Media Report Analysis for Risk Management Training

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and categorise media reports relevant to risk management or risk transfer in a specified business sector or industry.
• Analyse the content and context of media reports to extract key risk-related information and assess its credibility.
• Evaluate the potential impact of identified risks on organisational objectives and stakeholder interests.
• Apply risk management frameworks to interpret media-reported events and their implications for risk transfer mechanisms.
• Formulate recommendations for risk mitigation or response strategies based on media analysis findings.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate risk insights derived from media reports to relevant decision-makers.

Target Audience

This course is designed for risk managers, compliance officers, business analysts, and senior managers who need to monitor and analyse media reports to identify and assess risks affecting their organisation or industry.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions are integral to this course, allowing learners to apply media scanning, analysis, and risk assessment techniques in supervised, hands-on exercises. Learners will use real media data and tools to develop actionable risk insights, reinforcing theoretical knowledge.

Practical Activities

• Media Scanning and Data Collection — Learners use online search tools and media databases to collect articles on a given risk topic, applying Boolean search strategies. (4h)
• Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis — Learners perform thematic coding and sentiment analysis on collected articles, then calculate frequency trends and create visualisations. (6h)
• Risk Assessment and Reporting — Learners use analysed media data to populate a risk assessment matrix and produce a management summary report. (4h)
• Integrated Media Monitoring Plan — Learners design a standard operating procedure for ongoing media monitoring tailored to a specific organisation or sector. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.