Journalism Courses and Certifications

English for Journalism

15 ratings

This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in developing the skills needed for a career in modern journalism.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 9 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Journalism, the future, and you!

382 ratings at Coursera

You will explore areas such as being an international correspondent, self-publishing in journalism, as well as how to freelance in the field.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Dan Rather on Journalism & Finding the Truth in the News

1747 ratings at Udemy

Learn to ask the right questions & tell captivating stories. Practical advice for journalists & avid news consumers.

• Udemy
• 4 hours 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Creating Ethical Media and Journalism

Build your own ethical framework for journalism: handle accuracy, attribution, defamation, privacy rights, reporting on trauma and grief, representation, and ethical business practices.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Driving Trust and Innovation: Advanced Journalism Skills

Draft policy content with GPT-4 using structured prompting and compliance logging, then verify AI summaries against primary documents to catch hallucinations and meaning drift.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Journalism Conduct Great Media Interviews

Learn to host media interviews: choose topics and guests, ask powerful questions, appear poised on camera, review your practice, and post finished videos to YouTube.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Journalism 101

7 ratings

This series covers topics such as Newswriting, finding story ideas, interviewing sources and quoting sources, leading a lead and organising news stories, covering breaking news and ethics in journalism.

• YouTube
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Multimedia Journalism

289 ratings at Udemy

Learn to take better pictures, produce high-quality videos and create your own podcast for reporting, using free software and low-cost equipment.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Journalism in the Digital Era

Explore how digital platforms are reshaping journalism through multimedia storytelling, data reporting, social media, mobile news, and newsroom workflows.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Feature Journalism

Explore what sets feature journalism apart from other journalistic forms in this course from University of Cape Town.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

Feature Journalism

Navigate the styles and processes of feature journalism.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $597.00
• 3 courses

What is news?

1192 ratings at Coursera

Learn what makes reporting journalism: apply news values and ethics, connect with audiences, and compare print, broadcast, visual, multimedia and social media formats.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

USENIX Enigma Conference

Open Source Software and Journalism - Field Notes from a Global Perspective

Field notes on the challenges public-interest and investigative journalists encounter when using open source technologies across global reporting environments.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Art of the Interview

12 ratings at CreativeLive

Learn to turn researched conversations into coherent stories through thoughtful questions, attentive listening, flexible follow-ups, and purposeful editing.

• CreativeLive
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course