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.
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.
Describing Your Content: Metadata and What It’s Good For
WebinarLearn how to tag your online content so users can find and filter it quickly.
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.
Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision
Self-Directed CourseReview your work with fresh eyes to fine-tune awkward passages.
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.
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.
On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime
Self-Directed CourseTechniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.
Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Publishers
Self-Directed CourseGuidelines on copyright, defamation and privacy for anyone who publishes content online.
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.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
The Be a Reporter Game
Self-Directed CoursePractice the basics of newsgathering -- asking questions, verifying information -- while racing against a deadline.
Tumblr for Journalists: Best Practices and Strategies
WebinarLearn how to use Tumblr to maximize your storytelling, research and social community engagement.
Understanding and Interpreting Polls
Self-Directed CourseFind out why polling works, how to evaluate survey methods and what questions to ask about polls.
