Courses available at Wits Journalism

Wits Journalism is offering a range of courses for various degree programmes. Many of the courses are available as stand-alone options for which students will receive a certificate once the course is completed and passed.

Classes take place either once a week in the evenings over 12-14 weeks, or as full-time courses for 1-2 weeks.

Interested journalists should apply at least one month before the start of a course.

Certificate courses cost R9 000 except Development Communication and Radio Academy Certificates.

The courses for First Semester (28 Feb – 07 June 2022) include:

1. Journalism for Communicators

2. Media Law and Ethics

3. Financial Journalism

4. Investigative Journalism

Block Release Courses (13 June – 22 July 2022) include

1. Online Journalism

2. Photojournalism

3. Radio/audio Journalism

4. Reporting on Children

5. TV/Video Journalism

6. Introduction to Financial Journalism

Second Semester (25 July – 31 October 2022) courses include:

1. The Story of Money

2. Feature Writing

3. Data Journalism

4. Creating the Media

APPLY HERE

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