Reports on Our Activities in the Americas
Colombian Journalists Hold First International Gathering on Investigative Reporting
A new national organization of investigative journalists, the “Newsroom Council” (Consejo de Redacción), conducted its First Investigative Journalism Gathering on April 25-26, 2008, in Bogotá, drawing 98 participants.
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Journalists Can Apply for Online Course in Spanish: "Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism"
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin will offer a new online Spanish-language course for Latin American and Caribbean journalists: 'Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism,' starting May 26, 2008.
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New Report Published on Press Freedom Monitoring and Advocacy in Latin America
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Media Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) released a report this week about the activities of nearly 50 organizations dedicated to monitoring and defense of press freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean. See the conference report in English and Spanish.
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Knight Center Holds First Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas conducted the First Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, on April 5 and 6, 2008 in Austin, Texas. Participants included 26 journalists, academics, and media executives from eight Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Click here to go to the Colloquium page.
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Brazilian Journalists Begin Online Course in Portuguese, Coverage of Human Development
The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji), in partnership with the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, has started its seventh edition of its online course 'Coverage of Human Development', from April 21 to May 18, 2008.
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Knight Center Organizes Conference on Digital Journalism
Journalists and researchers from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal will participate April 6, 2008, in the First Ibero-
American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, to be held in Austin, Texas. The conference, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, will follow the Ninth Annual International Symposium on Online Journalism, organized by the Knight Chair in Journalism and the UNESCO Chair in Communication at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Knight Center Enrolls 1,000th Student in Distance Education Courses
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has enrolled its 1,000th student in an online course, marking a milestone for the distance education program that began in 2003. As part of its mission to help develop new training opportunities for journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Knight Center has created a series of short journalism courses in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, conducted entirely on line.
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Knight Center Develops Online Introductory Course in Digital Journalism for Caribbean Reporters and Editors
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, as part of its new focus as a digital media training center, has developed an introductory course to digital journalism that it will offer for the first time from March 3 to April 4, 2008, to journalists living and working in Caribbean countries.
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Brazilian Journalists Can Apply for Online Course: Coverage of Human Development
The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) will offer the online course 'Coverage of Human Development', from March 3, to March 30, 2008. The course is offered in Portuguese in partnership with the Ayrton Senna Institute and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Brazilian journalists can apply online until midnight, Feb. 24.
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Knight Center Completes Online Course in Spanish: Mathematics for Journalists
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has concluded its online course in Spanish, Mathematics for Journalists, from Feb. 11 through March 23, 2008. The six-week course, was taught by instructor Sandra Crucianelli of Argentina.
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Thousands of Latin American Journalists Download New Digital Literacy Book, Journalism 2.0
The PDF versions of a book about digital journalism that was recently translated into Spanish and Portuguese and placed online by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas have received more than 10,000 downloads since their posting on Dec. 14, 2007.
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Knight Center Launches Digital Literacy Guide for Journalists in Spanish and Portuguese
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin launched electronic Spanish and Portuguese editions of the book Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive, A digital literacy guide for the information age, written by U.S. journalist Mark Briggs.
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Paraguayan Journalists Train to Cover Presidential Elections Next April
ASUNCIÓN — The Paraguayan Journalists Forum (FOPEP) recently concluded the workshop "Coverage of Electoral Processes," taught by Colombian journalist María Teresa Ronderos. The event, timed to prepare journalists for presidential elections in 2008, was co-sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.
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Journalists from 16 Countries Conclude Online Course in Investigative Reporting
The Knight Center for Journalism has concluded its online course in Spanish, Tools for Investigative Journalism. The free, five-week course taught by Argentine journalist Sandra Crucianelli began Oct. 29 and ended Dec. 2, 2007.
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Knight Center, Open Society Institute Hold Conference About Press Freedom in Latin America
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Open Society Institute's Network Media Program held the conference, "Press Freedom Monitoring and Advocacy in Latin America," on Sept. 22-23, 2007, at the University of Texas at Austin. More than 40 press freedom organizations participated.
See the conference report in English and Spanish.
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