Introduction to Journalistic Writing
The importance of sources
A course by Paco Herranz , Journalist
About the video: The importance of sources
Overview
“Finally, I am going to talk to you about the information sources, the pillar on which our journalistic report will rest. We will see the different types that exist and how to use them.”
In this video lesson Paco Herranz addresses the topic: The importance of sources, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Journalistic Writing. Learn to write a good, non-fiction story that combines journalistic techniques and genres, such as interviewing and news reporting.
Partial transcription of the video
“The importance of sources In this lesson we will deal with information sources, which is the pillar on which our report rests. A journalist is your sources. Their reputation depends on them, their scope, its weight and even its trajectory. It is not about quantity, but about quality of sources. They can tell you something that others don't know, but also then you have to check that what that source told you is true. Sources are important, but so is verification. How do we get the sources? I like to apply the three C's: coffee, trust and affection. Trust obviously has to be mutual, there mus...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Journalistic Writing
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Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Paco Herranz
A course by Paco Herranz
Paco Herranz holds a doctorate in communication sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Since 2010, he has been teaching writing courses for the Journalism, Edition, Production, and New Technologies master's program at the CEU San Pablo University, as well as classes on the history of journalism at the University Carlos III of Madrid. He currently collaborates with the Russian news outlet Sputnik, writing weekly analyses on international politics, and with the educational history magazine La Aventura de la Historia. He also works for the digital platform industry TALKS.
From 1989 to 2013, Paco worked for the Spanish newspaper El Mundo and held a variety of positions during his time there, including collaborator, reporter, correspondent in Moscow, and head of international news. As a reporter, he has covered three armed conflicts, written numerous reports on a broad range of topics, and interviewed people from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances. His career has taken him across the world to report in countries like the United States, Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Angola, Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, Turkey, Algeria, Poland, the Baltic States, Italy, and Sweden.
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