Prerequisites

• High school diploma or higher.
• Professionals working in the digital field.

Course Description

Digital field reports are an essential tool for delivering facts and events to the audience directly and rapidly. With the rapid development of digital media, producing field reports has become a vital skill for journalists and reporters who wish to keep up with modern trends. This course helps participants develop their skills in gathering information from multiple sources, effectively capturing events, and writing impactful reports that resonate with the audience. It also focuses on enhancing audience engagement through digital platforms.
This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical application to enable participants to produce high-quality digital field reports that meet audience expectations and adhere to digital media standards.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will:
• Define the fundamentals of digital reports and their importance in digital media.
• Collect information accurately and analyze the needs of the target audience.
• Use field production and filming techniques to enhance the quality of visual and audio content.
• Write and edit clear and engaging digital reports.
• Publish field reports and analyze audience responses.

Course Outline

• Introduction to digital field reports:
- Definition of field reports and their importance in digital media.
- The difference between traditional and digital reports.
- Key features of a successful field report.

• Planning and preparing field reports:
- Conduct preliminary research and gather information.
- Understand the target audience and identify their needs.
- Identify reliable sources and verify the information.
- Prepare interview questions and conduct basic field interviews.

• Filming and field production:
- Photography and filming skills.
- Techniques for natural and artificial lighting to improve footage quality.
- Sound recording techniques in the field.
- Set up the scenes; key shots and complementary shots.

• Writing and editing reports:
- Fundamentals of writing digital reports.
- Organize ideas and sequence events in the report.
- Integrate photos and videos in a way that enhances the journalistic story.
- Use appropriate apps for video editing.

• Publishing and distributing reports digitally:
- Choose the right digital platforms for publishing the report.
- Optimize content for compatibility with the digital platforms.
- Strategies to increase report reach to a wider audience; SEO and hashtags.
- Analyze audience response and measure engagement.

Course Benefits

• A graduation certificate by Al Jazeera Media Institute.