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Online course: Getting started as a freelance journalist

Online

Freelance journalism is a tough gig, but it can also be one of the most rewarding. Led by established freelance journalist Abigail Edge, this online course will teach you everything you need to know about the nuts and bolts of freelance writing. Throughout the four-week course, you'll have the opportunity to submit to a virtual…

£150

CAJ Cyber Awards Ceremony

This first-ever cyber CAJ awards ceremony will be hosted by the incredible Vicky Mochama. Nominees are invited to attend the Zoom party and recipients will be invited to make a short acceptance speech (30 seconds) live on the call. The event will be live streamed on Facebook for everyone else to watch. We will also…

Free

The State of Journalism: Jared Hohlt and Nicholas Thompson

Facebook Live

With a pandemic and economic crisis, we need good journalism as much as ever. Media companies are fighting distrust, disinformation, and a breakdown of traditional funding. Jared Hohlt, editor of Slate magazine, will be sitting with Nicholas Thompson, editor in chief of Wired, discussing the state of journalism as it is now and as it will be in the future.

Free

WIJ LIT FEST 2020: Christina Lamb

Zoom Video Webinar

In the first of our new summer author events, Sunday Times chief correspondent Christina Lamb talks to WIJ chair Eleanor Mills about her latest book, the first major account to address the scale of sexual assault in modern conflict. Christina has won many major awards for her books and work as a foreign correspondent reporting…

$15.25

#SciWriLive: Preprints in the time of COVID-19

Zoom Video Webinar

In the race to learn as much as we can about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus that causes it, preprints have become many scientists’ #1 tool for releasing new findings to their peers and the public. For science communicators and reporters, that can pose unique challenges in a time when accuracy is more important than ever.

$95

Covering COVID: Pandemic reporting in Indigenous contexts

Zoom Video Webinar

Journalists bear the responsibility of disseminating clear, fair and undistorted information. In the face of a global health pandemic, more than ever, we look toward the media as a source of accurate and up-to-date data and information that will keep us safe. Yet mainstream media have repeatedly failed Indigenous people, often spreading misinformation, perpetuating stereotypes,…

Free

Asian American Journalism in the Age of COVID-19

Zoom Video Webinar

Join us for a discussion with Michael Luo (Editor, newyorker.com) and Sewell Chan (Editor, Opinion Board, Los Angeles Times) on Asian American journalism in the age of COVID-19. All are welcome, regardless of Harvard affiliation.

Free