The New York Times Knowledge Network Debuts Online Course in Citizen Journalism

Register Today For Hyperlocal Blogging at NYTimes.com/knownow

NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Beginning October 12 through November 8, The New York Times Knowledge Network will feature the course Citizen Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging with Deputy Metropolitan Editor Mary Ann Giordano. The New York Times Knowledge Network offers an array of distinctive online education opportunities including Certificate Programs, For-credit courses, Continuing Education courses and New York Times Programs of Study.

For those who want to start a blog to serve the news and information needs of their community, Citizen Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging will offer all the basics. Course participants will learn how to:

• Find and present information;
• Check facts and preserve fairness in coverage;
• Target and develop an audience;
• Get their blog noticed and the community involved.

Citizen Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging is one of many writing courses offered in the new Programs of Study series. Each course is a four-week module, and students can select any number of these courses, taken individually or as a sequence. Writing program topics include:

• How to Start a Blog with Kathleen McElroy and Jeremy Zilar
• Journalism Law for Bloggers with George Freeman
• Using the Census Locally with Sam Roberts
• Writing A Medical Memoir with Denise Grady

To register for Citizen Journalism: Hyperlocal Blogging and for a full list of programs, please visit www.nytimes.com/knownow. Registration closes October 11.

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