Knight Center offers new free course in Spanish, "Fact-checking and data journalism." Register now!
The number of fact-checking initiatives in Latin America increased from just three in 2014 to 14 in 2017, following a worldwide trend of information verification. And yet, while the verification of public discourse increases on a global level, the world has also seen the proliferation of “fake news” and misinformation. Read more »
Take the online course "Product Management for Journalists" and learn about a new, in demand role in newsrooms
In recent years, newsrooms in the United States and other countries have created new positions such as “product manager,” “director of product” and “chief product officer.” Last April, at the Knight Center’s International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), a "product director" for The New York Times and a "director of product" for the Washington Post spoke on the same panel Read more »
Explore immersive journalism: Sign up for Knight Center’s new online course in Spanish on VR and 360 video
From journeys to Mars to environmental disasters in Brazil, immersive storytelling has been explored in recent years by journalists looking for new ways to bring the world (and universe) to their audiences. Read more »
Sign up for the online course "Crafting Data Stories" and get your backstage pass to the data journalism process
“Crafting Data Stories: A Hands-on, Step-by-step Workshop Building Real Data Narratives" runs from Sept. 18 to Oct. 29, 2017. Heather Krause, founder and principal data scientist of Datassist, will lead a six-week Big Online Course (BOC) teaching students how to build a data story from scratch using analysis and narrative techniques. Read more »
Knight Center MOOC program reaches new milestone with more than 100,000 students from 171 countries
With the recent conclusion of three simultaneous massive open online courses (MOOCs), the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has reached an important milestone in its innovative distance learning program. As of this month, the Center has served more than 100,000 students around the world. Read more »
Knight Center’s e-book “Innovative Journalism in Latin America” now also available in English and Portuguese
“Innovative Journalism in Latin America,” the new free e-book from the Knight Center, is now available in English and Portuguese. Read more »
ISOJ calls journalism researchers to submit papers for 2018 global conference and special journal edition
The submission deadline for papers has been extended to Sept. 22, 2017.
The International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) has a special call for papers for the 2018 #ISOJ Journal, which will feature original research about how journalists view their profession and their role during a time of incredible change in the industry. Read more »
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