Past courses

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 9, 2022 – July 24, 2022 Going on Assignment in Prague July 2022 Since 2005 this course has provided hundreds of participants from around the world with the necessary skills to hit the ground running and produce compelling content. Our journalism instruction is an outgrowth of Transitions’ years of experience in publishing an…

Date: December 1, 2020 – February 2, 2021 Covering COVID-19: verifying facts & reporting on solutions Due to the swarm of misinformation and conspiracy theories related to the coronavirus, journalists are facing difficult challenges when it comes to reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic. This course is designed for journalists, journalism students, and aspiring fact-checkers who want to…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 20, 2020 – July 30, 2020 Going on Assignment – July 2020 Online Course Transitions ran our very first Foreign Correspondent Online Training Course from July 20 – 30, an online version of the Going on Assignment Course. Students from five different countries joined us to learn essential skills for foreign reporting from working…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 6, 2019 – July 21, 2019 Going on Assignment in Prague July 2019 Our foreign reporting course granted 15 journalism students and working professionals from the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland, and Georgia the tips of the trade directly from working with foreign correspondents, along with pursuing an actual story on the streets of…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 7, 2018 – July 22, 2018 Going on Assignment in Prague July 2018 Whether your dream is to work as a journalist parachuting into foreign lands, or as an activist, advocating for resolutions to global issues, our foreign reporting course will prepare you for whatever lays ahead. Not only will you learn the…

Date: July 9, 2017 – July 16, 2017 Data Journalism Boot Camp Data journalism has been in high demand in recent years, but the concept is often misunderstood as simply crunching some numbers and creating fancy visualizations to be shared on social media. This course, held July 9-16, 2017, taught journalists more…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 9, 2017 – July 17, 2017 Going on Assignment in Prague – July 2017 In Going on Assignment, a course hosted by Thomson Reuters from July 9-17, 2017, participants from the US, UK, Ireland and Switzerland learned about what it takes to be a foreign correspondent from industry professionals. Participants learned techniques for better…

Date: May 15, 2017 – June 25, 2017 Online Course: Become An Expert Fact Checker and Hoax Buster Learn the Latest Tools and Tactics for Identifying Fake News and Propaganda From Top Experts in the Field Fake news, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda — no matter what you call it, it’s clear that we have a major problem on our…

Debunking Disinformation: A Training Program for Czech Journalism Students Date: February 13, 2017 – May 16, 2017 Become An Expert Fact Checker and Hoax Buster! Please note that this course is limited to Czech journalism students. Learn the Latest Tools and Tactics for Identifying Fake News and Propaganda From Top Experts in the Field Transitions (TOL), a Prague-based journalism trainer and publisher, is seeking participants…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 10, 2016 – July 18, 2016 International Storytelling Course This course provided instant credibility, with students’ first published pieces of “international storytelling” – whether their dreams were to work as a journalist parachuting into foreign lands, or as an activist, advocating issues from the world of international development. This…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: January 3, 2016 – January 12, 2016 Foreign Correspondent This course has been running since 2005 and is an outgrowth of TOL’s many years of experience in publishing an online newsmagazine and working with foreign correspondents from around the world. From conflict zones and mass demonstrations, to elections and financial crashes, foreign correspondents…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 5, 2015 – July 13, 2015 Foreign Correspondent This course has been running since 2005 and is an outgrowth of TOL’s many years of experience in publishing an online newsmagazine and working with foreign correspondents from around the world. From conflict zones and mass demonstrations, to elections and financial crashes, foreign correspondents…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: January 4, 2015 – January 21, 2015 Foreign Correspondent A special TOL Foreign Correspondent Course: Tales of Transition Picture it: 1989, after nearly 30 years of separation, Berlin’s streets are beckoning for change — lasting change. Leaders across the region are cornered by citizens demanding a new direction. Slowly,…

Foreign Correspondent Training Course Date: July 6, 2014 – July 14, 2014 Foreign Correspondent From conflict zones, to mass demonstrations, to elections, to seemingly bizarre and random events, foreign correspondents are working tirelessly around the globe to inform you about everything going on—both inside and outside your world. If you have a passion for…