Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Center Concludes Online Spanish Course: Mathematics for Journalists The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas concluded the Spanish-language course Mathematics for Journalists, which ended June 24, 2005. The class was free of charge and was conducted entirely online. The Knight Center will the course again in the next year. The course was taught by Argentine journalist Sandra Crucianelli, international prize-winning investigative reporter and specialist in precision journalism. The participants in the course were: María Florencia Ripio, Diario Día a Día, Argentina Helen Alvarez Virreina, Periódico La Prensa, Bolivia Kamilla Bossato Fernandes de Oliveira, Folha de São Paulo, Brasil Marta Cecilia Ruiz Naranjo, Revista Semana, Colombia Olga Cecilia Guerrero Rodríguez, El Tiempo, Colombia Wilfredo Salamanca, El Diario de Hoy, El Salvador Secundino Méndez Cruz, El Heraldo, Honduras Rosario Patricia Rodríguez Rodríguez, Cadena Radio Capital, México Verónica del Carmen Quijada Monroy, Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico de la UNAM, México Roxana Muñoz Nascimento, La Prensa, Panamá Mabel Rehnfeldt, Diario ABC Color, Paraguay Marienella Ortiz Ramirez, Diario La República, Perú Elena Miranda Wilson, Diario Perú21, Perú Beatriz Gonzales La Rosa, Gestión, Perú Cesar Barrios, Diario La República, Uruguay Carina Novarese, Diario El País, Uruguay Maria Alicia Rodríguez Ramírez, Dat Televisión, Venezuela The class included online video and text lectures, and no books were required. Students participated in discussions and perform all assignments, quizzes, and exams online. Participants who completed the course received a certificate from the Knight Center. Students selected their own hours for working on the course but spent, at a minimum, four hours per week on course lectures and assignments. This was the second time the mathematics course was offered online by the Knight Center. The first course took place in October 2004. 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, 12:50, 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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