This course will build your awareness of the importance of sourcing high quality, credible content for your role as a communications professional. The coursework aims to engage you in the critical evaluation of a variety of sources to determine their credibility, and the development of skills in sourcing information from key sources, including interviewees, and approaching your role as a communicator ethically.

This course has a four-week teaching period requiring a total of approximately 40 hours of learning. All course learning materials are available on demand.

By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

• Apply professional research and communication skills to evaluate the veracity of a range of sources to produce credible content
• Apply ethical and professional decision making skills to create and manage communication across various contexts

• Researching credible content
• Using reliable sources
• Ethical and professional decision making
• Interviewing skills

To be eligible for a digital badge for this course, you will need to successfully complete an assessment which includes:

• preparing a story proposal
• Interviewing for the story
• Evaluating your performance in the interview
• This optional assessment is due at the beginning of week 7