its role, tools, and responsibilities.
• Define foundations and principles of writing for news reports within the newsroom.
• Apply concepts of visual language and understand its relationship with the text.

Course Outline

• Introduction to fundamentals of TV work:
- Principles of journalistic work and its ethics.
- Importance of in-house report and its features.
- Templates for TV news editing.
- Nature of topics that must be addressed in an in-house report.
- Things to avoid in reporting.

• Mechanisms for preparing TV reports:
- Identify the report's topic and information sources.
- Prioritize the most important news, followed by less important ones.
- Importance of visuals and sentences in the introduction and conclusion.
- Use short sentences and avoid long ones.
- Rhythm and its importance (commentary, natural sounds, silence, audio).

• Creative skills:
- Visual language and its expressive ability.
- Search for images related to the story.
- Concept of writing for picture.
- Visual inputs.

Course Benefits

• A graduation certificate by Aljazeera Media Institute.