Online video training available [Worldwide]

Anyone can access this online training in a variety of languages.

The Google News Initiative (GNI) presents a series of videos on how to find, verify and tell news stories online from the global network of Google News Lab Teaching Fellows.

Topics include how to use Google Earth and other Google tools, audience analytics, environmental reporting, design thinking, innovation and more.

The videos are available on the GNI channel on YouTube.  Classes are conducted in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Polish, Dutch, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Malay.

The channel also features webinars and other events.

For more information, click Stellanwofia.blogspot.com 

ProPublica accepting applications for student reporters program [US]

African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans who work or want to work at college journalism outlets can compete for a stipend and mentorship. 

ProPublica is accepting applications for its Emerging Reporters Program. The program aims to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be economically out of reach.

Five minority students will receive US$9,000 and ongoing mentoring from ProPublica’s reporters and editors. Emerging Reporters will also spend a week at the organization's newsroom in New York.

The deadline is Aug. 20.

For more information, click Stellanwofia.blogspot.com