Welcome to Journalism Courses, the trilingual distance learning program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication School of Journalism. Here you will find a variety of training opportunities, from online courses to e-books and guides to help journalists improve their abilities and adapt to the new media ecosystem created by the digital revolution. The Knight Center is the world leader in massive online courses in English, Portuguese and Spanish. We have reached more than 240,000 students with our massive online courses since 2012, and our pioneer distance learning program started in 2003. Read more on our about page.
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The Knight Center’s Journalism Courses program offers two kinds of training: Instructor-led courses that are available during a specific time-frame (usually four to six weeks) and self-directed courses. For the instructor-led courses, students need to register themselves in the courses and then they gain access to the learning materials and can interact with other students and the instructor(s) while the course is taking place.
During this four-week course, which will be held from July 11 to August 7, 2022, students will learn powerful mapping skills to apply to their reporting — making it easier to analyze geographical data and to turn that data into maps to your stories.
+ MoreDuring this five-week massive open online course, which will be held from June 27 to July 31, 2022, students will learn how to take care of their mental health in a stressful industry, as well as how to report on mental health issues with greater accuracy and empathy.
+ MoreOur new MOOC, "Introduction to Photogrammetry: Capturing Your World in 3D" will be held from June 27-July 24, 2022, and students will learn how useful photogrammetry is for capturing three-dimensional digital replicas of landscapes, structures, and objects for three-dimensional immersive journalism and forms of storytelling.
+ MoreWelcome to the Knight Center's new online course, "Digital Storytelling for the Next Generation of Latinx Journalists," organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, in collaboration with Microsoft. This four-week online course will be held from June 20-July 17, 2022 and will be open to students who apply and are admitted to the course.
+ MoreOur self-directed courses are open to anyone and the learning materials from them are available in an ongoing, self-paced way.
Curso autodirigido “Periodismo emprendedor: cómo monetizar y promocionar medios digitales sustentables” producido por el Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas, en alianza con SembraMedia y Ajor, gracias al apoyo de Google News Initiative y Climate and Land Use Alliance. Este curso busca enseñar cómo llevar a la práctica un emprendimiento periodístico, cómo monetizarlo y promocionarlo para convertirlo en un proyecto sustentable.
+ MoreBem-vindos ao novo MOOC “Jornalismo empreendedor: Como monetizar e promover meios digitais sustentáveis”, produzido pelo Centro Knight para o Jornalismo nas Américas em parceria com a SembraMedia e a Ajor, graças ao apoio do Google News Initiative e Climate and Land Use Alliance. Este curso busca ensinar como colocar em prática um empreendimento jornalístico, como monetizá-lo e promovê-lo para transformá-lo em um projeto sustentável.
+ MoreBienvenidos al curso en línea “Cómo impulsar diversidad, equidad e inclusión (DEI) en el periodismo latinoamericano”, producido por el Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas, gracias al apoyo de Google News Initiative. El objetivo del curso es enseñar a periodistas y educadores/as de periodismo temas sobre diversidad, equidad e inclusión, y cómo a su vez incorporar esos conocimientos en sus salas de redacción o de manera independiente.
+ MoreIn this course, you will learn the necessary tools and concepts to create and maintain sustainable information products that generate value for the end user and for the organization, whether for existing initiatives or for new ideas.
+ MoreNearly 5,500 students from 59 countries seized the opportunity to learn how to start and sustain their own journalism ventures in a free online course from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, Ajor and SembraMedia....
Learn more about the photogrammetric process and how it can be used for journalism in a new free online course from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas....
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