Thomson Reuters Foundation 2024 Reporting on Crises & Disasters for Journalists

This course provides journalists with guidance on how to handle the challenges and techniques involved in covering international scale crises and disasters, using Reuters and other world news organisations as a model. We will concentrate on natural disasters and humanitarian crises of all sorts, and the special problems that can arise in covering them.

Training structure highlights

• Breaking news: moving fast and carefully avoiding confusion
• Structuring and packaging news
• Basic reporting skills: clarity, brevity, accuracy
• Who are your sources? Evaluating sourcing
• Editing and proofing skills under pressure
• Journalism ethics and how to navigate dilemmas
• Interview skills: dealing with hostile or stressed officials, as well as traumatised individuals of all ages
• Common pitfalls and guidance
• Live scenarios to test behaviour under pressure
• Keeping safe in dangerous situations
• When the story slows down: how to keep reporting fresh angles

 

• Table of Content
• About Thomson Reuters Foundation
• TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters
• Aim and Benefits of TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters
• TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters Courses
• Requirements for TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Thomson Reuters Foundation

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TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters

Application Deadline	Not Specified
Type	Fellowship
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Thomson Reuters Foundation
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters

Following this course journalists will have improved knowledge and ability to report sensitively, efficiently and effectively on disasters and crises.

Learning outcomes

• Techniques for structuring an ongoing story for a broad international audience
• Tips to write clear, simple, balanced and eye-catching copy under pressure
• Crisis news editing
• Locating good news sources in an emergency
• Dealing with the emergency relief services
• Interview techniques, especially problem areas involving trauma victims

TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters Courses

• Journalism

Requirements for TRF Reporting on Crises & Disasters Qualification

The course is aimed primarily at journalists with two to eight years’ experience who write for an international audience, or seek to.

 

 

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Thomson Reuters Foundation on www.trust.org to apply

For more details visit: TRF website.