Free online course “English for Journalism”

If you’re a journalist or a blogger who’s ready to take your career to the next level — here’s a chance to improve your English while practicing the essentials of print and digital journalism.

Press Club Belarus and the U.S. Embassy Minsk are pleased to announce a free online course “English for Journalism”. Developed by the U.S. Department of State and the University of Pennsylvania, this 8-week course will help you improve your language skills and knowledge of journalism at the same time. Self-paced individual work will be supplemented by weekly online sessions with a local English language instructor.

English for Journalism is available through Coursera, a platform that joins leading universities worldwide to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs). Facilitated online sessions will be available via Zoom.

The deadline for applications is April 15, 2020. The course starts on April 21, 2020. Please see more details here (download pdf).