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)
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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)
Online Group SeminarApply by
May 30 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.
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.
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.
Covering Child Sex Abuse: Lessons from the Sandusky Story
Seminar SnapshotPulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim describes how she approached her reporting of the Penn State scandal involving former football coach Jerry Sandusky.
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
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June 28 WebinarLearn the fact to help you cover the rising use of drones in commercial airspace – by companies, law enforcement and researchers.
Covering Sexual Assault
WebinarExamine how to balance the needs of vulnerable stakeholders against your duty to inform the public.
Covering Veterans' Issues: What Happens When Soldiers Come Home
WebinarUnravel the web of state and federal programs for veterans and analyze their effectiveness.
Covering War at Home
Seminar SnapshotStrategies for telling the stories of soldiers, their families and citizens on the home front.
Finding the Heart of the Story
Seminar SnapshotLearn essential writing techniques to produce compelling, sharply focused stories with strong underlying themes.
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.
Getting Ahead of the Food Price Story
WebinarRising food prices affect everyone. Learn how to cut through the numbers and jargon to tell stories that connect with your readers and viewers.
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 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.
Journalism and Trauma
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to compassionately interview victims and how covering traumatic events affects you.
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.
Mastering Revision: Polish Your Writing Like a Pro
WebinarLearn practical ways to make revision painless and boost the power of your stories.
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.
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.
On the Beat: Writing Obituaries
Self-Directed CourseLearn to write engaging, informative and accurate obituaries...and love it!
On the Road with Serious Intent: A Journalistic Approach to Travel Writing (March 2013)
Online Group SeminarThe essential skills you need to tell, and sell, travel stories.
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.
Order of the Word: The Secret to Powerful Prose
WebinarHow to put words in the right place at the right time for maximum effect. With Poynter's Roy Peter Clark.
Plagiarism in the 21st Century
Seminar SnapshotExamine plagiarism in the context of today's digital publishing.
Political Fact-Checking: Tips and Tricks for the 2012 Election
WebinarLearn tips and tricks about political fact-checking from the editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning website, PolitiFact.