OPPORTUNITIES / TRAINING: Online course to focus on covering education issues

Online course to focus on covering education issues

Region :Eastern Europe-Central Eurasia
Topic :Specialized Reporting

Journalists from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus have until May 10 to apply to take part in a six-week online course on covering education issues.

The free course, being offered by Transitions Online in cooperation with the BBC World Trust and the Guardian Foundation, will feature three online modules, each with a lesson plan and interactive questionnaire: 1) Specialist Reporting, 2) Reporting education, and 3) Interviewing Children. Applicants should cover education or have a strong interest in education issues.

The course will be led by Linda Christmas, a former journalist at The Guardian.

Two courses will be offered, one starting in mid-May and the other starting at the beginning of June. The most successful participants will be invited to Prague for a fall workshop on covering education with all expenses paid by the organizers.

For more information or to apply, go to: http://training.tol.org

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