LIMITED PLACES FOR FAIRFAX MEDIA AWARD COPYSCHOOL: AUCKLAND, JUNE 30 – JULY 4
Fairfax Media AWARD Copy School.
A five-day intensive tutorial for young writers and creatives.
June 30 – July 4.
This one-week course offers young writers the rare opportunity to learn from some of the biggest, most successful senior creatives in the business.
The Fairfax Media AWARD Copy School is structured for young writers who are already working within the industry in the area of copy, or would like to enter the field.
The course is limited to fifteen. This way they can all be better involved and come away with insights and knowledge they can use to become better writers.
Tutors this year are: Luke Chess – Saatchi & Saatchi Auckland, Jamie Hitchcock – Colenso BBDO, Tim Hall – Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington, Dave King – AIM Proximity, Darryl Parsons – Consortium, Bridget Short – DDB New Zealand, Steve Saussey – Film Construction, Toby Talbot – DDB New Zealand and a top Fairfax journalist.
It’s all about turning strong ideas into copy for print, radio, TV, what a creative director expects, writing on line, and a top art director’s view on writing.
Says Luke Chess, course convener: “The types of media we work in are constantly changing. But the basics of good writing never have. We still need to structure an argument, manage tone of voice, generate a response – and do it all in the context of an original idea. That’s why I’m excited by the range and quality of the speakers this year’s CopySchool is able to offer. Experience across a variety of ‘old’ and ‘new’ media, coupled with – in every case – a passion for truly engaging communication. It’ll be a top year, I reckon.”
The School runs from June 30 to July 4, 9am – 12:30pm each day. The final day, Friday, a lunch is held with all students, speakers and sponsors.
Fairfax Media AWARD Copy School costs AUD$1,200 which includes morning catering and lunch on Friday July 4. The School will also run in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Check with AWARD for dates.
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3 Comments
Nice ad.
High to alls,
Whosoever writes the CopySchool ad, pliss be congratulated by me now.
As you can tells, I’m really needs heaps supports in write department.
Words are cheap. The course is not. Can anyone rich pliss H-A-L-P sponsor me?
PS – Don’t get offend by my commentary. I just want to write more creatively.
Best Retards,
– Amar
Thanks for that 11.39.
Actually, it’s a rubbish ad. Its purpose is to convince the powers that be to shell out $1200 for a junior writer to go on a course, and what’s the reason the company should do this? Because they already spend loads on art directors.
Another way to look at this ad is ‘We’re already shelling out for this art director, why should we shell out for the writer too?’
And the reason? So they can get “a writer who writes better than they did before”. What?
This is poorly written, lazy, cliched nonsense that does a disservice to any junior writers who really want to do the course.