The New Ibero-American Journalism Foundation (FNPI) is scheduling a webinar in Spanish called “Eight web tools for practical and passionate journalism”.

The seminar will be lead by author and online journalism guru Francis Pisani and will cover new tools for better microblogging, map design, data and source organization, and search engine optimization. read more »

Journalists have until Nov. 20 to apply for the “Investigative journalism in the business world” course organized by the New Ibero-American Journalism Foundation (FNPI) and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). The training will take place Dec. 14-18 in Panama City, Panama. read more »

The application deadlines for international applicants to the 2010-2011 Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University and the Knight Fellowships at Stanford University are Dec. 15, 2009. (U.S. applicants have later deadlines.) Both programs are open to professional journalists from Latin American and the Caribbean. read more »

Darío D’Atri, editor of Clarin.com, will present the course “Newsroom Integration: Is It Possible?” from Nov. 12-14, 2009, in Monterrey Mexico. The course is part of the digital journalism training series offered by Mexico's Autonomous University of Nuevo León. read more »

The Newsroom Council, an association of investigative journalists from throughout Colombia, has recently concluded the two-month training series “The green agenda in investigative journalism.”

A group of 51 journalists participated in online discussions, and 25 took part in face-to-face workshops dealing with topics such as water, solid waste, the environment and conflict, and climate change. The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas was a co-sponsor. read more »

IJNet announces that the Press Institute of the Inter American Press Association is scheduling a Webinar in Spanish on Oct. 21 about using tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and TweetDeck for journalism.

The one-hour event is free of charge and offered to Latin American journalists, editors and producers from any news medium. Get more information here (in Spanish).

The Knight Center offers Brazilian journalists an updated version of its popular online course "Introduction to Journalism 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Era."

The class lasts from Nov. 9 to Dec. 6, 2009 and is free of charge. Demand is expected to be high, and spaces are limited. Applications are available online and must be received by Oct. 25. read more »

Whether you teach journalism or communication in a classroom or newsroom, or you’re trying to expand your own knowledge, there are 18 course plans/syllabi available at this very useful site created by Serena Carpenter, a professor at Arizona State University.

The documents come from 18 instructors. All are in English. (Online translators available.)

The School of Communication at the University of Miami will offer a new in-residence M.A. in Journalism that starts in August 2010 and lasts three semesters. The School has offered a Spanish-language Masters's program in 2003 that was taught as an executive, non-residency program.

The in-residency program will be taught entirely in Spanish and will focus on multi-media training as well as academic theory. read more »

The five-week, Spanish-language course “Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism Instructors” will take place Nov. 2–Nov. 29, 2009, and was created by Argentine journalism trainer Sandra Crucianelli. Latin American and Caribbean instructors may apply online until Oct. 18.

The class is offered free of charge, and spaces are limited. Preference will go to journalism educators who teach at the undergraduate or graduate level in colleges or universities and have experience in print or electronic media but have limited opportunities to attend training courses. read more »

Applications are open until Oct. 7 for the course “Narcotrafficking and Violence in Latin American Cities: Challenges for a New Journalism," which is organized by the New Iberoamerican Journalism Foundation, (FNPI) with support from the Open Society Institute. read more »

Mexico's Autonomous University of Nuevo León continues its series of classes in digital journalism Oct. 1–3, 2009, with the course The Future of Journalism: How will the media be? How will journalists be? read more »

Learning to tell stories with video and other complex media is the principal training need for the region's online journalists, according to a study by the New Iberoamerican Journalism Foundation (FNPI) sponsored by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). read more »

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will train 18 community radio journalists and citizen reporters to produce higher-quality programming, and a new web-based service of the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) will allow broadcasters to share and rebroadcast stories across borders. read more »

Members of journalist organizations throughout the Americas are gathered this weekend at the Seventh Austin Forum on Journalism in the Americas. The meeting is sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Open Society Institute’s Media Program. read more »

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a new edition of the online Spanish course Electoral Coverage and Democracy, which will be taught by renowned Colombian journalist and instructor María Teresa Ronderos.

The course will take place from Oct. 5-Nov. 8, 2009, and applications will be accepted until Sept. 20. The class will cover topics like the role of journalists in democracy, the proper use of polling data, and how to cover elections for the benefit of citizens and voters. read more »

These opportunities for journalists to study abroad, and for journalists 25 and younger to submit their work to a contest on covering freedom, are featured by the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet): read more »

The Newsroom Council (Consejo de Redacción), a Colombian association of investigative journalists, has organized a training series, “The green agenda in investigative journalism.” The series lasts until Oct. 10, and 50 journalists from throughout the country are participating.

The program focuses on improving coverage about water resources, environmental politics, solid waste management, and the environmental impact of the armed conflict. read more »

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering for the second time its free online course "Introduction to Computer-assisted Reporting (CAR)." The class will take place in Portuguese from Sept. 2–Oct. 25, 2009.

It will cover these topics:
*Internet search techniques
*Advancement beyond basic search tools
*Using spreadsheets for journalism
*Data organization, filtering, and calculation
*Introduction to databases and other free and paid resources read more »

The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Ayrton Senna Institute are repeating their popular online course to teach journalists where to find and how to use socio-economic data about Brazil and other countries.

The course is free of charge and will begin Sept. 18 and last for five weeks. Registration can be done online until Sept. 13. read more »