The New York Times Knowledge Network Debuts Online Course in Citizen
Journalism
Register Today For Hyperlocal Blogging at NYTimes.com/knownow
College & University Pressroom
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beginning October 12 through November 8, The New York Times Knowledge
Network will feature the course Citizen
Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging with Deputy Metropolitan Editor Mary
Ann Giordano. The
New York Times Knowledge Network offers an array of distinctive
online education opportunities including Certificate
Programs, For-credit
courses, Continuing
Education courses and New
York Times Programs of Study.
For those who want to start a blog to serve the news and information
needs of their community, Citizen
Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging will offer all the basics. Course
participants will learn how to:
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Find and present information;
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Check facts and preserve fairness in coverage;
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Target and develop an audience;
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Get their blog noticed and the community involved.
Citizen Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging is one of many writing courses
offered in the new Programs of Study series. Each course is a four-week
module, and students can select any number of these courses, taken
individually or as a sequence. Writing program topics include:
To register for Citizen
Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging and for a full list of programs,
please visit www.nytimes.com/knownow.
Registration closes October 11.
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