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.
Adding Verbs with Verve and Volume to Your Writing
WebinarTune up verbs to make writing sing and dance.
Becoming a More Effective Reporter: Telling Untold Stories (Oct 2013)
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September 30 for this Online Group SeminarImprove your ability to find and tell stories off the beaten path in your community.
Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization (June 2012)
Online Group SeminarBuild the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly.
Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization (June 2013)
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May 21 for this Online Group SeminarBuild the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly.
Best Feature Ideas: AASFE’s Show & Steal
WebinarTake away the creative ideas from the country’s best arts and features coverage.
Best in Design: Lessons from SND Competition 2010
WebinarGet a judge's perspective from this year's SND newspaper design contest and improve your print layout, technique and style.
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
Self-Directed CourseWrite, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.
Building Effective News & Information Websites
Online Group SeminarThis hands-on, project-based course will help you develop web publishing skills from the ground up – no prior programming experience necessary.
Building Effective News & Information Websites: HTML & CSS (March 2013)
Online Group SeminarThis hands-on, project-based course will help you develop web publishing skills from the ground up – no prior programming experience necessary.
Building Effective News & Information Websites: jQuery & WordPress (September 2013)
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July 1 for this Online Group SeminarThis hands-on, project-based course will help you create interactive, dynamic websites with cutting-edge tools and techniques.
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.
Color in News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
Conquering Writer's Block: Help! for Writers
WebinarKick-start some of your most creative work with these solutions to help you overcome writer's block.
Converting to Tabloid
Seminar SnapshotExplore how The Wall Street Journal redesigned its international editions, moving from broadsheet to tabloid.
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 Sexual Assault
WebinarExamine how to balance the needs of vulnerable stakeholders against your duty to inform the public.
Covering War at Home
Seminar SnapshotStrategies for telling the stories of soldiers, their families and citizens on the home front.
Credibility and Social Media in Your News Organization
WebinarHow your news organization can create credible Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for readers and the community.
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.
E-Commerce Strategies: Digital Agency, Local Search, Local Interactives: API Training
Seminar SnapshotLearn how increasing the scope of your digital advertising and marketing services from a simple business directory to full-service local search and interactives impacts digital-only revenue.
Easy Interactivity with Meograph: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarThe two most viral types of media are videos and infographics. Learn how you can do both with Meograph.
Finding the Heart of the Story
Seminar SnapshotLearn essential writing techniques to produce compelling, sharply focused stories with strong underlying themes.
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.
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 Use Detail in Your Writing
WebinarHow to collect and select details that turn routine reporting into powerful storytelling.
How to Work with Campaign Finance Data
WebinarLearn how to use and understand campaign finance data, including producing simple data visualizations and maps using free tools.
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.
Illustrating the Story: Comics and Illustrated Journalism
WebinarUse new forms of visual storytelling, including comics and multimedia illustration, to engage audiences.
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.
Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making
Self-Directed CourseEthics is not separate from the daily work of journalists. Learn the process before you're faced with a tough call on deadline.
Journalism and Trauma
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to compassionately interview victims and how covering traumatic events affects you.
Jumpstarting Your Freelance Career: Marketing and Business Basics
WebinarHow to find contacts, target your pitch and build your business in the freelance market.
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.