AI-ASSISTED NEWS WRITING

INDIA’S FIRST HANDS ON ONLINE COURSE WHERE YOU WILL LEARN TO WRITE FOR PRINT AND THE WEB

Seven Reasons To Join This Course

India’s first online course that uses AI to teach news writing.

Two-thirds of course work is practical.

Every Saturday is Workshop Day where content created during the week is reviewed and discussed to enhance learning.

Your assignments are checked using the Track Changes Mode so that you can see your mistakes and improve.

You enjoy one-on-one mentorship, and learn from a Master who has taught generations of media students.

This course prepares you to work as Print Journalist | Internet Journalist | Content Creator | Blogger.

You get to earn money for articles that are published on www.theirstory.in, a sister site of Easy Media Academy.

What you will learn

Module I: Basics

What is News

Characteristics of News

News Sources | Attribution and Sourcing

System of Beats

Direct and Partial Quotes

News Ethics with special focus on AI

Module II: Managing Prompts

Structure of Prompts

Good Prompts, Bad Prompts

Prompt Engineering

Module III: AI-Enhanced Text

In this module you will learn to use AI to

Write News Leads

Structure News Reports for Print

Write SEO-optimised Web Reports

Write Feature articles for Print, News Sites and Blogs

Edit News Reports

Write Headlines for Print | Web | Blogs

Convert Press Releases into News Reports

Module IV: AI-Enabled Visuals

In this module you will learn to use AI to

Write Image Prompts

Generate Images

Write captions

Generate Illustrations

Saturday Workshops

The Craft of Writing Prompts

Creating News Reports using AI

Writing AI-powered headlines

Generation of AI-enabled Visuals

Refining and Editing Content with AI tools

Ethical use of AI

₹ 16,999

Course Dates : August 19 – September 30, 2024

Course Delivery: Online through Zoom

Teaching Hours: 48

Class Timings

Weekdays: 7 pm to 8 pm
Saturday Workshops: 10 am to 1 pm

Who Should Take This Course

Students who want to become:

Print Reporters
Web Journalists
Content Creators for Web Portals, PR Companies, Advertising Agencies
Bloggers

The Course is also a great opportunity for:

Print Reporters
Web Journalists
Content Creators for Web Portals, PR Companies, Advertising Agencies
Bloggers

Eligibility

Graduates in any discipline
Media students finishing their graduation
Journalists wanting to improve their news writing skills
Proficiency in English language

Course Director: Prof Sunil Saxena

Prof Saxena is an award winning media professional with four and a half decades of experience in Print Media, New Media, Social Media, Mobile Journalism, Media Education and Research. He has set up four media schools, one online digital media company, was part of the founding teams of three newspapers and has authored four books. His current passion is studying the use and impact of AI on Content Creation.