Journalistic Writing is a course in the Media and Content Creation track, delivered by Al Qurain Training Center in Doha, Qatar, and taught by Anwar Abdulrahman Al-Taneeb, who has written for the press since 1988. It focuses on writing news and opinion and on preparing and editing the press interview, and ends with a certificate of completion in cooperation with the International Business Council.
After this course, you will be better prepared for
- Writing a news story that puts the most important facts first.
- Building an opinion piece around one idea and the evidence behind it.
- Preparing, conducting and editing a press interview.
- Editing your text and choosing its headline.
Who is this course for?
- Media and corporate communications staff
- People who write for a newspaper or blog
- Media students and recent graduates
- Professionals who write about their field
What do you receive?
- Course materials and sample news stories and articles to analyse
- An applied project: a news story, an opinion piece and a short interview written during the course
- Editing exercises and the trainer's notes on your texts
- A certificate of completion from Al Qurain Training Center, in cooperation with the International Business Council
Why this programme?
Anwar Al-Taneeb has written for the press since 1988. She worked in the editorial department of Al Arabi magazine, edited the Human Development page of Al Anbaa, and today writes the column "A Word After the Full Stop" in Al Watan Online. She has also led the workshop "The Journalistic Article and Interview".