This intensive online course will give any content creator, be they in journalism, marketing or PR, the skills upgrade they need to succeed in digital publishing.
The course will cover the core skills everyone needs to make the most of the opportunities in digital and teach you how to employ your existing skills effectively online. The trainer will give you clear, jargon-free examples of how to optimise your content for search engines and social platforms and how to shape it for online readers.
We will also cover the use of analytics and explain the measures that really matter to you as a content creator.
We will then touch on the basic multimedia skills that you can easily develop to make you stand out from the crowd.
The course will be delivered in four sessions over four weeks, with online feedback and discussion between sessions.
The course will teach you:
- How to write for digital.
- When and how to optimise your copy for social platforms.
- When and how to optimise your copy for search engines (SEO).
- Using social media for research and contact-building.
- Using basic analytics to improve what you create.
- The basics of multimedia.
This online course will take place over four 90 minute sessions on Tuesday 16 April, Tuesday 23 April, Tuesday 30 April and Tuesday 7 May 2024.
Getting there
This online course will take place over four, 90 minute sessions on Tuesday 16 April, Tuesday 23 April, Tuesday 30 April and Tuesday 7 May 2024 from 10am - 11.30am GMT.
About Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth has more than five years' experience in training journalists in social media, SEO and digital journalism.
A journalist for 20 years and a blogger for 10, Adam now works as a consultant and trainer in digital journalism, social media and content strategy.
He is a visiting lecturer at City, University of London on the journalism MA course.
