Prerequisites

For those interested in writing articles and blogs regardless of education level.

Course Description

The ability to write creatively and publish it, whether through media platforms dedicated to this or personal blogs, and to be provided with the techniques of writing an integrated, clear and effective journalistic article at the same time, by learning how to choose attractive and influential titles, and how to divide the article into an interesting and attractive introduction, and a rich body in data and details and evidence, leading to a conclusion that summarizes the article in a paragraph or a few lines that is established in the mind and serves as the writer's message to the reader. The course objectives are achieved and implemented through exposure to and analysis of several models of press articles. This is an intensive course in five continuous days, in which the focus is on the practical side rather than the theoretical side. Post-course technical advice will be provided free of charge.

Course Objective

• Learn about the different journalistic writing arts.
• Recognize the types of press articles.
• Getting to know the journalistic article as one of the arts of journalistic writing in detail.
• Practicing journalistic writing techniques and methods of dissemination.

Course Outline

• What is the journalistic article?
• What is the difference between a journalistic article, news, and a report?
• Types of press article.
• How to be the owner of a distinctive effective style of writing?
• What are the elements of a press article?
• How to obtain, develop, support and process the idea before starting to write.
• The title, conditions to be met, and its role in the press article.
• Introduction to the journalistic article and its types.
• The body of the journalistic article and its contents.
• Conclusion of the journalistic article and its types.
• Reviewing samples of journalistic articles and identifying and analyzing their various elements.
• Practical exercises on writing a journalistic article.
• What to pay attention to before publishing.
• Common misspellings in journalistic writing.
• Graduation Project

Course Benefits

A graduation certificate by Aljazeera Media Institute.