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Course: Writing for the Web (IAJ - South Africa)

Date: 15 - 17 August 2012

In a Nutshell: Within 10 years, all working journalists will have to become interactive writers. This course will help you to secure your place in the information continuum.

The course will cover:

- The ways in which online readers are different animals, and how to talk to them

- How to think about your story as a part of a series of links, rather than as a static piece

- How to ask the right questions to give your audience the right answers

- Simple tricks to make your copy more visually interesting, engaging and easy to read

- Complex tricks to create really great, interactive web articles

- How to hyperlink

- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – how to use keywords to get your articles to show up on Google

- Writing for websites’ content management systems (CMS)

- Getting to grips with social media – Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, LinkedIn

- Building your own online brand

Location: IAJ Offices - Parktown

Facilitators: Georgina Guedes

Download: course application form

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: info@iaj.org.za

Website: http://iaj.org.za/

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Course: Writing for the Web (IAJ - South Africa) + south africa literature