Syllabus

Africa Media’s environmental and travel journalism syllabus is based on a combination of tutored workshops and practical expeditions to explore, research and write articles for publication on local and international media platforms.

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Week 1: Orientation & introduction

Orientation to Mossel Bay and the program
Intro to journalism and journalistic writing styles
Narrative writing workshop and assessment
Guided edits and personalised learning system creation
Intro to ethics, standards and practices
This week involves an expedition to the Point area of Mossel Bay

Week 2: Putting practices into practice

Tutorial: Rewriting and Editing
Guided and self-guided edits of previous submissions
Tutorial: Interviewing techniques – what are they?
Research – conduct research on two individuals and prep for mock interview.
Practical – Writing and submission of Interview 1 + 2

Week 3: Becoming a journalist

Tutorial: Travel Writing
Research – conduct research on specific upcoming expeditions
Expeditions – This week involves a number of different expeditions and a lot of travel writing and blogging
Practical – Writing, submission and editing of articles

Week 4: What Africa has shown me

Tutorial: Environmental Journalism
Research and prep for final piece
Self-led interviews and source finding
Practical – Writing, submission and editing of EVJ piece

EXPEDITIONS

The garden route region of South Africa is widely renowned for its diversity of reserves, sanctuaries tourism attractions and research institutes. Expeditions will travel to different venues to allow you to visit the organisations upon which your stories are based. Specific regions that we may investigate for stories include:

Plettenberg Bay,
Knysna,
Oudtshoorn,
George,
Mossel Bay,
Port Elizabeth,
Albertinia,
Sedgefield,
Wilderness.

Syllabus

Syllabus

Week 1: Orientation & introduction

Orientation to Mossel Bay and the program

Intro to journalism and journalistic writing styles

Narrative writing workshop and assessment

Guided edits and personalised learning system creation

Intro to ethics, standards and practices

This week involves an expedition to the Point area of Mossel Bay

Week 2: Putting practices into practice

Tutorial: Rewriting and Editing

Guided and self-guided edits of previous submissions

Tutorial: Interviewing techniques – what are they?

Research – conduct research on two individuals and prep for mock interview.

Practical – Writing and submission of Interview 1 + 2

Week 3: Becoming a journalist

Tutorial: Travel Writing

Research – conduct research on specific upcoming expeditions

Expeditions – This week involves a number of different expeditions and a lot of travel writing and blogging

Practical – Writing, submission and editing of articles

Week 4: What Africa has shown me

Tutorial: Environmental Journalism

Research and prep for final piece

Self-led interviews and source finding

Practical – Writing, submission and editing of EVJ piece

EXPEDITIONS