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After bringing together nearly 2,000 students from 50 countries for the online course “Diversity in News and Newsrooms,” the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin will hold the First Latin American Conference on Diversity in Journalism on March 26 and 27.
The event is completely free and online, with the development of two sessions a day on topics such as Gender, Sexual Orientation, Racial and Ethnic Issues and Disability. Registration is open and those who attend the four sessions (offered in Spanish) will be able to receive a free certificate of participation.
The event is sponsored by the Google News Initiative, which also supported the realization of the MOOC (massive, open, online course) Diversity in News and Newsrooms,” from Jan. 11 to Feb. 7.