Online Free Course in Citizen Journalism and Empowerment for Women Leaders

This online free training provides critical training in new media, citizen journalism and empowerment to this new generation of grassroots women leaders driving the revolution for change. Over five-months, thirty women are given the skills and knowledge they need to actualize and vocalize their visions for themselves, their communities and the world.
Training Type: Instructor-Led Online
Target Audience: Women from around the world

Online Free Course in How Reuters Journalists Use Social Media to Uncover Today’s Stories

This free online training webinar by Reuters journalists aims to discuss how they use social media to identify story ideas, do research and monitor the marketplace. After the training you will be able to: 1) Learn how best to engage journalists using emerging technology; and 2) Understand the components of a great pitch; and 3) Get your questions answered by the panelists during an interactive Q&A session following the discussion. 

Training Type: Self-Paced 

Target Audience: Journalists worldwide

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 21 Steps to Building a Web Business

This free online course covers the skills and techniques needed to create a successful online Web business. It describes the process of developing an online business in a non-technical and step-by-step manner. This course will teach you how to build a website in 21 days. It will help you understand the functionality of a website, teach you to how to properly upload web-friendly files to the web, and how to use FileZilla to successfully upload your website online. Understand important concepts such as choosing the correct domain name and how to host your account. You will also learn new techniques on how to make money from your online web business.
Training Type: Self-Paced

Target Audience: Open to all interested. The course is ideal for those who've always wanted to create an online Web business but lack the skills or knowledge to do it.

Online Free Course in Citizen Journalism and Empowerment for Women Leaders

This online free training provides critical training in new media, citizen journalism and empowerment to this new generation of grassroots women leaders driving the revolution for change. Over five-months, thirty women are given the skills and knowledge they need to actualize and vocalize their visions for themselves, their communities and the world.
Training Type: Instructor-Led Online
Target Audience: Women from around the world

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