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Freelance Journalism at QLS Level 3

Freelance Journalism at QLS Level 3
  • Freelance-Journalism

£280.00£305.00

This course is available in Paper format and Online.

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This Freelance Journalism course is designed for people who wish to gain or improve their skills in journalistic writing and marketing their copy to a range of printed media.

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Introduction

Freelance Journalism at QLS Level 3

Course code: SH401

Delivery method: Paper Based or Online

Course duration: 12 Months (Approx. 120 hours study time)

Entry requirements: No prior qualification needed

Award achieved: ABC Awards and Certa Award Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3

The objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to produce professional standard journalistic articles and to know how to market them.

During the course students will examine and practice the four main questions of journalism:

  •  WHAT to write,
  • HOW to write it,
  • WHICH techniques to use and,
  • WHERE to submit your work.

And specifically examine the topics of:

  • Content
  • Style
  • Techniques
  • Marketing

 

Content

The course is divided up into 8 units, as follows:

1 : Introduction

  • What can this course do for you?
  • Why do we need content?
  • How is style arrived at?
  • How do we know what an editor wants?
  • Where is analysis important?

2: Markets

  • Presentation
  • Keeping records
  • What the editor wants
  • How to analyse
  • What the reader wants

3 : Content

  • What do I write?
  • Why do I need to find ideas?
  • How do I save time and trouble?
  • When do some themes not sell?
  • Where is interviewing a factor?

4 : Style • How do I write?

  • Why do I need to find the right tone?
  • How do I use the basics well?
  • When do I use structure?
  • Where is re-writing a factor?

5 : Techniques

  • What techniques will help me sell my work?
  • Why do I need new angles?
  • How do basic techniques help?
  • When is the “writer’s dozen” valuable?
  • Where is self-discipline a factor?

6 : Practical Matters

  • What is defamation?
  • Why is reputation important?
  • How do I avoid libel?
  • When is copyright important?
  • Where are photographs a factor?

7: Fiction Writing

  • What do editors not want?
  • Why is market analysis valuable?
  • How do I undertake market analysis?
  • When is plotting useful?
  • Where is characterisation a factor?

8 : No Excuses – Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing

  • What is critical writing?
  • Why does verse usually not sell?
  • How do I see about income tax?
  • When is executive writing used?
  • Where are expenses a factor?

Tutor Marked Assignments

Final Assessment

Course Endorsement

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme.  This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications.   The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met.  A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales

Method of Study

Paper Based Version

The course comes to you as a paper-based pack delivered by courier.

You will be given guidance through the Study Guide on the nuts and bolts of studying and submitting assignments.

Postal assignments cannot be accepted without prior permission from the tutor.

Online Version

Our online courses are fully digitised versions of the paper-courses, so you can study on any PC or smart device when connected to the internet.

As with the paper course, your online learning programme is completely flexible, so you can study at a pace that suits you.

All of our online course content is broken down into bite size chunks to make your learning more manageable and effective.

Method of Assessment

The course contains a number of assignments which your tutor will mark and give you valuable feedback on. We call these Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs). You need only send the TMAs to your tutor for comment, not the self-assessment exercises which are also part of the course to help you gauge your progress.

Course Length Information

This course can be taken over a 12 month period but you can complete it as fast or as slowly as you wish.

Tutor Support

You will have access to a tutor via email who will mark your work and guide you through the course and will assist you with any problems you may have. In addition you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process.