Knight Center Journalism Courses on the Internet   Welcome to the trilingual Knight Center’s Distance Learning program! Since 2003, our program has trained over 2,000 journalists from the Americas and the Caribbean on a variety of journalism topics and themes that include investigative reporting, ethics, digital journalism techniques, covering armed conflicts, computer-assisted reporting, and many other topics. Our short courses (ranging from four to eight weeks) are completely online and taught by some of the most well-respected, experienced journalists and journalism trainers in the Americas.     Our courses take full advantage of multimedia with video lectures, chats, discussion forums, audio slideshows, self-paced quizzes, and other collaborative learning technologies. Our cutting-edge platform and expert instructors provide a quality learning experience for the journalist seeking to improve and/or gain new knowledge or skills for the 21st century newsroom. Please visit this section of our website often - we hope you will consider applying for our next course offerings! We post our new course offerings here often along with our online application process. We hope to see you in the virtual classroom soon! ENROLLED STUDENTS OF CURRENT KNIGHT CENTER DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES: ENGLISH COURSE ACCESS HERE SPANISH COURSE ACCESS HERE PORTUGUESE COURSE ACCESS HERE Knight Center to repeat online course in Spanish 'Covering Drug Trafficking' The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer for the third time the free online Spanish course "Covering Drug Trafficking," March 8 through April 11, 2010, with instructor Álvaro Sierra, a Colombian journalist and professor at the United Nations' University for Peace. Course applications will be accepted Feb. 8-21 (closes at 5 p.m. Austin, Texas, time). Space is limited. Read More » Knight Center debuts new course on digital media product development skills The Knight Center is offering a new, free online course in Spanish aimed at journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean interested in acquiring digital media product development skills. The six-week course, Digital Media Project Development, taught by Hiram Enriquez of Univision Interactive Media, begins Feb. 22 and continues through April 4. Space is limited. Applications will be accepted from Jan. 25 through Feb. 7. Read More » Students begin new online course in Spanish on digital tools for journalists The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin is offering a new Spanish-language online course "Digital Tools for Journalists" by Sandra Crucianelli from Jan. 11 to Feb. 21, 2010. Read More » Digital Media Project Development, Spanish Digital Tools for Journalists, Spanish, January 2010 How to Write for the Web, Spanish, December 2009 Journalism 2.0, Portuguese, November 2009 Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism Instructors, Spanish, November 2009 Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting, Portuguese, October 2009 Electoral Coverage and Democracy, Spanish, October 2009 Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, September 2009 Advanced Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, August 2009 Covering Drug Trafficking, Spanish, August 2009 Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting, Portuguese, August 2009 How to write for the Web, Spanish, July 2009 Advanced Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, June 2009 How to Write for the Web, Spanish, May 2009 Journalism 2.0, Portuguese, May 2009 Covering Drug Trafficking, Spanish, April 2009 Journalism 2.0, Spanish, April 2009 Mathematics for Journalists Applied to Electoral Coverage, Spanish, Feb 2009 Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, April 2009 Journalism 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Era, Portuguese, March 2009 Journalism 2.0, Spanish, January 2009 Electoral Coverage and Democracy, Spanish, January 2009 Journalism 2.0, English, November 2008 Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, November 2008 Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, September 2008 Introduction to Journalism 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Era, Portuguese, September 2008 Introduction to Journalism 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Era, Portuguese, July 2008 Journalism 2.0, Spanish, July 2008 Covering Armed Conflicts, Spanish, July 2008 Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism, Spanish, June 2008 Journalism 2.0, English, April 2008 Coverage of Human Developemnt, Portuguese, April 2008 Human Development Course, Portuguese, March 2008 Math for Journalists, Spanish, February 2008 Tools for Investigative Journalism Course, Spanish, December 2007 Coverage of Human Development, Portuguese, November 2007 Coverage of Human Development, Portuguese, August 2007 Journalistic Ethics, Spanish, July 2007 Human Development for Journalists Course, Portuguese, June 2007 Human Development for Journalists Course, Portuguese, April 2007 Tools for Investigative Journalism Course, Spanish, March 2007 Tools for Investigative Journalism Course, Spanish, November 2006 Electoral Coverage and Democracy Course, Spanish, September 2006 Investigative Coverage of Public Administration Course, Portuguese, August 2006 Electoral Coverage and Democracy Course, Spanish, August 2006 Online Mathematics and Electoral Coverage Course for Journalists, Spanish, June 2006 Online Mathematics and Electoral Coverage Course for Journalists, Spanish, April 2006 Online Feature Writing Course for Journalists in the Caribbean, English, March 2006 Online Mathematics Course for Journalists, Spanish, November 2005 Online Mathematics Course for Journalists, Spanish, August 2005 Investigative Coverage of Public Administration Course, Portuguese, August 2005 Online Mathematics Course for Journalists, Spanish, May 2005 Role of the Editor, English, January 2005 The Media and Armed Conflicts, Spanish, October 2004 Online Mathematics Course for Journalists, Spanish, October 2004 Role of the Editor, English, October 2004 Training the Trainers, Portuguese, August 2004 Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR), Portuguese, May 2004 Role of the Editor, English, February 2004 Role of the Editor, English, September 2003 Hugo Chávez launches new radio program that will broadcast when he wants Feb 09 Guatemalan TV says local official is behind death threats to reporter Feb 09 Peruvian court clears ex-mayor in journalist’s killing Feb 09 Knight Center offers online course in Spanish 'Covering Drug Trafficking' Feb 09 What makes news go viral? Stories that inspire feelings of "awe," study finds Feb 09 Abrupt changes at Colombia's Cambio magazine are believed to be political Feb 08 Kidnappers free son of Honduran journalist Feb 08 Washington press corps feels bypassed by Obama in favor of TV and YouTube Feb 08 Will killings of teenagers and journalists force Mexico’s Calderón to act against violence? Feb 05 Magnum Photo archive sold to Dell computer boss for display at University of Texas Feb 05 Panama's bill to regulate media sparks IAPA concern Feb 05 Venezuelan newspaper investigated for publishing photo of soldier with "iron claw" Feb 05 Visit our blog for latest news on journalism in the Americas Take a Tour! Look inside an online course and learn about how you can enroll in our distance learning program. Read More Search Knight Center News You can search our entire database by entering a keyword. Subscribe to Newsletter Receive our weekly newsletter about journalism in the Americas. 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