Saturday, February 28, 2009

IGNOU collaborates with German institute to offer online journalism course

New Delhi: The School of Journalism and New Media Studies of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with the Deutsche Welle Akademie (DW), Germany will offer a one month "Online journalism and web 2.0"programme from March this year.

The DW Akademie is one of the premier institutions of media education and training in Europe.

The course has especially been designed for content editors, content writers and reporters.

Participants will undergo theoretical as well as intensive practical training sessions during the course. 25 journalists will be short-listed for the course,which is commencing from March 23.

The programme will deal with the possibilities of using Internet as medium of dialogue; it will discuss journalistic ethics and professional issues involved in journalistic writing for Internet; it will teach journalistic tools like structure of online articles, writing for Internet, non-linear story-telling and packaging; and will introduce the learner with various additional, interactive and cross media options for web sites.

Source:http://indiaedunews.net/Universities/IGNOU_collaborates_with_German_institute_to_offer_online_journalism_course_7594/

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