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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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  • Covering Climate Change

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Learn the science and policies behind climate change and pick up the reporting and writing skills needed to tell stronger stories about global climate change.

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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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  • Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision

    Self-Directed Course
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    Review your work with fresh eyes to fine-tune awkward passages.

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  • Handling Race and Ethnicity

    Self-Directed Course
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    Examine whether and how to use racial and ethnic descriptions in news stories.

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  • Help! for Writers

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $29.95

    Unlock more than 200 solutions to some of the most common problems writers face in any platform or genre.

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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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  • Introduction to Sports Reporting

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $14.95

    Find and tell engaging stories from sports events.

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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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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Alcatel-Lucent Edition)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    This primer on the basics of writing and composition is for participants enrolled in the Alcatel-Lucent Effective Writing Certificate Program.

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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Ohio University Edition)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    This primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Wisconsin Edition)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    This primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Wisconsin Spring 2013 Edition)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    This primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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  • Lousy Listeners: How to Avoid Being One

    Self-Directed Course
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    Better listeners are better leaders. Learn how to break bad listening habits and improve your listening skills.

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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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  • On the Beat: Writing Obituaries

    Self-Directed Course
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    Learn to write engaging, informative and accurate obituaries...and love it!

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  • Online Project Development: Part 1

    Self-Directed Course
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    Examine the five steps for creating successful Web projects and how they were used in award-winning work.

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  • Religion, Culture and Society: Getting Beyond the Cliches

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Thanks to a grant from the Ford Foundation, this course is available free of charge to registered users at NewsU.

    Religion intersects nearly every story you cover. Learn how to tell those stories with greater context, skill and thoughfulness.

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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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  • Sources, Verification and Credibility

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: This $24.95 course is FREE thanks to funding support from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

    Analyze and judge the reliability of news and information

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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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  • The Interview

    Self-Directed Course
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    Hone your skills, in this simulation, to get the most out of your questions.

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  • The Writer's Workbench: 50 Tools You Can Use

    Self-Directed Course
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    Techniques to refine your storytelling and write with confidence.

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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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  • Writing for the Ear

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: This $29.95 course is free thanks to support by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

    Whether you're new to audio storytelling or want to improve your radio broadcasts, podcasts, slide shows or videos, you'll learn how to tell compelling stories.

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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
    Price:

    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
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    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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