This online course is run by the Researcher Academy 

The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you. Semester 1 courses will be available for booking from the second week of October and Semester 2 courses from the second week of February. 

Target Audience: Mid and late stage postgraduate research students and early career research staff

This is a one-day online webinar that is designed specifically for doctoral researchers and early career researchers who need to communicate their work to a wider audience, or comment on related topics, in the non-specialised media.

Process: A one-day webinar featuring discussion, individual and group exercises and an on camera interview.

Description

As part of this training offer, the trainers, ex-BBC journalists with decades of training experience, prepare exercises and interviews tailored for each participant’s area of study, so are able to offer the training to mixed discipline groups from different backgrounds.

This interactive webinar leads from identifying the elements of a good media story, through the challenges of dealing with the media and the competing pressures of academic and journalistic methods to final on-camera interviews and playback analysis.

Throughout, researchers are given examples, templates and tips on how to tackle the exercises, to increase their confidence and broaden their understanding.

Booking Conditions 

Our webinars/ online courses are very popular, especially in the current period and we are experiencing large volumes of people on our waiting lists.  

Please do let us know if you would like to cancel your place on this course so we can offer your place to another delegate. 

Please note, attendances for webinars/ online courses will still be recorded and corresponding training points, when shown as available, will be awarded.   

Pre-Requisites

This course will be delivered by Media Players International for the Researcher Academy

Pre- webinar Instructions

Course participants will need to complete a short research summary about their own research

*For participants registered on the Thursday, 16 April 2020 course, please complete and send the research summary by email by Monday, 1 April to Media Players International: mediapie@gmail.com with 'Facing the Journalists 16 April ' in the subject line.

Download the Research Summary Template

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