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 Beat: Writing Obituaries
Self-Directed CourseLearn to write engaging, informative and accurate obituaries...and love it!
Online Advertising and News Site Credibility
WebinarDoes online advertising damage the credibility of your news or your advertisers? Do readers notice? Learn from the findings of a recent APME study.
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.
Order of the Word: The Secret to Powerful Prose
WebinarHow to put words in the right place at the right time for maximum effect. With Poynter's Roy Peter Clark.
Photojournalism for Non-Photojournalists
WebinarLearn how to compose visually robust and newsworthy photographs regardless of how simple or complex your camera. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Webinar Series
Picture This: Interactive Data Visualization
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar replay: Discover tools for creating interactive data visualizations on your site. (Many are free or cheap!)
Planning and Drafting Your Story
Seminar SnapshotLearn how to draft your story using a quick plan, outlining its most important parts.
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.
Preventing Plagiarism and Fabrication in News Publishing
WebinarGet real-world recommendations for preventing and handling issues of plagiarism.
Programming for Non-Geeks: Easy Interactivity
WebinarMake your site more engaging with jQuery, a free, easy-to-learn tool that works wherever your content appears.
Programming for Non-Geeks: Essential HTML
WebinarYou don't have to be a tech guru to understand how HTML works. Get the basics in this comprehensive introductory Webinar.
Programming for Non-Geeks: How to Build and Manage Your Website
WebinarLearn how to build an innovative website using a content management system.
Programming for Non-Geeks: Publishing Multimedia on the Web
WebinarLearn how to integrate dynamic multimedia content with your own website or publish it elsewhere online.
Quick, Quality Video News Stories
Seminar SnapshotExplore go-to video storytelling strategies on 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 thoughfulness.
Reporters Without Editors: How to Edit Your Own Writing (April 2012)
Online Group SeminarOvercome the pitfalls of editing work that you have created and read your writing with fresh eyes to find and fix more errors.
Reporting Across Platforms
Self-Directed CourseExplore the different approaches you need to report for online, print and broadcast stories.
Reporting and Publishing News with Mobile Tools
WebinarBuild your mobile newsgathering and publishing operation using your smartphone, apps, gear and other strategies.
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 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.
Reporting, Writing for TV and the Web: Aim for the Heart
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to connect with viewers by telling powerful stories that aim for their hearts.
Secrets of Successful News Startups
WebinarLearn the key characteristics that the most successful – or most promising – startups share.
Seven Daily Habits of Highly Effective Editing
Seminar SnapshotEdit video as though you were composing your own symphony.
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.
Six Essential Skills to Maximize Your Storytelling Process
Seminar SnapshotBe an efficient reporter by how you gather sound, video and moments.
Six Traits of Successful Entrepreneurial Journalists
WebinarDiscover what it takes to grow an idea into a thriving content business. Learn good practices from the entrepreneurial journalism frontier.
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.
Social Media and Your 2012 Election Coverage
WebinarLearn how political campaigns are using social media and what you need to know to deliver the coverage your community needs.
Social Media In the Classroom
WebinarLearn how to bring social media into the journalism classroom.
Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News
Self-Directed CourseExplore the strategy and tools to effectively integrate social media into all aspects of your journalism--including newsgathering, verification, audience engagement and distribution.
Social Strategies, Passion Marketing and Audience Growth: API Training
Seminar SnapshotThis seminar snapshot from API's Transformation Tour shows the difference between brand and affinity marketing in social media.
Sound and Voice: Breathe Life Into Your Stories
Seminar SnapshotLearn techniques to capture quality audio and strengthen your narrative voice.
Soundslides for Journalists: Producing Stories with Photographs and Audio
WebinarLearn the elements to produce a good audio slideshow using Soundslides. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Series
