Learn how to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship this Saturday

Reporters will have the opportunity on Saturday, July 11 to get hands-on training in the use of Tails, a live operating system that can be used to conduct reporting without fear of electronic surveillance.

The six-hour instructional class in Tails wraps up the National Press Club Journalism Institute and NPC's Press Freedom Committee's three-part course on encryption skills for reporters.

Saturday's class will run from 9 a.m to 3:30 p.m. The class is not recommended if you do not have at least some limited experience using encryption software such as PGP or Tor. Tickets are $30 for Club members and $40 for nonmembers and can be purchased here.

Attendees must bring their personal laptop. A boxed lunch will be provided.

Tails is a complete, free operating system that can be booted onto almost any computer from a USB stick, DVD or SD card and then run independently of the computer's own operating system. When the Tails device or USB stick is ejected from the computer, no trace of your Internet activity and communications will remain behind.

Tails is based on Debian GNU/Linux and comes with a number of built-in functions that are pre-configured to prioritize security: browser, chat, email, office suite, image and sound editor.

Saturday's class will be led by Chris Doten, a senior program manager for the National Democratic Institute where he develops technology solutions to the challenges of Internet freedom and surveillance in closed societies.