Journalists interested in improving their social media skills can participate in an online course.

Offered by The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, the course is taught by Robert Quigley the social media editor for the Austin-American Statesman.

The course, offered in English, will be entirely online and is divided into weekly modules, containing video and text lectures, links to online resources, quizzes and discussions. The course requires about 10 to 15 hours of dedication per week and runs from July 18 - August 28.

“I'm hoping that the people who take my class can see that there are huge benefits to being a real human being on social media by interacting with members of their communities,” said Quigley who has been the voice of the Statesman Twitter account along with the Austin 360 account since 2008.

“The journalist who knows how to use these (social media tools) effectively and knows how to crowd source with social tools is going to be way ahead of journalists who haven’t figured it out yet,” he added.

There is an administrative fee of $50, to be paid before the course starts.

The deadline for applications is July 7th, 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT).

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