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  • Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms

    Self-Directed Course
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    Write, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.

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  • Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style and More

    Self-Directed Course
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    Finding and fixing the most common style, grammar and punctuation errors.

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  • Coaching Tomorrow's Journalists

    Self-Directed Course
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    Working with teen journalists can be a challenge. Find the assistance and resources you need in this course.

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  • Color in News Design

    Self-Directed Course
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    Learn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.

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  • First Amendment for the High School Journalist

    Self-Directed Course
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    Gain a better understanding of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

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  • Freedom of Information

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: This course is free to registered users of News University.

    Use FOI laws to strengthen your reporting with public documents.

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  • Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making

    Self-Directed Course
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    Ethics is not separate from the daily work of journalists. Learn the process before you're faced with a tough call on deadline.

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  • Journalism and Trauma

    Self-Directed Course
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    Learn how to compassionately interview victims and how covering traumatic events affects you.

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  • Journalism Fundamentals: Craft & Values

    Self-Directed Course
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    Explore essential journalism skills and principles in this introduction to producing news.

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  • Math for Journalists: Help With Numbers

    Self-Directed Course
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    Conquer your fear of numbers and handle arithmetic accurately with the math tools essential for all journalists.

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  • News Sense: The Building Blocks of News

    Self-Directed Course
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    What makes an idea or event a news story? Explore the who, what, when, where, why and how of news.

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  • Newsgathering Law & Liability: A Guide for Reporting

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: This $29.95 course is **FREE** thanks to generous grants from the Harnisch Foundation and The Cutts Foundation.

    Gather and report news more effectively while avoiding legal liability.

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  • On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime

    Self-Directed Course
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    Techniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.

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  • On the Beat: Covering Education

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Learn how to find your way around the U.S. education system: the standards, the people and the protocol.

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  • Reporting on Sexual Violence

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: This $29.95 course is free thanks to a grant by National Sexual Violence Resource Center

    Explore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.

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  • Telling Stories with Sound

    Self-Directed Course
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    Explore how to create effective narratives by gathering, processing and mixing audio.

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  • The Be a Reporter Game

    Self-Directed Course
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    Practice the basics of newsgathering -- asking questions, verifying information -- while racing against a deadline.

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  • The Community Journalism Series: Contributing to a Local Publication

    Self-Directed Course
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    Explore essential journalism skills and principles in this introduction to producing news.

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  • The Community Journalism Series: Strategies for Managing Local Contributors

    Self-Directed Course
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    Learn how your site can benefit from community contributors and build your plan for recruiting, training and managing these content providers.

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  • Typography for News Design

    Self-Directed Course
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    Learn the principles of working with type and get fresh ideas to make your pages pop.

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  • Video News Editing: The Remixer Game

    Self-Directed Course
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    Explore how video editing influences your perception of news in this activity from Link TV.

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  • Watching TV News: How To Be a Smarter Viewer

    Self-Directed Course
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    There's more to being a news consumer than just watching the news. Learn to evaluate TV news and become a discriminating consumer.

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  • Чувство новости: конструируем историю

    Self-Directed Course
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    Что делает из события или идеи новость? Изучите где, когда, кем, как, почему и зачем рождается новостная история.

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  • دوره آموزشی درک خبر: آشنایی با اجزای سازنده خبر

    Self-Directed Course
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    چه چیزی یک خبر یا ایده را ارزش خبری می بخشد؟ عناصر اصلی خبر را بررسی کنید.

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  • دوره آموزشی روزنامه نگاری و تروما

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    بیاموزید چگونه با قربانیان دردمندانه مصاحبه کنید و چگونه رویدادهای دلخراشی را که روی شما تاثیر روانی بر جا می گذارد، پوشش خبری دهید.

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