100 Ideas to Make Your Journalism Better
WebinarImprove your writing, your digital skills, your visual storytelling and more in this special Poynter faculty event to celebrate our 100th Webinar.
Anatomy of a Newspaper: Understanding the Business
Self-Directed CourseLearn how a newspaper functions as a business by exploring the structure of its departments -- from newsroom to advertising to circulation.
Best of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner
Self-Directed CourseGo behind the scenes of the annual National Press Photographers Association contest to explore the elements of award-winning photojournalism.
Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotHow to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.
Coaching Writers: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotLearn strategies, techniques and questions that can help you coach writers to produce stories that are clear, focused, powerful and compelling.
Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 1
Self-Directed CourseAnalyze three approaches to telling visual stories that connect with readers. Based on 2005 ASNE Contest
Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 2
Self-Directed CourseExamine four approaches: localizing stories, watchdog photojournalism, connecting with under-covered communities and commentary through photo columns. Based on 2006 ASNE Contest
Content Curation and Creation with Spundge: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn how Spundge helps you cover a beat, research stories, collaborate with colleagues, and create content and curated streams.
Covering Difficult Stories Solo
Seminar SnapshotTelling stories and staying safe as a one-man-band journalist covering stories about people in difficult situations.
Don’t Get Fooled Again: Best Practices for Online Verification
WebinarLearn how to spot online hoaxes and verify content, images and video you find on social networks.
Face-to-Face: Lessons of an International Backpack Journalist
Seminar SnapshotLearn how a backpack journalist survives and reports in such places as Haiti, Juarez Mexico and East Africa.
Finding the Right Voice and Approach for Your Stories
Seminar SnapshotProduce and edit your stories with the right balance of elements, narration and mood.
Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
WebinarLearn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.
Freedom of Information
Self-Directed CourseUse FOI laws to strengthen your reporting with public documents.
Illustrating the Story: Comics and Illustrated Journalism
WebinarUse new forms of visual storytelling, including comics and multimedia illustration, to engage audiences.
Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed
Self-Directed CourseLearn ways to make your organization more innovative.
Interactive Storytelling with Zeega: A Digital Tools Tutorial
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May 23 WebinarLearn to easily tell beautiful immersive stories combining personal content with media curated from across the web.
Language of the Image
Self-Directed CourseDevelop the visual vocabulary to analyze and discuss the journalistic value of images.
Lessons from a Contest: Inside NPPA 2008: Broadcast
WebinarHear the judges discuss pacing, storytelling techniques and other topics in this year's competition.
Lessons from a Contest: Inside NPPA 2008: Still Photography and Web Sites
WebinarHear the judges discuss trends in multimedia, editing and other topics in this year's competition.
Making Dull Stories Sizzle
Seminar SnapshotLearn how to make a mundane assignment into a memorable video story.
Mario Garcia on WSJ Tabloid Design
Seminar SnapshotExamine the tools and techniques used by the international editions of The Wall Street Journal.
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: API Training
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.
Remaking Student Media, Inside and Out
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June 20 WebinarExplore four key steps for remaking student media.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
Reporting With Video: Basics for Print Journalists
WebinarBasic video techniques and principles for print reporters and still photographers making the transition to multimedia storytelling.
Seven Daily Habits of Highly Effective Editing
Seminar SnapshotEdit video as though you were composing your own symphony.
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
Storytelling in the Moment
Seminar SnapshotInvite your audience into your story with techniques that build character and bring the environment to the screen.
Targeting New Audiences: Finding Your Niche
Self-Directed CourseStarting a new print publication or Web site? Explore ways to get to know your audience and get your ideas off the ground.
Telling Stories with Sound
Self-Directed CourseExplore how to create effective narratives by gathering, processing and mixing audio.
Tumblr for Journalists: Best Practices and Strategies
WebinarLearn how to use Tumblr to maximize your storytelling, research and social community engagement.
Video News Editing: The Remixer Game
Self-Directed CourseExplore how video editing influences your perception of news in this activity from Link TV.
Video Storytelling with the Pros: Discover the Magic Moments in Breaking News
Seminar SnapshotLearn how to uncover magic moments in a breaking news video story and to use them, along with natural sound, to bring subjects to life.
Video Storytelling with the Pros: Doing It All Efficiently
Seminar SnapshotLearn how short-form techniques like sound bites, transitions, composition, clean sound and moments, can be used in long-form video storytelling.
Video Storytelling with the Pros: Shooting Efficiently on Deadline
Seminar SnapshotLearn tips and tricks for being prepared for the unexpected during a video shoot for a story.
Video Storytelling with the Pros: Shooting for the Web
Seminar SnapshotLearn how the instant nature of the web affects what you do and how it differs from TV.
Watching TV News: How To Be a Smarter Viewer
Self-Directed CourseThere's more to being a news consumer than just watching the news. Learn to evaluate TV news and become a discriminating consumer.