 | | Knight Center Offers Online Course for Mexican Journalists: Covering Drug Trafficking
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer for the second time, the online course "Covering Drug Trafficking," from Aug. 3–Aug. 30, 2009 to journalists in Mexico. The course will be co-sponsored by the Mexico City-based Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET). Applications for the four-week class taught by Colombian journalist Álvaro Sierra will be accepted online until July 17.
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Video: Knight Center instructor Jose Roberto de Toledo explains in this video the content of the new course on Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting. Watch the video.
| | | | Knight Center Trains 50 Journalists in Drug Trafficking Coverage
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas offered, for the first time, “Covering Drug Trafficking,” an online, Spanish language course, in which 50 journalists from 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participated, designed by the Colombian journalist Álvaro Sierra. The free course combined conceptual problems and practical elements to help journalists understand and provide responsible coverage of the complex topic of drug trafficking.
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| | | | Knight Center Offers New Online Course in Portuguese: Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a free online course entitled “Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR).” The course will be offered in Portuguese between July 27 and August 23, 2009 and will be taught by Brazilian journalist José Roberto de Toledo. Toledo, one of the founders of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism and PrimaPagina is a pioneer in the use of CAR in Brazil.
Read More » | | | | Knight Center Offers New Online Course In Spanish: How to Write for the Web
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer Latin American and Caribbean journalists the online course "How to Write for the Web," from May 25 to June 28, 2009. This course is based on the recent publication of How to Write for the Web, by Guillermo Franco. The five-week class will be taught by Colombian journalist Guillermo Franco.
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| | | | Thousands of Latin American Journalists Download Free Digital Training Manual
The E-Book How to Write for the Web, written by Colombian journalist Guillermo Franco and published by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, was downloaded more than 20,000 times in five months, and a second edition is under way. The 221-page book, first published in Spanish in December 2008, presents practical examples about writing for online publications, as well as research from other sources.
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