Short Courses of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Journalists Take Second Online Course on Advanced Digital ToolsJournalists Take Second Online Course on Advanced Digital Tools
Knight Center instructor Sandra Crucianelli explains the content of the course Advanced Digital Tools for Investigative Journalists in this video.
For the second time, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas offered Latin American and Caribbean journalists the free online course "Advanced Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism." The class was taught from August 10-September 13, 2009 by Sandra Crucianelli, an internationally known journalist and instructor from Argentina who has conducted several other courses with the Center since 2004.
The course was designed specifically for the Knight Center, which has offered the introductory class Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism on several occasions. It was first offered in June of 2009 with 100 journalists enrolled from throughout Latin America.
The class was conducted entirely online. Students worked on the course according to their own schedule, and at their own pace, but were expected to meet weekly deadlines. Each week's course consisted of several lectures, group and individual activities, discussion groups as well as chats, and other multimedia-rich assignments. Students were expected to participate in weekly online discussion forums and chat sessions.
Demand for the course was high, and applicants who were selected are Latin American or Caribbean journalists who currently work full time for print or electronic news media and have at least five years of journalism experience.
The course explored the following topics:
Introduction to the semantic web
Visualization of data
Social networks and specific digital tools (e.g. microblogs, mashups, etc.)
Model designs of the application of digital tools in journalism across various media and platforms
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.
In 2007, the Knight Center received a new five-year grant from the Knight Foundation to refocus its work as a digital media training center for Latin American and Caribbean journalism, and to expand its efforts to serve as an incubator for new journalism organizations.
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