On the evening of November 6th, CIE held the training class on news writing and photography. This event marks the celebration of the 18th Reporters’ Day. Shen Zhentong, a students of 2015 year grade was invited as reporter, to share with the audience his experience in news writing and communication as a journalist.

Shen took the significance of propaganda and reporting as the opening before he launched the lecture in terms of news writing, news photography and writing skills cultivation. He pointed out  the structure and tips of the news manuscript , and clarified the main points and requirements of photojournalism. He also demonstrated a great number of news articles and photos as samples to better explain the strategies applied into news writing. The vivid illustration soon brought the audience fully absorbed in the lecture.

Before concluding the lecture, Shen summarized his personal experience and skills, encouraged the fellow students to work on with great efforts the reflection in news writing as a professional journalist. Taking this training session as an example, he further explained in details how to expand a message into a newsletter, which greatly impressed the audience.

As early as from 2015, CIE has launched such training lecture as an annual event, aiming to improve the information-promotion and news-writing abilities of CIE journalists. This lecture familiarizes the students with news writing skills and the significance of propaganda, and stimulated their enthusiasm in news report. They will soon apply the knowledge and skills learned today to their daily work, and improve the quality of CIE’s news.

Shen Zhentong, the training lecturer


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                                                                                    (Translated by: Yan Xianhui)