In this fast paced world of media and journalism, the demand for real-time reporting and writing is ever growing. Now is the time to sharpen your skills in the delivery of digital and printed text and Press Association offers a range of professional journalism writing courses to help you. You can choose from report or copywriting courses to news and features writing courses.
Press Association delivers over 100 million news stories each year to every national newspaper and all major broadcasters and in addition delivers over 40 features each week.
With such experience, Press Association trainers are all highly acknowledged professionals in the reporting and writing field. Learn from the best and excel in your career with one of our reporting and writing courses.
To see when the next course is scheduled, view our calendar.
View all our specialist writing courses below:
If you have a bespoke reporting and writing training need, please do not hesitate to contact us.
News writing
The news writing course offers an introduction to the principles of good copy writing including types of news writing, identifying the story angle and giving a story structure. View more about our news writing course.
Business and finance reporting
Learn how to write and present the business pages so that they have credibility and clarity. Gain insight into pitching pages at the right level and using business pages to attract advertising.
Who should attend: Anybody working on the business pages or thinking of doing so.
Features writing
Writing features with colour takes good research skills and a different approach from writing news reports. Learn how to construct insightful leader and column features with this two day features writing course.View more about our features writing course.
Sports writing
Run by highly experienced sports journalists, this course will equip you with the writing skills and news gathering techniques needed to be an effective sports writer. Write sports features and columns, analyse and interpret statistics and look at visual opportunities. View more about our sports writing course.
Reporting masterclass
This course is for those senior reporters who wish to sharpen their skills. This is the most high-powered of our report writing courses. It deals with alternative sources of stories; professional forward planning techniques, story development and investigative work. View more about our reporting masterclass.
The chief reporter
Good reporters become chief reporters and suddenly they are managers - responsible for their own staff. This report writing course helps to ease this first step into management, working on time management, employee motivation and running a busy diary amongst all other core duties. View more about our chief reporter course.
News and Feature Writing for Non Journalists
This is a course for all who have no formal training in the written word. We answer the question, what makes news? Learn how to write good intro's, use clear, simple language and develop basic interviewing skills. View more about our news and feature writing for non journalists course.
Writing and editing for Print and Web - for non-journalists
In this era, everybody is expected to be a publisher, which is why the ability to produce clear, crisp copy is a must for anyone involved in business. Brush up on sentence construction and vocabulary with this copywriting course. Explore different writing styles for different media and receive tips on improving written English. View more about our writing and editing for print and web course.
Investigative journalism
Learn how to find new ideas and turn them into news or feature stories that will set your publication ahead of the rest of the pack. This practical course will provide an insight into how you can use readily available information to turn around cost-effective investigations that will make exclusive stories.
It includes sessions on Data Mining, Crowd-Sourcing, provides practical advice on when you can and cannot get away with using subterfuge and which organisations you can enlist for support.
Who should attend: News and feature reporters/editors looking for off-diary stories and an innovative approach or anyone aiming to take on investigative stories.
Course length: One day.
Content that sells
Today's newspapers have to work harder with fewer resources to satisfy their readers. This content based course examines and discusses story development, forward planning, how people want their content packaged and the places that journalists can find content.
Who should attend: All reporters, newsdesk and features desk staff.
Course length: One day.
Effective bill and blurb writing
This practical course deals with the effective marketing of newspapers, in particular promotional panels and bill writing. Learn how to reach new readers and keep existing ones. View more about our effective bill and blurb writing course.
Public administration
Learn how to find the human interest in official sources. Bring yourself up to date on the new rules and structures in local government. Learn how to turn dry as dust original sources into stories that matter about real people. More about our public administration course.
Creative writing for business professionals
Of all of Press Association's writing courses, Creative writing covers the broadest spectrum, developing the delegate's writing techniques from the basics through to the more complicated material. Write items such as basic short stories through to promotional literature and features.
Who should attend: Non-newspaper people.
Course length: Two days.
News and features writing
Learn the principles of good writing, effectively structure news stories and intro's and understand the role that features play in the modern news agenda. This course is essential for those beaking into the news and features writing industry, or those wishing to update their skills in the field.
Course length: Two days.
If you cannot find a program to suit your training needs in the above list of reporting and writing courses, please contact us for a bespoke training proposal.