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Language, Math and News Literacy Certificate

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Language, Math and News Literacy Certificate

This new triple certificate from Poynter will ensure you have mastered fundamental skills needed to pursue a career in communications.

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Overview

  • Students, prove your proficiency in the fundamentals of language, math, fact-checking and news literacy.
  • Educators, assign this certificate bundle in your course or use as a prerequisite.
  • Participants can take this course at their own pace, on their own time, wherever they are.
  • The course should take 10-12 hours to complete.
  • ISBN: 978-1-956384-05-5

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $0.00.

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Learning Outcomes

Students in this course will learn how to:

  • Overcome common grammatical, punctuation and writing mistakes
  • Strengthen their writing skills around sentence structure, contractions, possessive pronouns and plural words
  • Articulate the correct usage around commas, clauses and pronouns
  • Comprehend concepts from correlations to percentages to rate calculations
  • Write about polling numbers and common governmental data
  • Articulate the basics of fact-checking and digital media literacy
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Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $0.00.

Overview

  • Students, prove your proficiency in the fundamentals of language, math, fact-checking and news literacy.
  • Educators, assign this certificate bundle in your course or use as a prerequisite.
  • Participants can take this course at their own pace, on their own time, wherever they are.
  • The course should take 10-12 hours to complete.
  • ISBN: 978-1-956384-05-5

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The Language, Math and News Literacy Certificate is exactly what it promises: a rigorous assessment-based course that focuses on three areas key to a career in today’s communications job market: language, mathematics and news literacy.

In the first section, adapted from our Language Primer Certificate, students will explore grammar, punctuation and word use, exploring why the fundamentals matter and what you need to know to succeed as a writer. The second section, adapted from our Math for Journalists Certificate, focuses solely on math, helping you confront numbers head-on and write about them accurately, ethically and elegantly. In the last section, adapted from our MediaWise Fact-Checking 101 course, you’ll learn the basics of misinformation, how to quickly fact-check suspicious posts, and how to identify even the sneakiest of online ads.

Each section includes an assessment that will rate your comprehension of the lessons, and includes multiple quizzes and drills along the way to help with retention. The self-directed course should take 10-12 hours to complete, and all successful participants will receive a final certificate proving proficiency.

Questions?

If you need assistance, email us at info@newsu.org.

This certificate can be done at your own pace on your own schedule. It will take approximately 9-12 hours to complete.

Who should enroll

This course is for anyone who strives to build a strong foundation for a career in communications. It was designed with college students and professors in mind.

Cost

Poynter is pleased to offer this class for free.

Instructors

Instructors

  • Pamela Hogle
    Freelance writer and editor
    Pamela Hogle is a freelance writer and editor. She holds master’s degrees in journalism and canine studies. Pam has taught editing at USFSP and worked...
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  • Roy Peter Clark
    Senior Scholar, Poynter
    Roy Peter Clark is known as America’s writing coach, devoted to creating a nation of writers. A PhD in medieval literature, he is widely considered...
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  • Merrill Perlman
    Independent writing and editing consultant
    Merrill Perlman spent 25 years at The New York Times in jobs ranging from copy editor to director of copy desks, in charge of all...
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  • Alex Mahadevan
    Director, MediaWise
    Alex Mahadevan is director of MediaWise, Poynter’s digital media literacy project that teaches people of all ages how to spot misinformation online. As director, Alex...
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  • Heaven Taylor-Wynn
    Multimedia Reporter, MediaWise
    Heaven Taylor-Wynn is a digital journalist who joined MediaWise in 2019 shortly after graduating from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. The...
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  • Alexa Volland
    Former Youth Programming Manager, MediaWise
    Alexa Volland oversaw the MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network and the Campus Correspondent project — both national, virtual newsrooms made up of students that produce fact-checks...
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