Journalism Courses

English for Journalism

15 reviews

This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in developing the skills needed for a career in modern journalism.

• Coursera
• 43 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Covering Immigration: A Resource for Journalists

Syllabus: Opening Remarks: Why this workshop?. Widening the Lens: Immigration Reform and the Future of our Country. The State of the U.S. Economy and Key Issues Facing the Country in the Next Decade. Numbers and Politics: Using Economic Research in Immig…

• YouTube
• 13 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Responsible Reporting on Suicide for Journalists

Responsible Reporting on Suicide for Journalists is designed to give working journalists and students who are interested in the field an understanding of how news media can impact suicide trends and how that power can be used to improve public health. An…

• Coursera
• 7-8 hours worth of material, 1 week long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Visualization for Data Journalism

3 reviews

While telling stories with data has been part of the news practice since its earliest days, it is in the midst of a renaissance. Graphics desks which used to be deemed as “the art department,” a subfield outside the work of newsrooms, are becoming a core…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

Journalism, the future, and you!

1 review

You will explore areas such as being an international correspondent, self-publishing in journalism, as well as how to freelance in the field.

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

CEC;  Pondicherry University

Photojournalism

This course introduces you to photojournalism and the basics of digital photography. You will learn to take photographs and explore the entire process of photojournalistic principles, ethics and practice. Through the various short videos in this course,…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 1 week from now (17th Jul)
• Free Online Course

CrashCourse

Media Literacy

Syllabus: Crash Course Media Literacy Preview.Introduction to Media Literacy: Crash Course Media Literacy #1.History of Media Literacy, Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2.History of Media Literacy, Part 2: Crash Course Media Literacy #3.Media & t…

• YouTube
• 2-3 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

MSU

What is news?

2 reviews

This course will guide you through the basic elements of professional journalism and the news values and ethics of covering real-world issues and events. The overview and examples of the types of news coverage helps introduce the different types of journ…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

Gathering and Developing the News

1 review

Journalists develop information through interviews and sources. The most successful journalists quickly master these important skill sets. The production of journalism relies on several elements: newsgathering, interviewing sources, researching and tryin…

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 4th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

This self-directed course page features course content from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas' massive open online course (MOOC) titled "Investigative reporting in the digital age." The four-week course took place from February 3 to M…

• Independent
• 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

MSU

Effectively delivering the news to your audience

You will learn the process, planning, requirements of how journalists develop their news reports. There are many ways to report news reports, and you will learn different forms of how to perform reporting and writing to serve different audiences.

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSU

Capstone: Create your own professional journalistic portfolio

This is it! It is time for YOU to be the journalist, and practice and display the skills you have learned through this Specialization journey. You will create your own professional journalistic portfolio, culminating in the creation of your own news repo…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 27th Jun, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of the Witwatersrand

Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media

2 reviews

Learn how to use media to promote a social cause.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;  UT Austin

Equity & ethics in data journalism: Hands-on approaches to getting your data right

2 reviews

During this four-week course, you will learn about tools and techniques that will help you tell data stories fairly and ethically. Specifically, this course will guide you hands-on through the process of learning to identify inequity and hidden bias at s…

• Independent
• 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Intro to Mapping and GIS for Journalists

2 reviews

In this course, you will learn the basics of telling stories with geographic data. We’ll share geographic concepts and best practices from a journalist’s perspective, including what types of datasets make good maps. Then, we’ll dive int…

• Independent
• Self paced
• Free Online Course