How to run an Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Media Company

This comprehensive 40-hour online course explores environmental, social, and economic sustainability within the context of journalism. It is tailored for educators, undergraduate and master’s students in journalism, communication, and social sciences, as well as media managers, editors, and reporters eager to integrate sustainability into their work.

Lars Tallert March 13, 2025

Long-term success is spelled sustainability – free of charge online course

If you wish to belong to the highly successful media companies that have developed an organisational culture built on sustainability– then you will enjoy this online course.

This 40-hour online course will help you explore how sustainability can transform journalism in an ever-changing world. Perfect for educators, students, and media professionals, this course covers environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainability.

The course is based on interviews with experts from leading media organisations such as The Guardian, Politiken, Schibsted, Sanoma and WAN-IFRA. Plus educators and researchers from top universities.

This is what you’ll learn:

  • Develop sustainable business models
  • Create engaging sustainability content
  • Implement diversity strategies that drive real change
  • Build environmentally sustainable operations
  • Integrate sustainability into journalism education
  • Explore the latest research on journalism and sustainability

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