Learn how data can be used in journalism, and explore issues concerning journalistic rights as well as the way investigative journalism is conducted. In this free online course in Data Journalism and Media Standards will teach you about how data can be used in journalism, explore issues concerning journalistic rights and obligations and examine how new forms of media have influenced investigative journalism. How do journalists handle data, and what are journalistic rights and obligations? Start learning with this short course today, and bring your journalistic skills to the next level.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201395 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 4-5 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • List the three key main concepts for understanding data • Explain the use of data in journalism • Summarise the four main obstacles to the use of data in journalism • Describe how to access and request data • Outline the responsibilities of the free press, in a free society • Explain which rights are essential for journalists to be able to do their jobs • Discuss the issue of ethics in journalism • Explain how journalism enhances civil society • List the nine types of Freedom of Information exemptions • Outline how to produce investigative journalism to international standards |
| Course Code | 1647 |
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