Introduction to Digital Journalism
This week will cover the basics of journalism and its evolution towards digital mediums. You will also look into current trends surrounding digital journalism and analyse digital content in the present mediascape of Pakistan.

Data-Gathering Methods for Digital Journalism
This week will summarize the dos and don’ts of digital news reporting and the tools to aid you in identifying sources and investigating gatekeepers of information. You will also explore tools such as data visualisation and how these can be used to give a big picture view of a topic.

Digital News Reporting for Social Media
By the end of this week, you will be able to identify errors in news reporting online. You will uncover valid sources of data and recognize the difference between verified news and viral clickbait. You will also learn how to structure news stories for social media platforms in an informative, cohesive way.

Digital Journalism Ethics – The Global Debate
This week will focus on case studies in digital journalism ethics that shook the world and the role journalists played in these. You will also examine the digital journalism ethics, if any, as they are applied by Pakistani Journalists.

Introduction to Hub, Hygiene and Hero Content in Journalism
Where do journalism and HHH content coalesce? This week we will explore the writing methods of Hub, Hygiene and Hero Content in journalism and identify the differences of all three in multimedia writing.

Multimedia Toolkit
We will conclude the course by understanding the multimedia tools available to you as a digital journalist and with the assessment of your final Digital Journalism projects in the form of multimedia packages or written articles/stories.