About iLearn courses
iLearn material is typically written by experienced journalists who have training experience themselves.
To create an iLearn course, a trainer or administrator working closely with assistance from the central team will select from a module library featuring more than 100 modules.
Topics range from basic journalism skills and ethics to more specialist skills (eg audio) and subject areas (eg reporting HIV and AIDS).
In some circumstances it makes sense to group modules together because they have been written in such a way as they need to be followed sequentially.
For example the modules on reporting conflict work well together because they cover journalists' safety, reporting a conflict whilst staying neutral, understanding the roots of a conflict and so on: as a result they would make less sense if selected in isolation.
However in some circumstances you may choose to tailor courses. For example if you are training people in basic radio skills, you could select the existing course in 'basic radio'.
Additionally you might wish to select extra modules based on trainee needs specific to a particular group, for example, eg people who report on transitional justice or the environment.
iLearn modules are written by journalists with an international outlook, and we certainly encourage projects to create material based on their own experience, and adapt material as necessary. This is particularly true of areas like media law, or reporting elections where a local context is useful for trainees.
If a project based in a particular country produces a module it will go into the central pool of modules so that it can be used elsewhere, if this is appropriate. The iLearn team centrally will act as editors in this process.
Recently we have started to develop media skills training material aimed at people who work for NGOs rather than journalists.
Modules include:
JOURNALISM
Core Skills
Introduction to Broadcast Journalism
What is News?
Sources of news
Accuracy
Impartiality
Fairness and Straight Dealing
Interview Styles
Interview Skills
Press Conferences
Advanced Interviewing
Breaking News
Features Journalism - Cross Media
Features Writing - Cross Media
Style Guides
Vox Pops
Writing Concisely in English
Face to Face Interviews
Telephone Interviews
Interviewing Children
Specialist reporting
Specialist Reporting
Business & Economics
Reporting Business
Reporting Financial Markets
Conflict
Reporting War and Conflict
Understanding the Conflict
Journalists' Safety
Education
Educational Broadcasting 1
Educational Broadcasting 2
Reporting the Environment
EU
EU Reporting
EU Accession
Health
Health in the News
Understanding Science
Dealing with Academics
Reporting Numbers
Reporting Risks
Health: Researching The Story
Health: Writing The Story
HIV & AIDS
HIV and AIDS background
Reporting HIV and AIDS
Human Rights
Investigative Journalism
Introduction to Investigative Journalism
Overview of Investigative Reporting
Investigative Research
La w
Law - a template for authors
Reporting Crime
Reporting the Courts
Politics
Reporting Politics (Guardian)
Reporting Politics (Naomi)
Election Reporting
LAW & ETHICS
Editorial Codes
Diversity in the workplace
Diversity in practice
Diversity in journalism
RADIO
Introduction to Radio Reporting
The Magic of Radio
Recording Sound
Writing for Radio
Copy Stories for Bulletins
Keeping Bulletins Fresh
Interviewing for Radio
Bulletin Clips
Voice Pieces and Wraps
Introduction to Radio Features
What is a Feature?
Finding Ideas
The Audience
Selling and Commissioning
Live Programmes
Packaged Features
Scripting your Feature
Promoting your Feature
Discussion Programmes
Storytelling Structures
TELEVISION
Composing the Shot
Interviewing for TV
Pieces to Camera
Editing Video
Writing for Television
Film & TV Documentaries
Film and Television Documentaries
Television Documentary Checklist
PRINT
Print News Journalism
What is News?
Sources of News
Accuracy
Impartiality
Fairness and Straight Dealing
Vox Pops
Press Conferences
Writing a News Story
Advanced Interviewing
Newspaper Campaigns
Newsdesk Management
Subediting
Newspaper Design & Layout
Writing Editorials and Comment Pieces
Features
What is a Newspaper Feature?
Types of Feature 1
Types of Feature 2
Finding Feature Ideas
Researching a Feature
Writing a Feature
ONLINE
The Web for Journalists
Research on the Net
Online Journalism Basics
Website Editorial Management
Writing for the Web
Writing for Multiple Platforms
Blogging*
Citizen Journalism (UGC)*
MANAGEMENT
General News Management
Daily Newsroom Management
Understanding the market place
Prospects
Opportunities
Proposals and negotiation
Wins and beyond
Maintain/building existing business
Management Styles
Leadership
Motivation
Appraisal
Training and Development
Delegation and Empowerment
TRAINING
Writing modules for iLearn
Why Training?*
Training Needs Analysis*
Setting SMART Objectives*
Learning Styles and the Learning
Cycle*
Presentation Skills*
Difficult Trainees*
Designing a Training Session*
Creative Training Techniques*
When Things Go Wrong*
Giving and Receiving Feedback*
MARKETING & PR
Building Links with the Media
Writing a Press Release
News Conferences
Making a Presentation
Being Interviewed
SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT:
Sports reporting and commentary
Media, sports and development
Date: 08/02/06
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