Free Online Course offered by FutureLearn: A Reporter’s Toolkit for the Digital Age
Learn essential skills and useful tools to help you become a reporter in a social media and digital era.
- English
- With Certificate
Tutor Name
Future Learn
About the Course
Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on the theme of “A Reporter’s Toolkit for the Digital Age”, as a part of How to be a Journalist in a Social Media and Digital Age ExpertTrack.
With so much of our news now consumed online, it’s important to know how digital journalism differs from traditional forms. On this four-week course, you’ll increase your understanding of the essential ingredients for good reporting and how to apply this to online journalism.
This practical course will take you through a variety of exercises including how to pick the best stories for different target audiences, how to write a news story from information and quotes, and writing other forms of journalism to build your skills. You’ll examine what it means to have different communities reflected in the news and the impact this has on society.
Drawing from your own experiences, you’ll discuss how far you have seen various communities represented in the news before learning how reporters create this type of story. You’ll also have the opportunity to create a story about your community or area of special interest.
Course duration:
4 weeks, 3 hrs per week.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone with an interest in media reporting. It will be of particular interest if you are an aspiring journalist or writer.
Course Modules:
- Building blocks of good journalism
- Covering your community or area of special interest
- The power of social media in reporting and journalism
- Personal stories in the news
Learning on this course:
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Summarise the essential ingredients of good reporting
- Develop news judgement
- Reflect on different communities being represented in the news
- Discuss the power of social media
- Explore impartiality and personal news stories
Prove you're job ready:
Highlight the new, job-relevant skills you’ve gained and supplement existing qualifications with a hard-earned, industry-specific digital certificate – plus one for every course within your ExpertTrack.
- Learn the latest in your chosen industry or subject.
- Complete each course and pass assessments.
- Receive certificates validated by the educating organisation.
- Impress employers with learning outcomes you can add to your CV.
- Make your career dreams a reality.
Course costs:
After your free trial you can:
- Pay $39 per month to keep learning online
- Have complete control over your subscription; you can cancel any time
- Work at your own pace and set your own deadlines at every stage
- Only pay while you’re learning; the subscription will cancel automatically when you finish
- Complete online assessments to test your knowledge and prove your skills
- Earn digital course certificates and a final award that you can share online, with potential employers, and your professional network
- Keep access to the content of courses you complete even after your subscription ends
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