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.
Becoming a More Effective Reporter: Telling Untold Stories (Oct 2013)
Online Group SeminarApply by
September 30 for this Online Group SeminarImprove your ability to find and tell stories off the beaten path in your community.
Best Feature Ideas: AASFE’s Show & Steal
WebinarTake away the creative ideas from the country’s best arts and features coverage.
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.
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
Self-Directed CourseWrite, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.
Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotHow to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.
Clarity is Key: Making Writing Clean and Concise
WebinarLearn to clarify and streamline your writing by using straightforward words and stronger nouns and verbs.
Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style and More
Self-Directed CourseFinding and fixing the most common style, grammar and punctuation errors.
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.
Copyright Law and Fair Use for Journalists (Beta)
Self-Directed CourseThis course will help journalists understand what constitutes fair use of content, particularly online content, and debunk copyright myths.
Covering Climate Change
Self-Directed CourseLearn the science and policies behind climate change and pick up the reporting and writing skills needed to tell stronger stories about global climate change.
Covering Drones in U.S. Airspace and in Your Community
WebinarSign up now for the
June 28 WebinarHow to cover the rising use of drones in commercial airspace – by companies, law enforcement and others.
Covering Veterans' Issues: What Happens When Soldiers Come Home
WebinarUnravel the web of state and federal programs for veterans and analyze their effectiveness.
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 Heart of the Story
Seminar SnapshotLearn essential writing techniques to produce compelling, sharply focused stories with strong underlying themes.
Freedom of Information
Self-Directed CourseUse FOI laws to strengthen your reporting with public documents.
Generating Story Ideas: Seeing Stories All Around You
Seminar SnapshotLearn proven techniques to recognize and refine your best story ideas.
Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision
Self-Directed CourseReview your work with fresh eyes to fine-tune awkward passages.
Handling Race and Ethnicity
Self-Directed CourseExamine whether and how to use racial and ethnic descriptions in news stories.
Help! for Writers
Self-Directed CourseUnlock more than 200 solutions to some of the most common problems writers face in any platform or genre.
How to Write Short and Well
WebinarLearn the most reliable tools for writing short – across media platforms – and well.
Hunt and Gather Details for Your Story
Seminar SnapshotLearn how to research and report the kinds of human detail and vivid scenes that make your writing come alive.
Interactive Storytelling with Zeega: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn to easily tell beautiful immersive stories combining personal content with media curated from across the web.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Alcatel-Lucent Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for participants enrolled in the Alcatel-Lucent Effective Writing Certificate Program.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Ohio University Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Wisconsin Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Wisconsin Spring 2013 Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lousy Listeners: How to Avoid Being One
Self-Directed CourseBetter listeners are better leaders. Learn how to break bad listening habits and improve your listening skills.
Mastering the Craft of Revision
Seminar SnapshotLearn revision techniques that will help you identify problems in your stories and make the changes, big and small, that make your writing stand out.
Math for Journalists: Help With Numbers
Self-Directed CourseConquer your fear of numbers and handle arithmetic accurately with the math tools essential for all journalists.
Multimedia Tools: Your 2008 Shopping List
WebinarLearn which tools you need to produce digital video, audio and still photos.
Multimedia Tools: Your 2009 Shopping List
WebinarThe latest video cameras, audio recorders, mobile devices and accessories you need for mobile multimedia production.
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.
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.
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.
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.