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Open Right

Analyisng Media Coverage

Session Info:

Spend time with an experienced journalist and find out why various news agencies cover the same stories in an entirely different manner.

Learn how online news and social media dominate the hourly news cycle and help shape the broader 24-hour news cycle.

The digital revolution has transformed the media landscape, changing the roles of journalists, politicians and the corporate sector.

This course dissects and compares a series of major controversial news stories, both national and international. We analyse in detail how and why story decisions are made, and contrast writing styles.

Topics:

  • Language analysis
  • Writing to influence
  • Writing in context
  • Social media
  • Online news and the 24-hour news cycle