Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Caribbean Editors Concluded Online Course The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, in partnership with the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, conducted a five-week online course, The Role of the Editor, designed to help Caribbean editors improve their leadership and management skills. The course was taught by George Sylvie, associate professor of journalism at The University of Texas at Austin. Applications were accepted through Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004. Participants selected were notified by Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004. This course was open only to editors from Caribbean countries. The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is developing a distance learning curriculum that permits journalists from the Americas to take Internet-based short courses on a variety of topics. Courses are offered throughout the year in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and are designed to give journalists the flexibility to work at their own pace, according to their schedule. Courses include video lectures, exercises, and discussions among students. Individuals who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate for their participation. The Knight Center conducted several courses this year. For more information, or to suggest a topic for an upcoming course, please contact Dean Graber, Program Manager, deangraber@mail.utexas.edu Added Mar 06, 13:05, 2006 Media groups in Ecuador criticize communications bill Nov 23 Producing more multimedia stories for a news site: El Salvador's "ElFaro" (The Lighthouse) Nov 23 News Corp. may dump Google for Microsoft Nov 23 Web seminar Nov. 25 covers new digital tools for journalists Nov 23 Mexican police reporter vanishes after reporting arrest of crime boss Nov 20 Ahead of protests, Nicaragua's opposition media report new threats and harassment Nov 20 Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez grabs Washington's attention Nov 20 Guatemala's president creates radio program to correct "wrong information" Nov 20 Argentina eliminates jail time for defamation Nov 20 CPJ honors five top journalists and seeks new support for expanded work Nov 20 IAPA lauds Argentine court ruling that returns journalist's killer to prison Nov 19 Opposition TV president says Chávez wants him in jail Nov 19 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. Choose your language: English   Español   Português    Please enter your e-mail address. Read more about the Knight Center Newsletter.

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