The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course, provided by the British College of Journalism is your first step to becoming a successful travel writer. With over 30 years of professional experience behind our educators, you know you're in safe hands.
The British College of Journalism has designed this course to ensure that you gain professional writing skills and develop the specific knowledge required to be a successful travel writer and journalist.
The Professional Freelance Journalism Course is delivered entirely online, traditionally known as distance learning. Course work is delivered directly to your inbox, so you can work from home or anywhere in the world, with no face-to-face classes.
The Professional Freelance Journalism Course is comprised of 12 tutorials, delivered weekly or fortnightly, over 12 or 24 weeks. Over this time you will be tutored in all aspects of journalism by a team of experienced journalists and editors. This vast wealth of accumulated knowledge is provided to you together with the ways to apply this knowledge to the areas of journalism that most interest you.
The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course offer graduates awards and recognition for successfully completing the course. See what you can achieve.
The Diploma of Freelance Travel Journalism from the British College of Journalism is awarded to successful graduates of this course.
At the successful completion of your course, you can apply to receive the INS Media Pass. You may find this pass can open many doors for you.
Travel writing is undoubtedly a lot of fun and it can also bring you widespread recognition, perhaps even fame and fortune.
As you'll discover, freelance writing offers a unique opportunity for work independence and, at the same time, the chance to indulge your passions and flex your creativity. What's more, you are being paid to do so!
From the beginning of the course, you will be learning how to analyse what makes good travel pieces. You will develop your own story ideas, editing them from first draft to finished copy. Further to this you will work up to submitting them to newspapers, magazines and the many other lucrative markets for travel writing pieces.
So what's required of you to become a professional freelance writer capable of handling any and all assignments?
You need not have any previous experience as a journalist or a travel writer. The course is specifically structured for students with no experience in the field at all. In fact the College, along with most editors and publishers, welcome travel writers just starting out.
Every travel writer was once a complete beginner. Success in travel journalism and writing is very much a matter of knowing how to go about it.
Primary course writer and senior tutor Daniel Scott is a multi-award-winning travel writer, photographer and broadcaster with 25 years' experience as a journalist. He writes on travel for such prestigious publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph (UK), The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Melbourne Age.
On the internet, Daniel was a founding member of the prestigious Travel Intelligence website, which brought together the world's finest travel writers, including AA Gill and William Dalrymple. He spent two years blogging about travel for one of Australia's top-rating websites, Channel Nine's ninemsn.com.au, and also contributed daily blogs to the Australian community-based website Our Patch.
The British College of Journalism has recruited many highly-regarded freelance writers, journalists and editors, who work in specialised areas of journalism, to assist you throughout your course. Their skills and experience, covering all publishing genres, provide you with an intimate knowledge of how to write just about anything, for anyone.
The British College of Journalism has recruited an impressive team of award-winning journalists, photographers and travel writers to contribute to this course. They will provide you with a wealth of knowledge about writing for local and international media markets.
The British College of Journalism has recruited many highly-regarded freelance writers, journalists and editors, who work in specialised areas of journalism, to assist you throughout your course.
At the outset, you receive the benefit of literally hundreds of years of knowledge and experience from current industry professionals.
At the outset, you receive the benefit of literally hundreds of years of knowledge and experience from current industry professionals. Their inside secrets will immediately place you years ahead of any other new writer.
At the successful completion of your course, you are entitled to accreditation with our parent company, International News Syndicate LTD.
Here are some other reasons to consider taking the exciting step of becoming a freelance travel writer.
The British College of Journalism and The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course are approved with the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC) and The International Association of Private Career Colleges (IAPCC).
The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course is recognised as providing appropriate training to work within the many fields of travel journalism. We have some of the UK's leading writers and editors as contributors and tutors to ensure a great learning experience whatever your goals.
The IARC provides a system for distinguishing quality post-secondary education including vocational education, distance education, adult and continuing education.
The IAPCC is the global industry association for private post-secondary schools, institutes and colleges that provide career-specific educational programs.
Unlike other industries, at most levels travel journalism does not require formal qualifications or training to find work and success. However, the value in undertaking a travel journalism course such as the one we offer is knowing how to approach journalism, writing efficiently and effectively, understanding publication processes and chains of command and knowing how to profit from your efforts
The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course is delivered and completed entirely online, by email or using the online student portal.
There are 12 course tutorials, ten of which have assignments that you are required to complete and return to the College for your tutor's feedback.
The thrill of seeing your name in print; tutorial one lays the foundation to chase that feeling. You will learn about the highlights of being a travel journalist, as well as bridging the gap from being unpublished to getting paid to travel.
The British College of Journalism is an affordable and accessible way to pursue your travel writing career.
The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course is an affordable and accessible way to pursue your travel writing career. With flexible payment options and course guarantees, this course allows you to study with ease and peace of mind.
Our first guarantee is simple and straightforward. We do not accept students into this course unless we have a reasonable expectation that they are capable of completing their course.
If at the end of the course, after a student's best efforts has been demonstrated, the examining board feels your diploma should be withheld, the college will provide further assistance at no additional cost to the student. The student will have the opportunity to resubmit any required assignments and benefit from the further guidance and feedback of their tutor.
7-day refund period. Please review the first tutorial for a period of seven days from the course start date. If you decide the course is not for you, simply email the College within this period and we will provide you with a full refund of any course fees paid.
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The this travel writing course is provided completely online. You will be emailed 12 modules of coursework, which covers the fundamentals of becoming a travel journalist. You complete this travel writing course at home, at your own pace.
The British College of Journalism is proud to have assisted many people to designing success, or to have played a part in them developing a niche career for themselves.
We get as much satisfaction and pleasure from our graduates' successes as they do themselves and for this reason, we are proud to share some of the success stories and professional freelance journalism course reviews of our many graduates with you here.
I learnt about style, tricks and using all my five senses to convey an experience. In short, the course taught me to be a more in-touch traveller.
Since finishing the course, I have been asked to write marketing and promotional materials for a find-a-local-tour-guide phone app.
I learned how to make myself heard in the huge global market, where so many good writers disappear in an instant. I also learned that good writing is manifestly important, but knowing where to place my work, how to develop contacts, and how to phrase my pitches in the most convincing way, is essential.
The course gave me a whole new sense of confidence and a much clearer understanding of the journalism industry and how I can make my writing skills work for me.
There is no way I would have had the confidence to approach these types of companies unless I felt well equipped and ready to compete with the big guns. The course has given me that confidence but also taught me the winning formula that is needed to get a foot in the door in this hard to crack industry.
The British College of Journalism is a division of International News Syndicate Limited with our directors and principals involved in all aspects of distance learning for over 30 years.
We are an international media-training company with students in more than 80 countries and territories. The principles of freelance journalism are similar the world over, however our course has been individually revised and designed to suit the needs of students living and working in the United Kingdom. Your Diploma of Freelance Travel Journalism and ID pass from the British College of Journalism are posted to you when you successfully complete your course.
As our course is conducted online, all correspondence to and from the College, including tutorials and assignments, is via email or our online student portal. We find written communication is best.
If you would like to email any questions you have about this travel journalism course, please contact us by completing the form below and a College representative will be in touch within one business day.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
This student and graduate support page will assist you with any administrative queries or requests you may have.
From this page you can do things like request a replacement diploma, update a Media Pass or get help with an assignment. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to get in touch with the College via email or using your student portal.
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