<p>"Data Journalism and Visualization with Free Tools" is a six-week free self-paced online course offered by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, with support from the Google News Initiative. It teaches participants how to find, clean, analyse, and visualise data for storytelling using free tools such as Google Sheets, Looker Studio, and Flourish.</p><ul><li>Free and open to anyone; no prior experience required.</li><li>Six-week asynchronous course delivered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.</li><li>Content includes finding and preparing data, uncovering stories, and building charts and interactive visualisations.</li><li>Course materials include video lectures, readings, exercises, discussion forums, and quizzes.</li><li>Originally taught by a team led by Alberto Cairo and Simon Rogers (Google News Lab data editor).</li></ul><p>Access is via the Knight Center's Journalism Courses platform.</p>