Prerequisites

• At least one year of experience in journalism.

Course Description

Elections are a human right, whether to run or be nominated, but at the same time, they are sensitive events and defining events in people’s lives. Therefore, they require special journalistic skills for impartial coverage away from interests in order to achieve credibility and gain the public’s trust.

Course Objective

• Familiarity with the stages of planning coverage.
• Familiarity with election coverage forms and templates.
• Knowing the specifications of the journalist who covers the elections.
• Knowing the public's needs while covering elections.

Course Outline

• Skills a journalist needs to cover elections.
• Election laws and their importance.
• Planning for election coverage (before, during and after the results are announced).
• Journalist and news sources in the elections.
• Journalist and opinion polls.
• Journalist and irregularities during the elections.
• Journalist and news sources in the elections.
• Journalist and candidates.
• Journalist and election results.

Course Benefits

An electronic graduation certificate by Aljazeera Media Institute.