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Become a Journalist: Report the News! Specialization, Michigan State University

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5 courses

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Diploma in Journalism

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Diploma in Journalism describes the principles, practices and methods involved in all aspects of the journalistic process. The course begins by introducing you to the key elements of the journalistic process such as identifying what is and what is not newsworthy, how to identify stories which are new, unusual or significant, and how to distinguish between a big news story and a small one. You will learn about organizing and writing the feature story itself: you will learn how to define a feature story, what the basic approaches to writing the feature story are and what different types of feature stories there are. The approaches involved in getting the required information for a feature story and putting it into an easily understood form is also explained. You will also learn about the different roles and responsibilities in a newsroom and how to use story weighting to assess a story's value and newsworthiness. You will learn how journalists must live up to the highest standards of integrity such as truth, fairness and sincerity, and you will learn why journalists must avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. 

Journalism and Print Media, online course

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

The free online course Journalism and Print Media introduces you to the editorial and journalistic practices used in gathering and publishing news articles for print media.

The course begins by introducing the history and development of print media with a focus on newspapers and their impact as mass media. You will learn about the different factors affecting newspaper circulation and profitability, and how modern media organizations are combating this with newspaper ownership chains and Joint Operating Agreements (JOAs). You will learn how a decline in readership can be traced to competition with blogs and online newspapers. The course also describes different journalism styles such as objective journalism, interpretive journalism, and literary journalism, and how they influence reporting styles.

Data Journalism and Media Standards, online course

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

The free online course Data Journalism and Media Standards introduces you to the methods used by journalists in gathering and utilizing online data, as well as the use of freedom of information requests for government and public records. The use of blogs and the rise of the citizen journalist are also explored.

The course first introduces the ever-growing set of tools, techniques, and approaches to storytelling known as data journalism. You will learn how to find data on the web, how to request it using freedom of information laws, how to use screen-scraping to gather data from unstructured sources, and use crowd-sourcing to collect datasets from readers. You will learn how to present data using techniques such as data visualization and news applications. You will also learn about mining data and learn to recognize the four main obstacles to the use of data journalism. 

Introduction to Journalism, online course

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

The free online course Introduction to Journalism provides information on the basic principles and practices in journalism, such as how to identify a story, how to gather facts, how to perform interviews and research, and how to create news articles while maintaining the highest journalistic ethics. The course begins by introducing you to the key elements of journalism such as identifying what is and what is not newsworthy, how to identify stories which are new, unusual or significant, and how to distinguish between a big news story and a small one. Next, 

Journalism in the Digital Age, online course

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This online course Journalism in the Digital Age provides information on the varying web tools and practices used by journalists online, from the use of social media to online safety to ethical issues faced by professional and citizen journalists.

Online Media and Journalism Courses

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Click - COMMUNITY JOURNALISM

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How to Create Videos, online courses

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About the Course

Learn how to create videos with this Windows Live Movie Maker course.

Learning how to create videos has never been easier. Windows Live Movie Maker is on 91% of the world's computers and often overlooked as a viable tool to increase your business or personal brand messaging.

Here is what you will learn from this course;

1. How simple Movie Maker is to use for creating awesome business and personal videos

2. How to use images and freely available music tracks to create HD videos

3. Simple edit tricks and tips to produce professional videos which viewers will love

4. How to transition Powerpoint and Apple Presentation slides into elegant video clips

5. How to use a simple webcam to attract video viewers

6. How and where to share your videos online to attract customers, clients and viewers to your business and social media causes

Citizen Journalism: How to be an iJournalist?, online course

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About this course

Become an accomplished digital reporter by learning how to create compelling news stories using various digital media.

Ever wonder how journalists do their reporting online? You probably asked yourself this question: How did they produce that interesting podcast or captivating photo slideshow or that moving news video? If you are interested in learning more about reporting and digital storytelling, well you have come to the right place. This course is intended to provide skills to aspiring journalists and citizens who want to be able to document news and events (e.g. natural disasters, etc.) and be able to share them to the world via the web. The course is divided into 5 lessons ranging from capturing videos using a mobile device (plus editing and uploading), podcasts, criteria for compelling news stories and other relevant media production skills. This course will take about 1.5 hours to complete. Lessons are delivered mostly by videos plus some extra files.

