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The 5 C's of writing news for mobile audiences

By Linda Austin | Reynolds Journalism Institute
10 Lessons
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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
  1. Be conversational
  2. Be considerate: PYIRP tip 1
  3. Be considerate: PYIRP tips 2-3
  4. Be concise: PYIRP tips 4-5
  5. Quick review: Be considerate and Be concise
  6. Be contextual
  7. Be chunky
  8. Final review
  9. Test
  10. After-course survey

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