Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Argentine Reporters and Editors Conclude Online Course: Mathematics for Journalists The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas began its online course, Mathematics for Journalists, on Aug. 29, 2005. The six-week course, which ended Oct. 14, was offered to Argentine journalists, in partnership with the Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA). The course was taught by Argentine journalist Sandra Crucianelli, international prize-winning investigative reporter and specialist in precision journalism. It covered six topics: _Basic math operations and their journalistic applications _Obtaining and using data for journalistic purposes _Measures of central tendency _Measures of proportion _Interpolation of external data _Infographics: interpretations and applications The class included online video and text lectures. Students participated in discussions and performed all assignments, quizzes and exams online. The class was self-paced, and participants chose the hours they worked. All students who completed the course received a certificate from the Knight Center. For more information about this course, see this page in Spanish. This was the third time the Knight Center has offered the course by Sandra Crucianelli. The earlier two courses targeted journalists from throughout Latin America and were highly praised by the students. The Knight Center also offers distance learning courses in Portuguese and English. The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas was created by Professor Rosental Calmon Alves at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism in August 2002 thanks to a generous donation from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Its main objective is to help journalists in the hemisphere to develop self-sustaining training programs that will raise the ethical and professional levels of journalism in the Americas. For more information about the Knight Center, contact Dean Graber, program manager, deangraber@mail.utexas.edu. Added Apr 27, 18:11, 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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