November 2, 2015
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is celebrating the third anniversary of its unique program offering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Big Online Courses (BOCs). So far, 62,803 people from 169 countries have benefited from 19 MOOCs and five BOCs. The innovative massive training program followed almost a decade of pioneering work by the […]
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October 14, 2015
Hundreds of judges and other jurists (prosecutors, attorney, lawyers, etc) from Latin American and Caribbean countries have already signed up for a six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Spanish on the “International Legal Framework on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and the Safety of Journalists.” The course that starts on October 26 is offered by […]
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September 28, 2015
Update: Registration for this course closed on November 2, 2015, after reaching capacity. We are considering offering it again in the future. Building on the popular introductory data visualization course offered earlier this year, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is launching an intermediate-level course that will build participants' D3 visualization skills. The course, “Intermediate D3 for […]
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August 26, 2015
Judges and journalists, as well as other justice system and media workers of the State of Coahuila, Mexico, may apply to the online course "Freedom of expression and protection of journalists in an international legal framework". The course, entirely on the Internet and free, will be offered on the platform of the Knight Center for Journalism in […]
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Update: Registration for this course closed on August 6, 2015, after reaching maximum capacity. We are considering offering it again in the future. Due to the overwhelming success of its online course “Data Visualization and Infographics with D3” last March and April, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering it again, starting on August 17. If you […]
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May 14, 2015
journalists who squirm at the thought of data calculation, analysis and statistics can arm themselves with new reportin g tools during the new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas: “Math for Journalists Made Easy: Understanding and Using Numbers and Statistics” will be taught from June 1 to […]
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Update: Registration for this course closed on March 6, 2015, after reaching maximum capacity. We are considering offering it again in the future. If you want to go beyond the basics of working on pre-built charts and start to learn how to merge design and web development to create fully customized interactive visualizations, D3.js is the perfect tool. This powerful JavaScript […]
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February 3, 2015
Nearly 1,000 Mexican judges, lawyers and other operators of justice participated in an online course on issues of freedom of expression and journalist safety offered by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas in association with UNESCO and in close cooperation with the UNESCO Office in Mexico. The course, “International Framework of Freedom of […]
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With the support of the Supreme Court of Mexico, through the Mexican Association of Imparters of Justice, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas of the University of Texas at Austin and the UNESCO Chair at Ibero-American University, offer the online course “International Framework for Press Freedom and Protection of Journalists” aimed at […]
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October 27, 2014
Smartphones have become indispensable and have transformed various aspects of our daily lives, including the way that we consume news and how it is produced. To help those interested in learning about the latest in mobile media and how journalism can be done via smartphone, the Brazilian National Association of Newspapers (ANJ) and the Knight […]
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