This Diploma Program comprises 12 interesting and informative Modules: 

Module 1 - The Media and Journalism

• Media communication, media content, media industries
• Traditional media, new media, multi-media, digital media, hard and soft news
• Introduction to journalism, principles, obligations, types, importance
• Audiences, target audiences, consumers

Module 2 - Journalists

• Journalists as professionals, stories in journalism, presenting information
• Reports and reporting, news, current events, the news cycle, coverage
• Elements of a good story, feature stories, types of features, characteristics
• Photojournalism, data journalism, visualisation, infograms

Module 3 - Communication

• Meaningful exchanges of information, messages
• Stages of the communication process, one-way, two-way, feedback
• Journalism and communication, audience appeal
• Unspoken and oral communication, active listening, observation

Module 4 - Mass Communication and Mass Media

• Mass media platforms, benefits, audience demographics and expectations
• Mass communicators, roles, ethics, guidelines and standards
• Journalism and mass media, focus, objectivity, subjectivity, required skills, social media, social networking
• Media texts, the production process, representations, media genres:

Module 5 - Journalistic Skill and Abilities

• Hard, technical and soft skills, judgement, reporting, research, writing, editing
• Digital media and journalists, websites, mobile reporting, photographing, video journalism
• Modern journalism, investigations, analytical thinking, source evaluation, interpretation
• Interviewing, rapport, questions, listening, observing, note taking, writing

Module 6 - Journalistic Writing

• Purpose of attracting and retaining audiences, types and characteristics of journalistic writing
• Writing structures: pyramid, martini glass, kebab, accordion, zooming, themes
• The journalistic writing process: information, key points, sources, angle, opening, headline, editing
• Language, grammar, punctuation, direct and reported speech, description, objectivity

Module 7 - Legal Considerations for Journalists & Professional Writers

• Laws, regulations, ethics, code of conduct, avoidance of subterfuge, misrepresentation
• Privacy, rights, invasion of privacy, data protection, storage and use of personal information
• Defamation, slander and libel, defences against charges, freedom of information, source protection
• Intellectual property protection, copyright law, attribution, paraphrases and quotes, fact-checking

Module 8 - Narrative and Story Writing

• Writing and language, prose, aims, fiction and non-fiction writing, immersive writing
• Characteristics and types of narrative writing, figurative language, literary techniques
• Introduction to characters, settings, story themes, points of view, literary conflicts
• The story plot, narrative structure, plot diagrams, subplots

Module 9 - Creative Writing

• Evoking emotion, communicating a theme, literary devices, types of creative writing
• Elements: imagery, character development, atmosphere, plot, dialogue, voice
• Genre, metaphors, similes, viewpoints, rhyme, style, description, pace
• Concrete and specific nouns, strong verbs, descriptive adverbs, symbolism, tone, paragraphing

Module 10 - Characters and Characterization

• Personality, character arcs, character roles, protagonist, antagonist, deuteragonist, stereotypes
• Characterization, physical description, behaviour, thoughts, reactions, speech
• Dialogue in stories, importance, punctuation and quotation marks, realism, character voice
• Living language, idiomatic expressions, colloquial terms, abbreviations

Module 11 - Narrative Techniques

• Mood: atmosphere, feeling or attitude, what readers discern, devices to portray mood
• Setting: time, place, theme, tone, morals, epiphanies, events, appealing to readers’ senses
• Pacing: how action unfolds, getting the pace right, increasing tension, using description
• Stakes: risks, challenges, high sand low stakes, raising the stakes, conflict, cause and effect

Module 12 - Writing for Broadcast Media

• Online, digital, social, podcast and multimedia journalism, using video, audio, images, graphics
• Broadcast journalism, jobs, anchors, presenters, researchers, production team, sound, props
• Radio, television and internet broadcast journalism, screenwriters and scriptwriters, story structure
• Screenplays and scripts, video/audio elements, audio and technical codes, editing, 9 C’s in broadcast writing

Your CIC Fee includes:-

• Your enrolment/registration with Cambridge International College, and your own high-quality, professionally produced and illustrated comprehensive International CIC Study & Training Publications.
• A detailed, professional ‘Study & Training Guide’ with full instructions on how to study to achieve success and gain top results.  The Guide includes detailed advice on how to answer Self-Assessment Tests, Training Tests and Examinations.
• Self-Assessment Tests and Recommended Answers for them, and a Progress Chart.
• Two Progress/Training Tests (which can be used as ‘Past Papers/Questions’) with an optional Tutorial Support Service.
• The Final Examination** sat under Invigilation/Supervision in your own area - full details, guidance and explanation of how your Examination will be arranged and how Invigilation is conducted will be provided when you register.  Note, CIC arranges Examinations in over a hundred countries worldwide for thousands of Members every year; it is a flexible, straightforward process and will be arranged when YOU are ready to write your Examination.  **An Assignment Option is available if it is really not possible to sit an Examination. 
• The prestigious Cambridge International College Diploma on successful completion of your Study & Training and on passing the Final Examination.
• Your personal page on CIC’s Member Services website with access to results, despatch details, advice and guidance, and more: www.cambridgeinternationalcollege.co.uk
• Regular information and news including: Newsletters with details of special offers and new Programs and much more; and Competition Forms; by email and post.

Everything needed for your Study & Training success is included in the CIC Fee.

Additionally:

• Further Study and Training Advice, and Assistance is available before, during and after CIC Study & Training; Members may ask CIC’s team of experienced Consultants for advice on further study and Programmes to improve career prospects and advancement. 
• CIC’s experienced and helpful staff can assist with numerous special requests, such as reference/recommendation letters and transcripts, and more, by post and email.

• Advertising & Public Relations Diploma 12 months (flexible)
• Marketing Administration Honours (Higher) Diploma 21 months (flexible)
• Communication & Media Administration EBA: Executive Business Administration 3 years (flexible)
• Communication in Business & Management Diploma 12 months (flexible)

The Program is designed and written to being you success in a wide range of journalism and media roles, and for careers which require the ability to create engaging and well-written stories and pieces of well-crafted professional writing.  This is an interesting and necessary Program for anyone looking to enter these fields, and for anyone who is already involved and wishes to gain a new qualification and greater knowledge for career advancement.

Related and higher courses and studies are available with CIC at various levels and in areas from marketing and advertising to English, communications and management - see the "Related Courses" section for suggestions - which include Honours Diplomas, ABA & Baccalaureate Programmes, and the 'Double Award' EBA & BBA Bachelor degree Programme.  You are welcome to ask the College for advice, and of course you can see details of these Programmes on this website.