Digital Journalism

Reporting, verification, writing and law for a digital newsroom.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 What Digital Journalism Is
2. 1.2 The Digital News Ecosystem
3. 1.3 Core Principles of Journalism
4. 1.4 Inside the Digital Newsroom
1. 2.1 News Values in the Digital Age
2. 2.2 Where Stories Come From
3. 2.3 Angle and Framing
4. 2.4 Pitching and Planning a Story
1. 3.1 Advanced Digital Research
2. 3.2 Interviewing Across Channels
3. 3.3 Building and Protecting Sources
4. 3.4 Open-Source Reporting Basics
1. 4.1 Understanding Information Disorder
2. 4.2 Verifying Images and Video
3. 4.3 Verifying Accounts, Claims and Documents
4. 4.4 Synthetic Media and AI-Generated Content
1. 5.1 Digital Writing Craft
2. 5.2 Headlines, Search and Discovery
3. 5.3 Multimedia Storytelling
4. 5.4 Data and Visual Storytelling
1. 6.1 Platform-Native Storytelling
2. 6.2 Mobile Reporting Essentials
3. 6.3 Newsletters, Podcasts and Communities
4. 6.4 Analytics and Audience Engagement
1. 7.1 Media Law Essentials
2. 7.2 Ethical Decision-Making
3. 7.3 Digital Safety and Security
4. 7.4 AI in the Newsroom
1. 8.1 Building a Portfolio
2. 8.2 Freelancing and Entrepreneurial Journalism
3. 8.3 The Business of Digital News
4. 8.4 Staying Current and Capstone

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Skills your degree does not cover Employers ask for practical tools alongside the qualification. This fills that gap while you study.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

Bachelor's Degree students in India
Studying: BJMC, BA Journalism & Mass Communication, B.Sc. Animation & VFX, BA Film Studies
Recent graduates strengthening a CV
Anyone working in this field without a formal qualification

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Bachelor's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.