Certificate Program and Digital Course Packs
Assess your students’ understanding of essential journalism skills and best practices with a certificate program or digital course pack from Poynter’s NewsU. You conduct the teaching and coaching, and we provide the readings, activities and assessments through our courses and assessment programs. Use certificates and course packs as a way to evaluate students' skills or to supplement other teaching materials.
Custom certificates and course packs have been developed in partnership with the University of South Florida and Marquette. Interested in a custom program for your class or school? Contact us at info [at] newsu.org.
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Available Certificate Programs
Basic Reporting and Writing Certificate Program
Certificate ProgramDemonstrate your knowledge of essential reporting and writing skills by earning this certificate from Poynter's NewsU.
Multimedia Basics Certificate Program
Certificate ProgramDemonstrate your knowledge of multimedia basics by earning this certificate from Poynter's NewsU.
Understanding Journalism Certificate Program
Certificate ProgramDemonstrate your knowledge of the core journalism values and principles by earning this certificate from Poynter's NewsU.
Certificate Program for HSN Editors
Certificate ProgramDemonstrate your knowledge of essential editing and revising skills by earning this certificate from Poynter's NewsU.
Certificate Program for HSN Writers
Certificate ProgramDemonstrate your knowledge of essential writing and revising skills by earning this certificate from Poynter's NewsU.
Marquette University Basic Reporting, Writing and Audio Journalism Certificate (JOUR 1100, Fall 2011)
Certificate ProgramMarquette University Diederich College of Communication's "Digital Journalism I" class (JOUR 1100, Fall 2011)
Marquette University Digital Journalism Basics Certificate (JOUR 1550, Fall 2011)
Certificate ProgramMarquette University Diederich College of Communication's Journalism "Digital Journalism II" class (JOUR 1550, (Fall 2011)
USFSP Digital Journalism and Design: Individual Assessments
Certificate ProgramA series of nine assessments designed to help the University of South Florida St. Petersburg assess the Web-related knowledge and skills of potential students.
USFSP Digital Journalism and Design: Combined Assessment
Certificate ProgramAn assessment designed to help the University of South Florida St. Petersburg assess the Web-related knowledge and skills of potential students.
IGNOU Basic Journalistic Skills (Online) Certificate: Term 1, Fall 2011
Certificate ProgramIndira Gandhi National Open University's offers its Term 1 students a Basic Journalistic (Online) certificate in partnership with The Poynter Institute.