June 20, 2011
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas concluded its online course, “Hyperlocal Journalism,” with a record 95 percent completion rate among its students. Award-winning, Argentinian journalist Sandra Crucianelli taught the four-week course in Spanish for the second time. She was assisted by Knight Center employee Rachel Barrera. Out of 60 journalists representing 13 countries, 57 successfully […]
+ MoreJune 19, 2011
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas concluded the fourth edition of its online course, “Digital Media Project Development” which was taught in Spanish by veteran journalist Hiram Enriquez, director for Digital Media, Tr3s at MTV Networks. The course ran from May 9-June 12, with an extra week added to wrap up grades and […]
+ MoreMay 31, 2011
The application period is closed. Veteran Colombian journalist Alvaro Sierra thinks many journalists make a crucial mistake when covering drug trafficking. They tend to treat it just as a crime story instead of the intricate international problem that it is. This is one of the main topics of the online course that Sierra will teach […]
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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering for the fourth time its popular online course "Digital Media Project Development," from May 9–June 12, 2011. The course is taught in Spanish by veteran online journalist Hiram Enríquez, who currently works for the Interactive Media division of the Univisión TV network. Applications are being received […]
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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer a second edition of the online course, "Hyperlocal Journalism" from May 2–29, 2011. The four-week course for journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean is taught in Spanish by Argentine journalist and instructor Sandra Crucianelli. The application period has closed. The course will introduce reporters to […]
+ MoreMarch 9, 2011
Due to heavy demand for the online course in Spanish, “How to Write for the Web,” the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas offered the second version of the class this year, March 14–April 17, 2011. The course was taught by Colombian journalist Guillermo Franco and was based on his book How to Write for […]
+ MoreFebruary 15, 2011
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas recently registered its 5,000th student in an online training course, marking a major milestone for its pioneering distance education program. Since 2003, the Knight Center has offered journalists 91 short courses in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, reaching students in every country in Latin America, and most nations of […]
+ MoreFebruary 2, 2011
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas offered the online course "Journalism Ethics for a Digital Age" from Feb. 27 to March 20, 2011, taught in English by Professor Edward Wasserman. The course was designed to help journalists deal with ethical issues that arise in the daily pursuit of journalism. It offered an introduction […]
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January 19, 2011
Eighty-nine journalists from 11 countries in Latin America participated in the most recent environmental journalism training course organized by Colombia's Newsroom Council (CdR), an investigative journalism organization. The course was conducted on the distance education platform of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. The Newsroom Council, created in 2007 with the […]
+ MoreJanuary 10, 2011
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas offered the online course in Spanish "How to Write for the Web" from Jan. 31-March 6. Colombian journalist Guillermo Franco taught the class, based on his book How to Write for the Web. The course, designed specially for the Knight Center, combined exercises and concepts to help journalists […]
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