University introduces e-learning for journalists

April 12, 2005 By Leave a Comment

Via AScribe: After 18 months of design and development and 2000 experimental users, News University launched a Web site formulated to help journalists improve their skills. The site is to be the answer to the urgent need for more training for journalists, after a study revealed that eight out of 10 journalists are inadequately equipped with basic skills. Course topics range from basic reporting and writing skills such as interviewing and lead writing to visual journalism and lessons for newsroom managers. The site is managed by a team from The Poynter Institute. “E-learning is new. But because of the wonder of the World Wide Web, we all can watch it unfold together,” said Eric Newton, Knight Foundation’s director of Journalism Initiatives. “NewsU is a place where journalists and teachers will get to try new ways of learning and teaching.”

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About Aarthi Sivaraman

Aarthi graduated with a Master's degree in print journalism from USC's Annenberg School for Communication in May 2005. She holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from India and enjoys good music, traveling and reading.
Aarthi has written for the Cape Times in South Africa and the Los Angeles Business Journal, besides serving as a section editor for OJR for two years.
She is now a reporter for Reuters in New York.

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OhmyNews opens up for international contributions

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Via dotJournalism: Korean news site OhmyNews has opened the site to citizen contributions from around the world. The five-year-old news aggregator site currently has around 37,000 reporters from all over Korea and recently shot to fame with its work with electing the country’s reformist president. An English version of the site, OhmyNews International, was launched last year and is expected to attract online news contributions from all over the world. The updated plan includes a new login system that can monitor the number of hits and also enable readers to send money to reporters for good stories. Contributors who want to visit Korea are asked to watch out for a planned conference for global citizen reporters to be held in Seoul in early July.

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About Aarthi Sivaraman

Aarthi graduated with a Master's degree in print journalism from USC's Annenberg School for Communication in May 2005. She holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from India and enjoys good music, traveling and reading.
Aarthi has written for the Cape Times in South Africa and the Los Angeles Business Journal, besides serving as a section editor for OJR for two years.
She is now a reporter for Reuters in New York.

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