Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Knight Center to Offer New Online Course in Spanish: Tools for Investigative Journalism The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin will offer a new online Spanish-language course 'Tools for Investigative Journalism,' created by Argentine journalist Sandra Crucianelli. The course, which is free of charge, begins Nov. 6, 2006 and lasts five weeks. A limited number of spaces are available, and preference will be given to journalists who are working full time for print, broadcast, or online media, and have at least three years of reporting experience but limited opportunities to attend training courses. Applications are available online until Oct. 30. Crucianelli is a nationally and internationally known journalist and instructor who has taught her popular online courses six times since 2004 as part of the Knight Center's distance learning program. 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. Added May 13, 13:13, 2007 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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