Mobile Video Storytelling with Videolicious: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarYou already have the power to capture video with a smartphone or tablet. Learn how to capture, edit and post video stories right from where news is happening in a way that appeals directly to your audience.
Money in Politics: Investigating Campaign Finance in Your State and Nationally
WebinarInvestigate political money in your state or nationally using www.followthemoney.org.
National Punctuation Day: Tools, Not Rules, for Writing and Reading
WebinarWhy we should make a big deal of squiggles on the page? Learn why punctuation can make or break the meaning of what you write and read.
Navigating Copyright and Fair Use Issues in an Open-Source World
WebinarLearn how to use copyright as a publishing tool, rather than as a reason to not use others’ content.
New Sources of Digital Content
Seminar SnapshotThis seminar snapshot from API's Transformation Tour shows how content contributions from members of the community and user-generated content can transform a digital media platform.
News Sense: The Building Blocks of News
Self-Directed CourseWhat makes an idea or event a news story? Explore the who, what, when, where, why and how of news.
News Site Credibility: Whom Do Readers Trust?
WebinarHow much do readers trust news articles? User comments? Tweets? Photos? Learn from the findings of a recent APME study.
Newswriting for the Web: Words That Work Online on Deadline
WebinarLearn how to craft effective news writing for the fast-paced scanning habits of online readers.
On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime
Self-Directed CourseTechniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.
On the Beat: Covering Education
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to find your way around the U.S. education system: the standards, the people and the protocol.
On the Beat: Covering Hospitals
Self-Directed CourseStep into the shoes of a rookie health beat reporter and investigate local hospitals on deadline.
On the Road with Serious Intent: A Journalistic Approach to Travel Writing (March 2013)
Online Group SeminarThe essential skills you need to tell, and sell, travel stories.
Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Publishers
Self-Directed CourseGuidelines on copyright, defamation and privacy for anyone who publishes content online.
Online Project Development: Part 2
Self-Directed CourseThree models of excellence show you how to plan, report, produce, market and assess Web projects.
Online Project Development: Part 1
Self-Directed CourseExamine the five steps for creating successful Web projects and how they were used in award-winning work.
Picture This: Interactive Data Visualization
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar replay: Discover tools for creating interactive data visualizations on your site. (Many are free or cheap!)
Political Fact-Checking: Tips and Tricks for the 2012 Election
WebinarLearn tips and tricks about political fact-checking from the editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning website, PolitiFact.
Powerful Data Journalism with import.io
WebinarScrape data from websites and use it to create powerful data-driven journalism, even if you don't know how to code.
Preparing Journalism for the Age of Wearable Devices
WebinarGoogle Glass and other “wearable” devices are about to dramatically transform the way people get news. Learn how reporting and publishing news will change in the wearable era.
Preventing Plagiarism and Fabrication in News Publishing
WebinarGet real-world recommendations for preventing and handling issues of plagiarism.
Quick Hit Investigations: Daily Deadlines Don't Mean Dull Stories
WebinarLearn how to tell hard-hitting investigative pieces on daily deadline.
Religion, Culture and Society: Getting Beyond the Cliches
Self-Directed CourseReligion intersects nearly every story you cover. Learn how to tell those stories with greater context, skill and thoughtfulness.
Reporting Across Platforms
Self-Directed CourseExplore the different approaches you need to report for online, print and broadcast stories.
Reporting on Bullying
WebinarGo beyond the emotional and political hysteria to cover the bullying phenomenon with accuracy and context.
Reporting on Nonprofits
Self-Directed CourseLearn the differences between nonprofits, what laws regulate them and how you can find information about their finances.
Reporting on Religion and Political Candidates
WebinarLearn best practices to execute solid stories about the faith of political candidates.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
Reporting on the Euro: What Everyone Needs to Know
WebinarLearn how the euro works and how the current crisis affects the dollar and other world markets.
Reporting With Video: Basics for Print Journalists
WebinarBasic video techniques and principles for print reporters and still photographers making the transition to multimedia storytelling.
Richly Interactive Data Graphics with Tableau Public: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn how to investigate data sets, and create and share data visualizations using Tableau Public’s Dashboards
Shaping Your News Product to Fit the Market
WebinarLearn how to make a product match market needs and understand the constant demands on your product.
Slimming it Down: Cutting Content for Different Spaces
WebinarGet techniques for keeping the news without losing all the details when you have to edit a story for different platforms.
Social Media and Analytics: Strategies and Metrics You'll Actually Use
WebinarTips and techniques for powering your journalism on every platform through social media and analytics.
Social Media and Journalism: What Works and Why
Seminar SnapshotExplore current uses, roles, opportunities and challenges in social media when it combines with journalism and some possible future outcomes.
Solutions Journalism: Covering What Works, Without the Fluff
WebinarLearn how to find and report powerful, serious and engaging stories about responses to social problems—without falling into advocacy, PR or fluff.
Tame Your Inbox: How to Manage Email
WebinarLearn essential techniques for improving the email culture in your organization
Tell Stories with Data using Tableau Public: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn to build a narrative with data visualizations created in Tableau Public using the Story Points feature
Telling Complex Stories Through Compelling Characters
WebinarLearn how you can make stories more compelling by developing characters.
Telling Smarter Stories About Gun Issues
WebinarLearn the basics of key gun laws and the vocabulary of weapons and ammunition.
