Free Course
The 5 C's of writing news for mobile audiences
By Linda Austin | Reynolds Journalism Institute
10 Lessons
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Course author
Linda Austin | Reynolds Journalism Institute
Linda Austin is a rare hybrid of award-winning top editor and inspirational educator who is schooled in instructional design and experienced in developing e-learning, training and curriculum. She created this course as a Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellow at the University of Missouri.
Mobile first training
Gamified experience
Editable content
Course overview
In five-minute lessons, learn how to be conversational, considerate, concise, contextual and chunky – even if you've never written for mobile before.
What you will learn
- How to be conversational
- Putting yourself in the readers place and shaping your writing to serve them
- Providing context that makes readers feel smarter
- Why and how to chunk text
The full course includes
- Be conversational
- Be considerate: PYIRP tip 1
- Be considerate: PYIRP tips 2-3
- Be concise: PYIRP tips 4-5
- Quick review: Be considerate and Be concise
- Be contextual
- Be chunky
- Final review
- Test
- After-course survey