This is the third and final course in our CBJ series – the first one can be found here and the second one here.
This course is aimed at journalists with some reporting or investigative experience, who are interested in cross-border journalism and want to understand which challenges may come up during a CB investigation and how to deal with them. Participants will learn how to add structure to their cross-border investigations and avoid the most common pitfalls.
Learning outcomes
- Be able to plan an outreach or post-publication strategy for their cross-border story
 - Professionally approach the distribution plan of their cross-border story
 - How to decide on target audiences
 - How to plan outreach strategies
 
This is the second course in our CBJ series – the first one can be found here.
This course is aimed at journalists with some reporting or investigative experience, who are interested in cross-border journalism and want to understand which challenges may come up during a CB investigation and how to deal with them. Participants will learn how to add structure to their cross-border investigations and avoid the most common pitfalls.
Learning outcomes
- Successfully plan a cross-border collaboration
 - Solve the (interpersonal) problems that may come up during the investigation
 - Knowing which project management skills are needed for managing a cross-border investigations, including planning, meeting and communicating.
 - Which (inter)personal skills are needed for managing a cross-border investigations, including how to build trust and how to deal with conflict.
 
This introductory course is aimed at journalists with some reporting or investigative experience, who are interested in cross-border journalism and want to be able to plan their first steps into the field. Participants will get an overview of the opportunities and challenges of cross-border journalism and acquire a professional approach to this discipline.
Learning outcomes
- How to assess the cross-border relevance of your story
 - Find partners for your cross-border story
 - Feel confident enough to start your own cross-border investigation
 - How to assess the cross-border relevance of your story
 - Which types of partnerships are possible within a cross-border investigation
 
Learn how to do evidence-based reporting on responses to societal problems with Solutions Journalism.
In this two-hour course, the Transitions team, aided by resources from the Solutions Journalism Network, will introduce you to the practice of solutions journalism. This course consists of five lessons, several interactive exercises, a short video on how to do SoJo, and links to additional resources.
Welcome to the Transitions solutions journalism course! Learn how to do evidence-based reporting on responses to societal problems with Solutions Journalism.
In this two-hour course, the Transitions team, aided by resources from the Solutions Journalism Network, will introduce you to the practice of solutions journalism. This course consists of five lessons, several interactive exercises, a short video on how to do SoJo, and links to additional resources. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Learning outcomes
- Define solutions journalism and identify SoJo "imposters".
 - Explain the key criteria of solutions journalism.
 - Get started on a SoJo story.
 - Know how to pitch a solutions-oriented story.
 
This course is designed for journalists, editors, and media professionals who want to strengthen their strategic use of AI in newsroom and training contexts. Rather than covering basic prompts or presentation tools, it focuses on developing critical and creative approaches to AI as a supportive assistant. Participants will learn how to integrate AI into workshop preparation and delivery while keeping their journalistic expertise at the center.
Learning outcomes
- Master strategic use of AI to enhance your workshop preparation and delivery
 - Save time while creating more engaging educational experiences
 - Build confidence in transforming your expertise into effective learning sessions
 - Learn proven approaches for different audiences and settings
 - Develop your own system for AI-assisted workshop creation
 
In an age of misinformation and declining trust in the media, this course equips journalists with essential teaching skills. You'll learn to engage your audience directly by designing memorable and impactful workshops.
Learning outcomes
- Why journalists should also be teachers.
 - How to effectively share your journalistic expertise with diverse audiences.
 - How to design a memorable workshop that leaves a lasting impression.
 - The role of "Aha moments," interactivity, and practical demonstrations.
 - How to ensure your audience retains key takeaways and stays motivated.
 
The course is led by Zoltán Sipos, the editor-in-chief of Átlátszó Erdély, an investigative outlet covering the 1,2 million Hungarian minority community living in Romania. This lesson consists of a short explanation video, step-by-step instructions on how to report and how to build trust, and interactive exercises to test your newly acquired skills.
Learning outcomes
- Know the specific problems your audience/community faces.
 - Know how to tailor your content in a way that meets the needs of your community.
 - Find topics/story ideas that bring people together.
 - Gain skills to report in a community that doesn’t trust media.
 - Interpret feedback to know whether you are on the right track.
 
