Interested in learning about data journalism?

LINK: open.journalismcourses.org ➚ | Posted by: Joshua Benton | July 25, 2013

Then you should sign up for the new MOOC from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, which is all about the basics of data-driven journalism.

Your instructors are an all-star crew: Amy Schmitz Weiss from San Diego State University, Lise Olsen from the Houston Chronicle, Derek Willis from The New York Times, Jeremy Bowers from NPR, and Sisi Wei from ProPublica.

Best of all, it’s free. Registration’s open now, and the course will run from August 12 to September 16.

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