Past Course
Journalism and Creative Writing Course for Global Youth
The program will cover different areas of both creative and media industries, providing students with a strong background in writing and teach them various skills related to both the vocational sector and artistic discipline.
Course Details
One journalism workshop and one creative writing workshop each week.
| Journalism | Creative Writing | |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Journalism | Introduction to Creative Writing |
| Week 2 | The 5 WH’s and H | Setting the scene |
| Week 3 | Asking good questions – Interview techniques | Character workshop |
| Week 4 | Sports reporting | Poetry |
| Week 5 | Pilot study – making a survey and reporting results | If I were… |
| Week 6 | Behind the scenes: ‘a day in the life’ | Time travel tale |
| Week 7 | News vs Ads and fake news | Cliffhanger endings |
Lecturer
Lucie Kealey
- Final-year English-language student, The University of Manchester
- Commendation in Law, John Locke Institute 2024 Global Essay Prize
- Newspaper Writer, Inspire Youth Journal
Participants
The 20 selected students are all promising young talents currently studying in middle school, high school, and university in Vietnam, India, Mauritius, Bangladesh and Singapore.
Many of them have achieved highly regarded international writing awards, including the John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize, the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, the Cambridge Re:Think Essay Competition, and Inspire Youth Journal’s Edition of the Year 2025.
Lesson Recordings
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
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Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9