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Feature Article Writing Level 1 (Self-Paced)

Gotham Writers Workshop

Unlock your potential as a feature article writer with Gotham Writers Workshop. Learn how to craft compelling stories that go beyond the facts and captivate readers. Explore various types of features and discover the secrets to successful writing and effective marketing.

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$464

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Super Researcher

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  • 18 and older
  • $120
  • Interactive Online Classroom
  • 6 hours over 4 sessions

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Class Description

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What you'll learn in this journalism course:

Find people, dig deeper and get your facts right.

Become a super researcher and a better reporter.

Find even the most elusive sources; Dig up hard-to-find information; And avoid embarrassing mistakes in your news stories. In this series of four short workshops, Barbara Gray, the former director of news research at the New York Times, will guide you through the most accessible techniques for investigating people and verifying the facts, including Facebook, Google+, Geofencing, Geolocation, mostly free and low-cost databases, WikiLeaks and many more.

Don't forget to bring your laptop!

Take one or take them all!

Finding People Fast (Even If They Don't Want to Be Found)
Dig up the dirt - efficiently. Barbara will guide you through the top 10 no-cost or low-cost resources, databases and techniques for finding anyone fast.

Information Gathering With Social Media
Social media can reveal a lot about people and about emerging situations. Learn to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks to find sources and user-generated content, and to add detail to your reporting, especially during breaking news.

Verify or Die
Never get it wrong. Barbara will give you her checklist of research tips and techniques to fact-check your own work, verify your reporting and avoid embarrassing errors.

Google and Beyond
Barbara will go over the most effective techniques to find the best information through Google and other databases to make you an expert news-gatherer.

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

Cancellations made at least 2 business days in advance of the class will be honored with a refund less 5% cancellation fee.

In the event that an instructor or the school needs to cancel at the last minute, students will receive a refund less a 5% non-refundable registration fee.

Reviews of Classes at Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (64)

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  • Super Researcher

    Reviewed by Jeannine S. on 10/27/2016
    This was okay. I didn't get the login details until after the class started but I may take another class in the future.
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Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY offers a top-notch, affordable education teaching traditional journalism values while preparing students to thrive in a rapidly changing media landscape.

As the profession reinvents itself for the digital age, the Newmark J School is at the forefront...

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