News University at the Poynter Institute offers a wide range of online journalism classes. Most are free. NewsU recommends these courses for people who have no news gathering experience:
- The Interview
- Beat Basics and Beyond
- Understanding and Interpreting Polls.
You will find these and other courses on the NewsU Course List. (You must register on NewsU to participate.)
Knight Community News Network highlights successful community news sites and offers learning modules for citizen journalists. Modules include:
- Guide to Open Government
- Making the Most of Metrics
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization or how to make your content easy to find.)
- Tools for Citizen Journalism
Find these and other courses and guides on KCNN's Learning Modules list.
The site also features a map showing the locations of hundreds of citizen journalism sites where people can look for nearby sources of experience and advice.
