The International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) of InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany, announces a training course on Multimedia and Online Journalism to be held in Berlin from February 2nd to April 3rd, 2009.The training programme of the IIJ aims at strengthening the professional and ethical standards of multimedia journalists, seeking to assist publishing and media houses in the partner countries of the German development cooperation.
The training provides participants technological background of the Internet and multimedia news reporting and editing; enhances their skills in online research, online design, writing for the web and applying multimedia elements; as well as ability to assess the costs and benefits of an online edition of a newspaper/ magazine.

The course will be conducted in English with not only theories but also new-skill practices, together with a one-week study tour through various online newsrooms of German media houses.

Application deadline: 28th November, 2008

For further information, please download the Programme Brochure .

Link to International Institute for Journalism