Every year, newspapers and magazines spend millions of pounds on true life stories, and there is no reason that you shouldn’t have a slice of that cake. In doing so, you’ll raise your profile as a journalist and enjoy what is a lucrative and fulfilling career. In this book, journalist Natasha Courtenay-Smith teaches you all you need to know to be successful in true life journalism, from finding stories to packaging, pitching, writing and selling them time and time again.
 

what’s in the book?

Section One: all about the stories
1. What makes a good story.
2. Where to find one.
3. How much is a story really worth?

Section Two: capturing the story
4. Interviewing techniques and readbacks.
5. The story synopsis.
6. Keeping it legal.

Section Three: writing the story
7. The story architecture.
8. Writing in the 1st person.
9. Writing in the 3rd person.

Section Four: selling the story
10. Building your contacts.
11. Right of reply.
12. Making the sale.

And finally…..customer relations and managing your workload.

Latest from the blog……

Author of One Twin talks to journalism students in Brighton

Following the launch of her new book on real life journalism, Talk to the Press founder and director Natasha has been invited to give talks to students at a number of universities and journalism training centres.

Yesterday, Natasha was in Brighton where she talked to students at Journalist Works and the NCTJ journalism courses at Brighton College. Some of the students she spoke to have already been in touch regarding work experience placements and stories they would like to sell to the press.

Over the coming months, Natasha is booked to hold lectures at a number of different universities. Natasha says ‘It’s always great to meet students and talk to them about what we do here at Talk to the Press. A number of them are keen to get into tabloid and magazine journalism and I know I’ve given them a good feel as to what the job involves.’

To find out more about Natasha’s book, and download Chapter 1 for free, visit http://journalist-training.co.uk/free-chapter/

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