Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Mexican Reporters, Editors Conclude Online Course: Mathematics and Electoral Coverage The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, in partnership with Mexico's Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET), concluded the online course, Mathematics and Electoral Coverage for Mexican Journalists. The course ended June 16, 2006. Instructor Sandra Crucianelli, a prize-winning Argentine reporter, adapted the course to meet the needs of Mexican journalists who cover elections. The course was designed to help journalists improve their proficiency with numbers and statistics, including the use of opinion polls and election results. The curriculum integrated election-related exercises into its six main topics: *Basic math operations *Applied statistics to elections *Obtaining data *Measures of central tendency *Measures of proportion *Interpolation of external data *Infographics Students set their own schedule for accessing the course's online video and text lectures and participated in discussions and performed assignments, quizzes, and exams online. No books were required. Participants who completed the course received a certificate from the Knight Center. Crucianelli's popular "Mathematics for Journalists" course has been offered five times in the past. To prepare journalists to cover presidential elections scheduled for eight Latin American countries this year, and regional and state elections in several other nations, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has organized several online courses that focus on electoral coverage. 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 train journalists in the hemisphere and help them to develop self-sustaining training programs that will raise the ethical and professional levels of journalism in the Americas. Added Aug 24, 11:25, 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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