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Welcome to
The Journalist’s Journey
Custom Three-Month Training
Are you dreaming of becoming a professional journalist? Or are you already on the path but struggling?
I am an award-winning journalist and former war reporter who has four decades of experience as a reporter, editor and managing editor, having worked closely with reporters to get their stories published.
CUSTOM COACHING COURSE
My course – The Journalist’s Journey – Custom Three-Month Coaching – is a chance for you as a serious new or intermediate reporter to get custom-made advice and training to help you succeed on your journalism journey.
YOUR NEEDS
It can be argued that nobody’s journey into journalism is the same. And so the opportunity for you to get assessed and trained over a three-month period through this course could prove to be invaluable.
What will work for you? What are your options? Where are you now? Where do you want to go?
All this with the goal that your journey leads to getting paid as a professional journalist – either as a freelancer or a staffer.
PURSUING YOUR DREAM
How can you fast-track your journey to becoming a successful journalist?
If you sign up for this Custom Coaching, we will do a number of things together through 12 Video Calls (and one introductory call), and through emails, over three months, including training that is Custom-built for You:
ONE: We will have a One-on-One video call to discuss your circumstances and see if you are the right fit for the course. It would be wrong for me to proceed if you are not in a position to accomplish some basic reporting goals. If you already have some published stories, this would be the time to review them. The first call is make-or-break – Are you in a position to proceed? I do not want to waste your time or give you false hopes.
TWO: Once over that initial hurdle, we would lay out where you are at present. It would not be a matter of immediately jumping in to some training – that’s coming – but we would need to look at practical options to try to kickstart your career or how to improve on where you are at present. Your position will likely be unique. So we need to assess that and set up a plan “built for you” on how to move forward.
THREE: In the first couple of video calls, we would attempt to work out a plan for how you can make steps to report, write and submit a story to a publication with the aim to get paid. We would set a target. If you are already in a journalism job, we would take the opportunity to work out a plan for how to improve your work.
FOUR: We would zero in on your main challenges and I would provide training to get over these hurdles. This would involve everything from the nuts and bolts of reporting and writing to how to deal with editors and choosing publications to target. If you already have some professional experience, maybe we would focus on improving your reporting and storytelling, and/or strategies on how to get organized about “marketing” your work to publications.
FIVE: We would zero in on your strengths – to beef them up – and your weaknesses – to work out ways to break down the barriers to improvement. We would use the Pareto Principle to zero in on what matters.
SIX: Our key aim would be to make real progress during your three months of coaching. You would be expected to make efforts to focus on the targets in our plan – taking practical steps so that you make progress.
SEVEN: The last two calls of the coaching would focus on an assessment of your progress during the two-to-three months, a look at the positives and the negatives, and would outline a plan for you to follow after the coaching.
BONUS
As a special offer, I would provide a further three months after the coaching during which I would be available to check your stories, provide feedback, and offer advice.
Special Offer
The Journalist’s Journey
Custom Three-Month Coaching
If you think this coaching is for you, contact me and we can arrange a payment option.
Take the opportunity to follow The Journalist’s Journey to fast-track your passage to becoming a successful professional journalist while I am able to offer the coaching at a reduced rate.
The coaching course includes 12 live one-on-one video calls (40 minutes each), plus an introductory video call and assessment before we start the coaching. In between calls, we would communicate by email and certain tasks would be assigned to you, all with the aim for you to make progress on your journey.
Available now for US$997
Contact me on Facebook through Private Messenger (facebook.com/juliangearing/) to check out how to proceed.
Coaching Guarantee and Limitations
The Journalist’s Journey – Custom Three-Month Coaching has a Money Back Guarantee. Pay for the course and take part in the first call – an assessment to check whether you are right for the course. If at the end of this call it is not clear you are right for the coaching, I will provide a full refund. This assessment and the guarantee is in place so that neither myself or yourself wastes time on coaching that may not result in progress on the road to a professional journalism career.
Good luck on your Journalist’s Journey!