Social News Training
Social News Training empowers social workers and reporters to cover housing, food aid, mental health, child welfare, and migration issues with precision, ethics, and sensitivity. Master data interpretation, fact-checking, trauma-informed interviews, legal compliance, and safety planning to craft impactful stories and resources that protect vulnerable groups and foster community change.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with practical skills to report accurately and ethically on housing, food assistance, mental health, child welfare, and migrant support services. You will learn to interpret data, verify claims, reduce bias, and apply statistics correctly. Develop trauma-informed interviewing techniques, understand legal obligations, plan safe fieldwork, and produce clear, responsible stories and training materials that inform and safeguard communities.
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Develop skills
- Report on social welfare topics by confidently reading policies, data, and statistics.
- Fact-check social news stories by verifying claims, identifying bias, and using numbers responsibly.
- Conduct interviews with vulnerable individuals using trauma-informed and consent-based methods.
- Design ethical news stories with planned angles, workflows, and team training tools.
- Navigate legal requirements and safety by applying privacy laws, child protection rules, and risk protocols.
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