Week 15 (31/5): The light at the end of the tunnel

“The Light at the End of the Tunnel” by C.P.Storm is licensed under CC BY 2.0

BY RUTH BERAN

It’s nearly end of term, hopefully you can see the light glimmering at the end of the tunnel.

Week 14 (24/5): Finding your niche

“Finding one’s niche” by FotoFloridian is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

BY RUTH BERAN

It may sound counterintuitive but one way to succeed in journalism is to niche.

Week 13 (17/5): Being flexible

“Brightly colored drinking straws with flexible head” by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0

BY RUTH BERAN

As a journalist, sometimes the story you intend to write is not the final story you end up telling.

Week 12 (10/5): Constructive journalism

“Ulrik Haagerup – Constructive Journalism” by Anna L. Schille is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

BY RUTH BERAN

A lot of news these days is “bad” news, focusing on doom and gloom.

A new, emerging form of journalism called constructive or solutions-focused journalism is taking a different approach.

Week 11 (3/5) Writing for a small screen: guidelines

“Seriously, why do you still have an iPhone?” by opensourceway is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

First, we haven’t done it for a while, let’s do a news quiz!

For Newsroom, you can create content for the weekly radio show, including social media posts, or anything that you have a burning desire to create, including content for the small screen.