Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Report writing and editing
A course by Paco Herranz , Journalist
About the video: Report writing and editing
Overview
“Now that the interview is over, it's time to decide how to build the report. In addition to his writing, I will also stop at the editing of the report, a very delicate process on which the final quality depends.”
In this video lesson Paco Herranz addresses the topic: Report writing and editing, 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
“Report writing and editing Now that we have done the interview to one of the protagonists of our report, we will build the final project. The process is very simple. First you must be clear about the five W's, include them and develop them. But also go following the technique of the inverted pyramid, develop the elements, the questions, going to the detail of the report, without losing sight of the objective. Everything is interesting, it just depends on your point of view, but you have to stick to the basic elements of journalism, truthfulness, honesty, so that later the report is perfect ...”
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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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