Stated simply, this is a cutting-edge new Course with Australia’s best writers and editors contributing to give you new, up-to-the-minute information about how to become a successful journalist and writer. This covers three broad areas:
1. How to get story ideas which are practical for you.
2. How to develop these into competent and saleable pieces of writing.
3. How to market your finished material for profit.
No matter the subject matter of your article, the same basics apply to making that article factual, readable and interesting. Each of these areas is comprehensively covered within your Course. This list of skills includes:
Coming up with ideas
Finding a market
Deciding on your story angle
Presenting and selling your idea
Researching your idea
Interviewing
Drafting
Writing with structure
Editing
Submitting your copy
There is a big secret to freelance writing for profit. Here it is . . . finding success as a freelance journalist isn’t that difficult. Here’s another secret. The business of freelance journalism is not necessarily about award-winning writing, it’s about competent writing. Thousands of newspapers and magazines are constantly on the lookout for competent material. Note we say “competent” – they are not looking for literary masterpieces.

Per capita, Australians are one of the biggest purchasers and consumers of newspapers and magazines in the world. For anyone planning to become a freelance journalist, this is the best news you will ever read.

There are an estimated 4,500 magazine titles alone available in Australia. This does not take into account metropolitan newspapers, regional newspapers, community newspapers, corporate publications, websites and a host of other possible markets for the freelance writer.

The “Professional Freelance Journalism” Course teaches you every trick of the trade to write for these markets. At the end of this Course you will have the knowledge and skills to write for anyone, on any subject and be paid for your writing efforts.

Request our FREE full-colour Course Prospectus for detailed information about The Professional Freelance Journalism Course, including:
Contents of the Course
What's Required of You
What You Can Achieve
What You Will Learn and much more.

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