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Travel
Writing & Photography
Diploma TWP12B
Journalism,
Media & Photography
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What could be more blissful
than roaming around Australiaor the worldwriting about
your travel adventures and taking photographs?
Thousands of people do it and you
can too. You can become a travel writer and photographer and work
your way around the world, you can pay off your camping trip around
Australia or you can make it your permanent career.
The role of a travel
writer and photographer is an exciting one and lots of people do
it and earn a good income. Some people write about travel destinations
for travel magazines and brochures. Some write about hotels and
accommodation or guides. Others write about the food and restaurants,
even the nightlife in different countries. There is an absolutely
enormous market for travel related articles.
One of our students
teaches English overseas and writes about his experiences in between
the teaching assignments. Another student travels around Australia
with her husband and writes about her daily adventures, sending
the stories into a local paper. Another student travels from country
to country writing about places of historical significance.There
are hundreds of other ways you can use travel writing skills to
see the world and get paid.
For the most part, travel
reporting is relatively simple. You dont need to be a literary
or photographic genius. The main ingredient to being a successful
travel writer is to be able to make a story interesting.
This course will teach
you how to do this. Whats more, whether you are a person who
likes writing and wants to supplement your story with a photo, or
a person whose first love is photography, where the story is second
to the picture, you will find this course beneficial.
This is an intensely
practical course. You will learn how to write travel articles while
on the go overseas, how to put together articles while trekking
around the countryside, and how to write destination pieces after
youve returned from holidays. Travel writing, ah ... this
is the life!
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Career
opportunities include: Freelance Travel Writer and Photographer,
Travel Journalist.
Industries
include: newspaper/magazine publishing, television/media, corporate/government.
Travel
writers and journalists write for the travel industry, for magazines,
for newspapers, for corporate promotional materials and for the
broadcasting industry. A travel writer/journalist may perform the
following tasks:
- visit
local, national and overseas tourism destinations and write articles
and features for publication
- take
photographs of tourism destinations for publication with travel
articles
- undertake
research to provide background information for articles
- assess
the suitability of reports and articles for publication or broadcasting,
within an established style and format, and edit as necessary
- comment
on television/radio (in the broadcasting industry)
- liaise
with all sorts of people, particularly those in the media and
tourism business.
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Companies and sponsors include: Coles Myer Ltd, Australian Government,
ANZ Bank, Fjord Manufacturing, Camera Farm, Altitude Corporation, Japan
Motor Group, NSW Cricket Association, Mission Australia, Allswell Life
Style Management, Australia Wide Holidays Pty Ltd, Active Trade Solutions,
Gold Coast City Council, Greenline Australia ...
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