Online Journalism, now also known as Digital Journalism, is inexorably becoming the way most journalism is done. While print and broadcast journalism is unlikely to disappear, new media has been around long enough to acquire a distinct set of newsroom values and process; successes, challenges and disadvantages.
In this course, which is meant for journalists who are beginning to work in a digital newsroom or want to move to digital journalism, we will first explore what it is to be a digital journalists, the different kinds of newsrooms, the basic skills that are needed for a digital journalists and required foundation to be a successful online journalists.