For $15, learn Google news tools to enhance your journalism and media

Get hands-on training at a two-hour Short Course at the 31st annual National College Journalism Convention in Los Angeles.

A media expert from Google will show you how to build Google maps, use fusion tables and make charts, all of which are practical ways to enhance research, reporting, data presentation and audience interaction. And it’s not only applicable to newsrooms, but to all media-oriented jobs.

Register for the convention and this Short Course now. Space is limited, and wifi will be available in the meeting room so you can immediately apply what you’re learning.

Your instructor will be LaToya Drake, a Google spokeswoman, trainer and media/marketing manager. She’s worked for Microsoft, Huffington Post, MapQuest and AOL.com. Drake is also an adjunct instructor at New York University, where she teachers PR 2.0: Using Social Media Channels to Engage Customers and their Communities.

To get the early-bird prices for convention registration and the convention hotel rate, please book both by Feb. 6.

Please bookmark the convention website. We’re adding new opportunities daily.

See you in L.A.