Training, scholarships offered for journalists striking out on their own

By Robin J Phillips on Feb 01, 2010 in Career tips, Networking, SABEW, SABEW blog

Photo by Flickr user ShashiBellamkonda

The Knight Digital Media Center at the UC Berkeley j-school is offering scholarships for a week-long training program, March 21-26, for journalists wanting to strike out on their own.

Participants of the workshop will come away with knowledge about how to set up a WordPress blog, the finer points of SEO optimization, how to video, how to use data visualization, and details about digging into Google Analytics.

More details: Web Publishing for Independent Journalists workshop. Application deadline is Feb. 17.

If you want to focus just on multi-media training, the Reynolds Center will have a similar workshop at almost the same time.

Become a Multi-Media Business Journalist workshop will be in Phoenix right before and during SABEW’s annual convention. It includes photography, producing a video business story, looking good on camera, and producing a news podcast.

About the Author

I am digital director at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, which I joined in 2009. Before that I was Online Community Manager for azcentral, the online site for The Arizona Republic. Before arriving in Arizona, I worked at Newsday where I was Deputy Business Editor. I was the small business editor at BusinessWeek Online. I teach journalists to use Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools to expand and manage their networks. And I am a cofounder of #wjchat, a weekly Twitter chat about web journalism. You can reach me at Email: Robin.Phillips@BusinessJournalism.org OR RobinJPhillips.com OR @RobinJP