Can’t get in to a Centre for Journalism course? Too lazy to learn the hard way how to be a reporter? Fear not. Youtube is on hand to save the day, thanks to its all new Youtube Reporters’ Center.

So just sit back, log in and click your way through video interviews, tips and tricks of the trade from some of (American) journalism’s superstars. GASP at Bob Woodward’s tedious anecdote about checking the facts on a story about a coffee shop. THRILL as CBS’s Katie Couric is gushingly interviewed by her own producer. And CRY as a citizen journalist explains how journalism is as easy as plugging in a microphone and switching on a camera.

Congratulations. Now you’re ready to roll. All you need do now is wait for the Pulitzer committee to call with news of your award.

OK, so it’s not quite that bad. And there are a few nuggets buried in there if you can fight your way past the earnest infomercial style of most of the presenters.

But you’d still probably be better off with our very own video Masterclass series. Coming soon, Gavin Esler.