MANILA, Philippines—The Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (ACFJ) at Ateneo de Manila University has launched a new online diploma program for working journalists seeking to enhance their reportage through the use of multimedia technology.
An international faculty will handle courses in mobile journalism, convergence theory, multiplatform practice and interactive media literacy, the ACFJ said.
“The program will give students a broad perspective and the practical skills to produce web-based news stories using text, photos, videos, audio and info graphics,” said diploma program coordinator DJ Clark, a multimedia journalist at China Daily (Beijing) and director of visual journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Eight journalists from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and the Philippines were granted scholarships for the pilot program in 2011. This year, a batch of 12 students from seven countries, including Japan, Burma, India and Nepal, will take the course.
Dutch media NGO World Press Photo supported the program’s initial offering last year.