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LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM |
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| Course Fee: £ 295 (inc vat) | |||
| Course Date and start time: | 16 April 2010 |
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| Three Fridays, 10.00am until 5.00pm. | |||
Writing for Women's Magazines
A course for those interested in writing specifically for women's magazines. Do you think you could write about relationships, dieting and eating disorders, conventional and alternative health, fitness, fashion, beauty, interiors, lifestyle, real lives, children and families?
This intensive course will give you an understanding of how the women's magazine market works and provide you with the tools to write for magazines and newspapers.
| Day 1: | You and them | Tailor who you are to what editors want - turning your experiences and interests into journalistic material. Figuring out what is wanted: analysing markets. | |
| Day 2: | Putting a piece together | Research, structure, the rewrite. Interviewing: dealing with real people and celebrities. | |
| Day 3: | Selling yourself and your ideas | Getting started: covering letters, cv, approaching editors. Selling ideas: presentation, commission to byline, building a career. |
| Books | Freelance and Feature Writing (London School of Journalism 2008). (cost included in course fees) |
The course will run again in October 2010.