Journalism Courses

English for Journalism

15 reviews

This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in developing the skills needed for a career in modern journalism.

• Coursera
• 43 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4th Apr, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

What is news?

2 reviews

This course will guide you through the basic elements of professional journalism and the news values and ethics of covering real-world issues and events. The overview and examples of the types of news coverage helps introduce the different types of journ…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

Gathering and Developing the News

1 review

Journalists develop information through interviews and sources. The most successful journalists quickly master these important skill sets. The production of journalism relies on several elements: newsgathering, interviewing sources, researching and tryin…

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

Journalism, the future, and you!

1 review

You will explore areas such as being an international correspondent, self-publishing in journalism, as well as how to freelance in the field.

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

Effectively delivering the news to your audience

You will learn the process, planning, requirements of how journalists develop their news reports. There are many ways to report news reports, and you will learn different forms of how to perform reporting and writing to serve different audiences.

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Unicamp

Alfabetização Midiática, Informacional e Diálogo Intercultural - UNESCO e UNICAMP

1 review

Este curso quer pensar junto com você sobre um fenômeno recente no Brasil, que é a presença de uma grande quantidade de informação via mundo digital. Vamos mostrar diferentes caminhos do que podemos fazer com essa quantidade incrível de midias e como par…

• Coursera
• 24 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Visualization for Data Journalism

3 reviews

While telling stories with data has been part of the news practice since its earliest days, it is in the midst of a renaissance. Graphics desks which used to be deemed as “the art department,” a subfield outside the work of newsrooms, are becoming a core…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (25th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

This self-directed course page features course content from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas' massive open online course (MOOC) titled "Investigative reporting in the digital age." The four-week course took place from February 3 to M…

• Independent
• 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

University of the Witwatersrand

Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media

2 reviews

Learn how to use media to promote a social cause.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Intro to Mapping and GIS for Journalists

2 reviews

In this course, you will learn the basics of telling stories with geographic data. We’ll share geographic concepts and best practices from a journalist’s perspective, including what types of datasets make good maps. Then, we’ll dive int…

• Independent
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Periodismo digital y combate a las fake news

Este curso es resultado de la participación de destacados académicos, periodistas y servidores públicos especializados en temas de periodismo y combate a las noticias falsas y tiene como finalidad proporcionar las herramientas básicas para ejercer el per…

• Coursera
• 37 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (25th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UT Austin;  Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Trust and verification in an age of misinformation

1 review

This is a free course open to anyone located anywhere around the world who wants to learn about the dynamics of trust and transparency in digital journalism and how to verify digital content and debunk online misinformation.

• Independent
• 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;  Google News Initiative

Data Journalism and Visualization with Free Tools

1 review

This resource page features course content from the Knight Center for Journalism in the America's massive open online course (MOOC) titled "Data Journalism and Visualization with Free Tools." The six-week course took place from October 14 to Novembe…

• Independent
• 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;  UT Austin

Equity & ethics in data journalism: Hands-on approaches to getting your data right

1 review

During this four-week course, you will learn about tools and techniques that will help you tell data stories fairly and ethically. Specifically, this course will guide you hands-on through the process of learning to identify inequity and hidden bias at s…

• Independent
• 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Reporting and Editing for Print

1 review

At the present scenario we could not separate media from our regular life. Everyday life is starting with Newspapers, listening to radio, engaging with Television and ending with mobile phones. Developing Technologies and day by day increasing media is c…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 18th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course