“All glass industry workers use sand, fire and glassblowing…but they don’t produce the same glasses” (Ahmad Zainuddin) The above quote reflects the sense of creativity in media editing, in the sense that the press release is not just an ordinary descriptive essay of an important event; it is rather an industry that needs continuous training, professionalism and creativity in news gathering, processing and dissemination, in an era of rapid advances in communication technology and telecommunications involving analytical thinking and a strong sense of ethics. Therefore, Journalism is a craft that is not different in its essence from any other crafts such as metalwork, carpentry …etc. However, the difference between a blacksmith/carpenter and other counterparts is the levels of creativity skills and type of tools used.
Objectives
At the end of this session, course participants should be able to:
Gain all forms of media editing skills
Understand the basic techniques of good editing
Gain the ability of careful investigation and organization in media editing
Level Expectations
Introduction to editorial:
Introducing the main types of journalism
Characteristics of the journalistic text and its quality elements
The differences between writing for radio, print media and TV
Types of media editing:
News formulation: simple news, the news coverage, composite news
Field media editing: investigation, reportage, profile
Editing of personal stories, interviews, opinion essay
Writing for the web.
Editing and linguistic skills
Rewriting/reviewing media text
Writing good headlines, intro, comments, summaries and headnotes
