Suzanne was a full-time production skills trainer at the BBC before moving into training management. She has designed and delivered training in Britain, Asia and Israel.
She will conduct a training needs analysis and devise training programmes for your news organisation. They can consist of a mixture of longer courses (possibly several weeks) supplemented by short workshops and master classes.
Depending on the organisation’s needs, typical modules are:
- news values
- ethics – balance, accuracy, corroboration, fair representation
- evaluating and using sources
- storytelling
- interviewing
- writing for radio
- writing to pictures
- writing and illustrating for the web
- how to shoot video sequences
- creative film skills
- creative radio and documentary skills
- understanding the principles of editing
- compiling a news report and longer features
- the production process
- briefing presenters
- newsgathering, planning
- safety
- working in non-democratic, sensitive or hostile environments
- directing a live TV bulletin or producing a live radio show
- presentation
- live reporting
- studio debates
- phone-ins and interactive programming