In this 30-minute mini-course, you will learn how journalists can become news literacy educators in a step-by-step guide. In this 30-minute mini-course, you will learn how journalists can become news literacy educators in a step-by-step guide.
A fact-checking guide condensed into a 30-minutes interactive exercise
In this 30-minute mini-course, you will be introduced to a fact-checking process by expert Fergus Bell. This lesson consists of a short explanation video, a step-by-step guide on how to structure a fact-checking process, and an interactive exercise to test your fact-checking skills and knowledge.
Learn how to use AI tools like ChatGPT to streamline your fact-checking. This 45-minute course covers essential LLM principles, effective prompting techniques, and practical ways to save time in your verification process.
Learning outcomes
- The basic principles on which Large Language Models (LLM) such as ChatGPT operate.
 - Affordances and limitations of using LLMs for various tasks.
 - AI-prompting hacks to provide the best ChatGPT outcomes.
 - Ways how to use AI to save time in different steps of the factchecking process.
 
This course intends to expand the capacity of news organizations to cover stories from a solutions angle by (1) improving understanding of the benefits and impacts of solutions journalism throughout the newsroom and (2) providing techniques for shifting the newsroom culture to a more solutions-oriented one.
Learning outcomes
- How to articulate the benefits and value of solutions journalism.
 - How solutions coverage can address some of contemporary journalism’s problem areas, such as news avoidance and lack of audience engagement.
 - Some specific techniques for introducing solutions approaches to the newsroom routine, including beat coverage.
 - How to address concerns or resistance to adding solutions coverage to the news mix.
 
This course is designed for journalists who want to build stronger connections with their communities by exploring the core principles of participatory journalism. No special background is required beyond an interest in community engagement, and participants will gain practical tools and approaches to put these ideas into practice in their daily work.
Learning outcomes
- Identify principles and practices of participatory/engaged journalism.
 - Recognize effective techniques for some of those key practices, including planning and running events, conducting community listening, engaging in conversation with community members, and assessing community information needs.
 - Implement a plan for effectively incorporating a participatory/engagement program into a news organization.
 
Investigating Modern Threats: A Journalist's Guide to Digital Age Investigations
Enable journalists to recognize, prepare for, and strategically respond to institutional pressures while maintaining journalistic integrity and turning challenges into opportunities for greater public impact.
Learning outcomes
- Strategic communication techniques that turn institutional pressure into amplification opportunities for your reporting
 - Why attacks often signal journalistic success and how to leverage that validation for greater public impact
 - Crisis response protocols that can be implemented immediately in any newsroom environment
 - Real-world case studies showing how transparency and strategic communication can neutralize most attacks
 - What you can do to decrease the Influence of cognitive bias
 - Security-enhancing tools can be applied right away in any newsroom setting
 
Investigating Modern Threats: A Journalist's Guide to Digital Age Investigations
The course aims to equip investigative journalists and researchers with practical skills and methodologies to uncover, structure, and analyze evidence of sanctions evasion by Russia. Participants will learn how to apply OSINT tools, critical thinking, and structured workflows to trace hidden networks, connect fragmented data, and transform findings into impactful stories and reports that can influence policy, accountability, and public awareness.
Learning outcomes
- Where to find information about weapon components of foreign origin and how to use it in investigations.
 - How to identify suppliers of the Russian Federation using free and accessible sources.
 - How to turn scattered online clues into a clear, structured investigation.
 - How to validate your findings and separate fact from misinformation.
 - How to translate technical evidence into stories and reports that can influence policy and public opinion.
 
Investigating Modern Threats: A Journalist's Guide to Digital Age Investigations
This course is designed for investigative journalists, fact-checkers, digital media professionals, and civil society researchers who need practical skills to detect and document coordinated manipulation campaigns on social media platforms, particularly during election periods.
Learning outcomes
- How to find political hashtags on TikTok without getting lost in the algorithm (10 minutes on your phone)
 - How to set up a free Apify account and run your first data extraction (no coding required)
 - What "coordinated behavior" actually looks like in a spreadsheet (spoiler: it's often obvious)
 - How to document what you find so others can verify it
 - Why election authorities miss this stuff (they're looking at TV ads while campaigns happen on TikTok)
 - Real examples from Romania where this method revealed massive hidden campaigns