Udemy: Journalism Masterclass: The Ultimate Guide To News Writing

Here's your chance to learn from someone who has taught some of the most high-profile journalists in the world how to improve their storytelling – and who has worked for some of the world's biggest news organizations, including The Economist, Financial Times and Bloomberg News.

"Most great teachers can't write, and most great writers can't teach. Shani Raja is one of the few who excels at both. I managed dozens of reporters and editors during my 12-year career at Bloomberg News. Now he's the person I go to when I want help with my writing…" – NICOLAS JOHNSON, FORMER BLOOMBERG AND GLOBE AND MAIL EDITOR, AND POLITICAL CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT OF ONTARIO, CANADA.

"As a young reporter my prose might have been robotic and jargon-laden if not for Shani's watchful eye and attention to the elusive human interest behind ostensibly technical stories. Beyond the standard (yet crucial) reporting skills–like accuracy, clarity and integrity–I also learned refinement, how to withstand impulses toward glibness and cynicism that can naturally set in when oft revisiting the same beat. Shani will teach you how to write well, and with grace…" – HAWA ALLAN, WRITER AND LAWYER.

This course provides working and aspiring journalists with the core news writing skills needed to write news for the world's leading newspapers.

The lectures guide students through the core pillars of an effective news story–from the lead paragraph through to the proper illustration and contextualisation of news.

The lectures run for an hour, after which students and practitioners of journalism will be able to structure a news article with ease and precision for any of the world's top publications.

This course gives you the foundation for excellent news writing. If you're keen to learn writing for business and other purposes, please check out my SECRET SAUCE OF GREAT WRITING and WRITING WITH FLAIR: HOW TO BECOME AN EXCEPTIONAL WRITER courses.

What are the requirements?

The student requires only notepaper or a laptop to take notes and carry out the exercises
What am I going to get from this course?

Over 26 lectures and 1.5 hours of content!
By the end of the course, students will know exactly how to write news articles that appeal to the world's top newspapers

What is the target audience?

The course is intended for working or aspiring journalists of any ability. It will mostly benefit journalists with an ambition to write for the world's best-selling newspapers