Making Sense of News, online course

Primary Goal

Learn essential, critical thinking skills in the age of social media to effectively navigate and make sense of news

Description

With social media and a 24/7 news cycle, how do we — as news consumers — make sense of what we hear and read? At a time when we are flooded with an abundance of information and disinformation, it is essential for each one of us to become a more discerning news consumer.

This six-week course will help you identify reliable information in news reports and become better informed about the world we live in. We will discuss journalism from the viewpoint of the news audience.

Curriculum

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at the University of Hong Kong has been collaborating with the Center for News Literacy (CNL) at Stony Brook University to internationalize the news literacy curriculum originally developed by the CNL.

This course has adapted some of the core concepts from the Stony Brook model and added new modules.

Working with Data: Spreadsheets for Journalists, online course

About this course

It isn’t hyperbole: Journalists today have access to more data than ever before. But exposing the stories buried in the numbers remains a challenge. From election results, budgets and census reports to Facebook updates and image uploads, journalists need to know how to find the important trends in data and shape them into compelling narratives. Learning to use spreadsheets effectively is the first essential step in working with data.

By the end of this course, you should know how to:

• Import data into spreadsheets
• Edit data for clean and clearly formatted spreadsheets
• Explore trends in data using sorting, functions, and conditional formatting
• Summarize and filter data with Pivot Tables
• Understand normalization, percent change, means and medians
• Write about numbers accurately and responsibly

This course will take you about six hours to complete.

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Introduction to Entrepreneurial Journalism, online course

About this course

Join us in exploring the growing universe of journalism startups! A new world of small journalism startups is blossoming, part of a new renaissance in digital journalism. The course begins with an overview of the state of journalism startups in a variety of spheres, from local and niche sites to the apps, tools and platforms transforming journalism. We then delve into the key steps involved in developing a viable journalism startup, drawing lessons from successful new journalism projects. By the end of the course, you’ll be exploring your own new ideas and thinking about how best to transform your current ideas into an actual startup plan! 

Those who complete the course successfully will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of entrepreneurial journalism
• Exhibit understanding of a framework for categorizing journalism startups
• Develop a brief analysis of a contemporary innovative journalism project
• Demonstrate mastery of a framework illustrating categories of revenue for contemporary journalism enterprises
• Demonstrate an understanding of market research as it relates to entrepreneurial journalism
• Prepare a preliminary business model canvas for a new journalism idea
• Outline and summarize an early-stage idea for a journalism startup project
• Present a conclusive reflection on opportunities for entrepreneurial journalism

Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling,,, online course

Statement of Accomplishment

About this course: Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling introduces educators to digital storytelling and explores ways to use digital stories to enhance students’ learning experiences. The course is designed to be comprehensive yet fundamental. By comprehensive we mean that the course provides a solid foundation for all of the components of a digital story and illustrates these components with tutorials, example stories, and links to additional readings. The course also provides a hands-on opportunity for learners to create their own digital stories. The course is fundamental because it covers the basic process of creating a digital story starting with just a simple script and as little as one image. This course is intended for K-12 teachers in all disciplines, although it is open to anyone with an interest in digital storytelling. Course participants will use WeVideo (https://www.wevideo.com/), a free web-based video editing program, to create a digital story that could be shared both online and with students in the classroom. Teachers in the state of Texas may be eligible to receive Continuing Professional Education units if they complete the major requirements of the course.

Audio Slideshow Storytelling, ONLINE COURSE

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course is not designed solely for journalism students or media professionals; rather, it is aimed at absolute beginners who want to produce engaging visual stories using consumer equipment and free software programs – say, a story about this month’s “Employee of the Month” that you can post to your store’s Facebook page.

Audio slideshow storytelling is two tasks in one: a slideshow, and a story. In this class, you will learn two skills: how to create an audio slideshow, and how to tell a story using visual narrative techniques.

Producing an audio slideshow story is more than taking photos, recording sound and putting everything together – it takes journalistic training to know how to frame a photo, what photos to take, how to conduct an interview, what questions to ask, how to edit photo sequences, etc.

Doing Journalism With Data, online course

In this five-module online introductory course comprised of video lectures, tutorials, assignments, readings, and discussion forums we will teach you the essential concepts, techniques, and skills to effectively work with data and produce compelling data stories under tight deadlines. Discussion forums are now closed for comment.

Graduates

The list below is a list of all students that scored 70% or higher on the Final Exam Quiz, applied for the certificate and agreed to have their name listed.