Journalistic Skills in Social Media

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Today's journalists need to be versatile and up- to-date with digital tools and platforms, which present them with array of enabling choices. This hands-on approach course will teach you how to use social media effectively as journalistic tools.

The following are some of the topics that will be covered in the class:

- how to gather, sort out and verify online information- how to find new content/new story angles and 'trends'

- how to find 'thought leaders' on a topic of interest

- how to aggregate content (how to tell stories by aggregating social media)

- how to curate content- how to engage public and build readerships

- how to make Google Interactive maps and use them in your report

- how to use Google alerts to monitor your topics of interest

The working language of the course will be English.

Period
05-08-2013 - 16-08-2013 (2 weeks)

Target group
People interested in social media, journalism, writing in general.

Course aim
Student has acquired a number journalistic skills in connection with social media.

Credits
3.0 ECTS credits

Certificate of Attendance

Course fee
EUR 1160: Course + course materials + housing + mealplan

Course leader
Radmila Radojevic

Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400