Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Adaptation of the report for the internet
A course by Paco Herranz , Journalist
About the video: Adaptation of the report for the internet
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to discuss the challenges of converting our journalistic project to a different format such as the Internet.”
In this video lesson Paco Herranz addresses the topic: Adaptation of the report for the internet, 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
“Adaptation of the report for the Internet In this lesson we will address the challenges that conversion will pose for you of your written press report to the internet format. The journalistic report for written press has an obvious physical limitation, which is the page size itself. In addition, on that page there is usually shared space with advertising elements. That greatly limits your room for manoeuvre. When we want to convert your journalistic report and take it to an Internet format, that physical limitation disappears. But there are other issues you have to resolve. You may have to ...”
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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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