Online Journalism

With the rise of “Citizen Journalism”, digital media has become the fastest and the most reliable source of news. This module enables participants to acquire the necessary knowledge and know-how to create a fully functional website; you will also learn how to shoot, edit and upload video reports, include them into articles and support it with pictures.

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Objectives:

• History of journalism and how it gets its supernatural power.
• Discussing the ten international standards for good journalism.
• Writing news reporting for the web and mobile.
• How to recognize hate speech.
• Writing non-news reporting for the web and mobile.
• Personal interviews and press conferences.
• Video blog – starting from the idea and to the interaction and engagement with viewers.
• How to hear the public through research tools , social media and networking sites.
• What is Analytic? And how to use it to increase your viewers and engagement.
• Publishing on social media and interacting with the positive and negative comments.
• Producing Info graphics.
• Writing an useful article and balanced opinion.
• Useful Mobile applications for journalists.