Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Online Course Over for Women Journalists The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, in partnership with the International Women's Media Foundation, held the online course The Role of the Editor. The seven-week course began Oct. 4, 2004 and was offered to English-speaking women journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean. The application period has ended. However, the Knight Center plans to offer the course again in the future. The course was taught entirely online by George Sylvie, associate professor of journalism at The University of Texas at Austin. It was designed to help journalists become more effective leaders while managing efficient newsrooms. Topics will include: • What is an Editor? • Vision - Developing a Plan and Creating Structure • Leading - Making Decisions, Creating a Style • Motivation - Managing Creative (and sometimes Difficult) People • Life as a Middle Manager • Communication and Feedback • Handling Change and Risk • Ethics Video lectures, online discussions and assignments that pose real-life newsroom situations were used to address these topics. The class was conducted in English and was free of charge. The Role of the Editor is one of several online courses offered as part of the Knight Center's distance learning program. Classes include video lectures, exercises, and discussions among students, and students work at their own pace. Upon completing the course, students will receive a certificate of participation. The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas was created by Professor Rosental Calmon Alves at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism in August 2002 thanks to a generous donation from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Its main objective is to help journalists in the hemisphere to develop self-sustaining training programs that will raise the ethical and professional levels of journalism in the Americas. For more information about the Knight Center, contact Dean Graber, program manager, deangraber@mail.utexas.edu. Added Mar 06, 13:02, 2006 Ecuador's media bill reaches lawmakers amid press freedom concerns Nov 23 Producing more multimedia stories for a news site: El Salvador's "ElFaro" (The Lighthouse) Nov 23 News Corp. may dump Google for Microsoft Nov 23 Web seminar Nov. 25 covers new digital tools for journalists Nov 23 Mexican police reporter vanishes after reporting arrest of crime boss Nov 20 Ahead of protests, Nicaragua's opposition media report new threats and harassment Nov 20 Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez grabs Washington's attention Nov 20 Guatemala's president creates radio program to correct "wrong information" Nov 20 Argentina eliminates jail time for defamation Nov 20 CPJ honors five top journalists and seeks new support for expanded work Nov 20 IAPA lauds Argentine court ruling that returns journalist's killer to prison Nov 19 Opposition TV president says Chávez wants him in jail Nov 19 Visit our blog for latest news on journalism in the Americas Take a Tour! Look inside an online course and learn about how you can enroll in our distance learning program. Read More Search Knight Center News You can search our entire database by entering a keyword. Subscribe to Newsletter Receive our weekly newsletter about journalism in the Americas. Choose your language: English   Español   Português    Please enter your e-mail address. Read more about the Knight Center Newsletter.

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