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.
API Transformation Tour: Digital Publishing Revenue Resources and Links
Self-Directed CourseFind new ways to drive revenue from your content in this workshop course by API and Poynter's NewsU.
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)
Online Group SeminarApply by
May 21 for this Online Group SeminarBuild the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly.
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.
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 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 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.
E-Commerce Strategies: Deals Malls and Targeted Segments: API Training
Seminar SnapshotIn this Seminar Snapshot you will lean how to increase revenues by moving from daily deals to a deals mall and targeted segmentation.
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.
E-Commerce Strategies: Transforming Classified Car Ads: API Training
Seminar SnapshotIn this Seminar Snapshot, learn the value of user-focused marketplace advertising and e-commerce models for generating online ad revenue.
Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
WebinarLearn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.
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.
Grow Preprint Revenue and Mine Profitable ZIP Codes
WebinarHow to build a successful preprint action plan and measure your results. With handouts.
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.
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.
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.
Making Words, Pictures and Sound Work Together
WebinarDon't let text, pictures and audio compete for the viewer's attention. Learn how words and images can work together to engage your audience.
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.
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.
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 on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
State of the News Media (2011)
WebinarGet an analysis of key trends facing print, broadcast and online from the State of the News Media 2011 report .
Succeeding in Sales with Emerging Digital Products: API Training
Seminar SnapshotLearn to focus on emerging products that drive results for the client.
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.
The Art and Science of Editing
WebinarLearn to identify when you need to edit something, when you don’t and how to explain your changes to others.
