Online Free Course on covering development for African Journalists

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Description: This free online course on covering development for African Journalists will get the Participants learn 1) how to identify good development stories; Key Issues in reporting agriculture, mining and the environment; Human capital: Development journalism and education, health and social welfare; Using data to enrich development stories; Reporting on the role of government, international organizations and foreign aid
Training Type: Instructor-Led Online
Target Audience: African journalists

Online Free Course in Use of Digital Tools in Public Service Reporting

This free online course will get the the Participants learn how to identify and adapt emerging technologies; Twitter basics; Understanding and using social media; Reporting through crowdsourcing; Understanding and using mobile, SMS and location-aware services; Visual storytelling techniques; Mapping and mashups for beginners; Writing for the real-time Web; Online video production. The best 28 participants in the online course will then be invited to Cairo for a digital media “boot camp,” where they will have access to experts in technology, multimedia and online marketing who will help them create multimedia projects in public service journalism to illustrate the issues that affect ordinary people in their everyday lives
Training Type: Instructor-Led Online

Target Audience: Open to all journalists, citizen journalists and civil society actors from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen

Online Free Course in Covering Global Religious Conflict

This online free course will get the Participants learn how to 1) Explore coverage of religious conflict around the world, sharing a wide range of professional approaches. 2) Examine up-to-the-minute case studies of religious conflict from the Middle East to West Africa to Europe to the United States. The seminar will be flexible in responding to the latest news related to religion demanding the world’s attention. Several examples of international reporting and online conversations will challenge participants to become the best in the field in understanding and writing about religious tensions. 3) Receive objective tools for covering conflict through access to sources and the latest international research. Online tutorials will offer step-by-step help to guide reporters to relevant data.

Online Free Course in Use of Digital Tools in Public Service Reporting

This online free course will get the Participants learn how to identify and adapt emerging technologies; Twitter basics; Understanding and using social media; Reporting through crowdsourcing; Understanding and using mobile, SMS and location-aware services; Visual storytelling techniques; Mapping and mashups for beginners; Writing for the real-time Web; Online video production. The best 28 participants in the online course will then be invited to Cairo for a digital media “boot camp,” where they will have access to experts in technology, multimedia and online marketing who will help them create multimedia projects in public service journalism to illustrate the issues that affect ordinary people in their everyday lives

Training Type: Instructor-Led Online

Target Audience: Open to all journalists, citizen journalists and civil society actors from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen

Online Free Course in Building News Websites for Egyptian Citizen Journalists

This online free course will get the participants learn how to use free tools available for journalists to build news websites from scratch; how to manage the editorial agenda of a news website; adding multimedia content; building and promoting a news website domain; knowing the audience and much more. Successful graduates will receive a graduation certificates, issued by the International Center for Journalists. The best participants will receive seed funding to further develop their news websites.

Training Type: Instructor-Led Online

Target Audience: Open to all Egyptian citizen journalists