Highlights
•A one-week workshop in English to help meet the challenge of covering epidemics or a
　full-scale pandemic
•Knowledge & skills tips with reporting opportunities to put them to the test
•An introduction to specific diseases, insights into public health strategy & how the health industry
　works
•A certificate of attendance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong & Thomson Reuters Foundation


Course Objectives
The focus of the course is on reporting and editing news about health. It offers:

•An introduction to the health industry, with an Asian focus
•An overview of public health challenges facing the region
•Knowledge & skills tips to help report effectively on them
•Insights into key diseases, industry players & how the industry works
•Access to health professionals & other expert sources
•Time to research & write stories for publication on topical issues
•Tips & feedback on how to report & write effectively

Course Principles
•The training is very practical and you will receive real and fictional stories on which to report.
•Guided by professional training editors, you are given deadlines in which to write stories of specified
　length. Everyone's work is then reviewed by experienced journalists and comments are discussed by the
　whole group.
•We recognise that English may not be the first language of some participants, and they may not often
　write in English. Whilst we expect all participants to be proficient in English, this is not a language
　training course and we will concentrate on journalistic techniques rather than grammatical excellence.
•Exchange of views and a sharing of experience is key to the workshop. Individuals will be encouraged
　to talk about issues deriving from news stories they have covered and to explain the problems faced
　by journalists in their home countries. Information technology is among the greatest forces of change
　in human history. Social responsibility is among the most central notions that support any society.
　Although technology is often blamed for reproducing past tendencies and the status quo and systems
　of social responsibility are being challenged and reformed throughout the world, it is indisputable that
　the combination of the two in the context of the 21st century poses new questions, opens up new
　policy alternatives, and raises new issues that we are only beginning to comprehend.