Journalists who regularly use online and social media tools in the course of their professional work can apply for this online course.

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a four-week online course on cybersecurity for journalists. The course will take place November 19 - December 16 and will be led by Robert Guerra, a Canadian expert in cybersecurity and other Internet-related issues. The course will be taught in English.

Journalists will come away with a better and more nuanced understanding of how the Internet works, how it is governed and the various techniques, tools and policies that are being used to shape conversation online. Students will also learn about digital threats and risks, mitigation strategies and security best practices that can be used to improve a user’s overall digital security.

Participants should have a good understanding of online email services (Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.), social networking tools (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and be knowledgeable of privacy-enhancing tools such as PGP and Internet censorship circumvention tools, like Tor.

The course will cost accepted participants US$60.

The deadline to apply is November 7 by 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time.

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