Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of journalistic or media writing techniques.
• Basic experience using digital platforms.

Course Description

With the diversity of digital platforms and the variety of publishing styles, mastering multi-platform editing skills has become essential for journalists and content creators. Editing today is no longer limited to writing text—it has become a process that involves simplifying information, adjusting the style to suit each platform, and highlighting messages in a direct and impactful way. This blended course, offered through in-person sessions and online learning, equips participants with the editorial knowledge needed to produce professional content tailored to the nature of each platform.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will:
• Explain the concept and importance of multi-platform editing.
• Write news texts that meet digital publishing requirements.
• Create tailored and effective content for social media platforms.
• Produce high-quality texts for multimedia content.

Course Outline

• Introduction to multi-platform editing:
- The concept of media editing in the digital environment.
- Differences between traditional and digital editing.
- Understand audience characteristics across different platforms.

• Writing and editing for news platforms:
Journalistic editing standards in the digital environment.
Simplify news and write impactful headlines.
Accuracy and speed in handling news stories.

• Editing for social media platforms:
Write short and effective texts.
Craft messages suited to the nature of each platform.
Use hashtags and interactive elements.

• Editing for multimedia:
Write texts that accompany videos.
Edit voice-overs and short scripts.
Prepare integrated visual/text content.

Course Benefits

• A graduation certificate by Al Jazeera Media Institute.