JOURNALISM BASICS: What is journalistic writing?

Award-winning journalist Maria Ahmed will cover the essentials of journalistic writing from content, language, structure to style and voice. You’ll get an introduction to news, features, reviews and writing for online audiences, and learn from inspiring examples.

About Maria Ahmed

Maria is a multidisciplinary arts practitioner & educator and currently teaches for the University of the Arts Bournemouth. She was a senior lecturer in the school of journalism and publishing at Kingston University for 15 years, where she helped many young writers to launch their careers. Prior to teaching, Maria was a journalist on national publications for a decade and won awards for her reporting on social issues.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is open to everyone.

Location

This workshop takes place online, on zoom. Once you purchase a ticket you will recive the zoom link and joining instructions on your confirmation email.

Accessibility

For accessibility, captioning will be available, and BSL will be available on request. If you have any access requirements, please let us know once you book your ticket.

Please let us know if you have any access needs we need to be aware of or for more information, by emailing access@writingourlegacy.org.uk or info@writingourlegacy.org.uk.

See our Access Policy for more info about how we can support.

For further information or questions, please email info@writingourlegacy.org.uk

Funders’ information

Writing Our Legacy is an ACE National Portfolio Organisation 2023-27 funded by Arts Council England