News for Digital Journalists

January 25, 2011

Digital journalism workshops aim for better business coverage

A series of free digital journalism workshops, on offer around the country and online in the coming months, will train reporters on how to use various online tools to improve their business news coverage.

Sponsored by the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the programs will cover topics such as using the internet to investigate companies, covering business news using audio slideshows, and using social media for business reporting.

One investigative workshop, Beyond Google: Mining the web for company intelligence, offered online on May 17-18, will show how to tap social media for company info and to cull sources through business networks like LinkedIn. The workshop will be run by Sean Campbell and Scott Swigart of Portland, OR-based technology market research firm Cascade Insights.

Another workshop, offered free to attendees of the annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers Conference, is scheduled for Dallas April 8 and focuses on telling business stories with Soundslides. It will be taught by Jeremy Caplan, the director of education for CUNY’s Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism.

Among other free online programs are:

The workshop series also covers a range of other topics, including computer-assisted reporting, census-based reporting, the green economy, and more, with programs in Philadephia, Raleigh, N.C., Los Angeles and Dallas. Find out about additional programs later this spring and summer. Or go ahead and register for any of the free programs. You can also learn more by contacting the Reynolds Center’s Executive Director Linda Austin at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 602-496-9187.

By A. Adam Glenn, 01/25/11 at 5:59 am
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