The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is a global leader in training and outreach for journalists, with more than 20 years of experience helping strengthen journalism and press freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) is a unique hybrid conference that convenes media executives, journalists and scholars from around the world to discuss the evolution of online journalism.
The International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) is a unique hybrid conference that convenes media executives, journalists and scholars from around the world to discuss the evolution of online journalism.
LatAm Journalism Review is a trilingual digital magazine that covers issues related to journalism and press freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean. It produces original, in-depth reporting on the primary challenges facing the press, as well as media innovation in the region.
LatAm Journalism Review is a trilingual digital magazine that covers issues related to journalism and press freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean. It produces original, in-depth reporting on the primary challenges facing the press, as well as media innovation in the region.
The Knight Center's Journalism Courses, a trilingual distance learning program, is a global leader in online journalism education, with more than 300,000 participants from 200 countries and territories engaged in our cutting-edge, asynchronous online courses since 2012.
The Knight Center's Journalism Courses, a trilingual distance learning program, is a global leader in online journalism education, with more than 300,000 participants from 200 countries and territories engaged in our cutting-edge, asynchronous online courses since 2012.
Over four weeks of this free online course from the Knight Center and GIJN, you’ll learn how to build practical digital habits that help protect your data, communications and devices — even in high-risk situations.
Video recordings of ISOJ, which took place online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin, March 27-28, 2025, are now publicly available. Watch for free, at any time, in English or Spanish.
Join the Knight Center for Hands-On Mapmaking for Journalism / 2025 Edition, a four-week online course running from June 2 to 29, 2025, where you’ll learn how to turn raw data into interactive, customizable maps—no coding required.
At the 18th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, SembraMedia executives said sustainability as a daily and collective process for independent journalism.
At the 18th Iberoamerican Colloquium on Digital Journalism, the regional director for the International Fund for Public Interest Media spoke about lessons learned in the two years since the fund’s launch.
At the Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, outlets from across the region shared initiatives to confront funding challenges, declining trust, the rise of AI, and attacks on the press.
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As part of its mission to offer free and low-cost journalism training and resources, the Knight Center has published more than 20 e-books, freely available to download in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
For our 20th anniversary, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas reached out to its community of journalists around the globe to find out how our programs have impacted their careers and lives. Here are snapshots of some of their stories.
"The Knight Center courses have promoted the training of thousands of journalists of various generations around the world for free or at a very low cost. They represent the democratization of theoretical and technical knowledge about journalism".
Lisseth Boon, Venezuela
Investigative journalist, RunRun.es
"The [Knight Center] course gave us a solid foundation to start our own project and build our portfolios, and today we make podcasts professionally for nationally-known news organizations... Thank you, Knight Center, for ongoing professional training that has truly broadened my skills and improved my career".
Kristy Totten, San Diego, CA (USA)
Producer, San Diego News Fix, San Diego Union-Tribune
"The lessons learnt from a data course I did helped us launch a data desk at our local newsroom at The Citizen. Earlier on, the newsroom management course helped me navigate the challenges when I was promoted from reporter to special projects editor. Skills learnt were invaluable".
Tom Mosoba, Tanzania
Business development manager, Mwananchi Communications Limited
"ISOJ is, without a doubt, the most important online journalism congress in the world. It has established an excellent dialogue between academia and the journalistic industry, in a relationship where everyone wins, including common citizens, who thus have access to better journalism".
Fernando Zamith, Portugal
Professor, University of Porto
"We've reached 15,000 judges, prosecutors and other judicial operators in Latin America with the online course 'The International Framework of Freedom of Expression and Protection of Journalists,' thanks to a partnership between UNESCO, the Knight Center and the Special Rapporteur's Office of the Inter-American System of Human Rights".
Guilherme Canela, France
Chief, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Section at UNESCO
"The Knight Center's programs, particularly ISOJ, have been essential in introducing me to emerging ideas and connecting me with dozens of digital journalism professionals and academics who have helped shape my research agenda and creative projects".
Jake Batsell, Dallas (U.S.A.)
Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University
"The Knight Center has constantly published and covered my case of threats, torture, exile and persecution, and has supported me in disseminating and learning about the situations I have experienced. This support has been loyal, permanent and very important".
Claudia Julieta Duque, Colombia
Journalist, Radio Nizkor
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