#NAHJ2021 Curriculum
The progressive curriculum at this year’s National Association of Hispanic Journalists International Training Conference and Career Fair, separates itself from regular conference programming by serving a more practical need for members with virtual hands-on training focused on skill development.
The pre-training period from June 16-July 11 during #NAHJ2021 includes workshops led by journalists of color sharing their expertise in the newest technology and practices within newsrooms. The curriculum is divided into tracks covering a variety of essential topics to better equip attendees with the tools and resources needed to excel in their careers.
The final tracks for #NAHJ2021 and their respective track leaders are curated by conference chair Yoli Martinez.
Release your fear and conquer datasets! This track will include a beginner course that dives into basic Excel usage, including pivot tables, and covers the best practices for cleaning data. We will also help you improve your reporting by instructing you on how to program in R. These data skills, along with learning basic statistics, will aid in creating advanced charts and refine how you visualize data needed to provide diligent storytelling. Attending the first data session is recommended but not required.
Engagement journalism is about including your audience in the reporting process to better serve and mobilize communities. In this track, we will discuss how to do this effectively throughout both the pre-reporting and publication stages. You will also unlock accessible SEO expertise that is essential to improving strategy and value of your reporting. These skills and sourcing techniques will ensure your reporting is inclusive for the communities you serve to create more powerful journalism.
The Investigative Reporting track’s goal is to provide skills useful to report investigative and watchdog stories, both long-term projects and articles with a quicker turnaround. We will talk about picking a story, choosing the framing, designing the reporting, obtaining the records and evidence that you need to make the story hard hitting –including public records requests and data— and writing a compelling story.
How to be a strong newsroom manager: We will help Latino journalists become stronger managers by teaching them how to establish authority and embrace their talent; how to hold tough conversations and manage for high performance with empathy and candor; and how to get the support they need to grow in their careers. Latino journalists will leave this training with renewed passion and confidence in their work and professional future.
NAHJ’s Strategic Social Media track is going to distill relevant and important aspects of using social media as a journalist with an eye towards evaluating what it should and shouldn’t mean to you as we’ve all felt the stress of a pandemic, political unrest and the racial reckoning in society and in our newsrooms. We’ll review important tools and uses for social media, talk about pitfalls and “worst” practices and, most importantly, talk about a good engagement philosophy that should inform your relationship to social media going forward.
Visual journalists document history for the world to see as it happens - and their role has become more vital and important than ever, in a time when images are a tool of accountability. The Reporting with Visuals track is designed to provide photo and video journalists with practical and theoretical skills for working in the field. Panelists and course leaders will discuss topics ranging from equipment, editing, safety and working with trauma and vulnerable communities.
By attending every session within a track you are eligible to receive an official certificate of completion. Throughout the conference, all trainings will be made available for playback for a limited time.