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.
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.
Color in News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
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.
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.
Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar replay: Go beyond tagging and build rich connections among all your content: articles, images, motion and audio.
Document Mining with Overview: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarWe'll show you how to use Overview to quickly sort though hundreds, or hundreds of thousands, of documents to find the story.
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.
Effective Social Media for Small Organizations
WebinarLearn ways to use social networks as a reporting tool and to promote your work, even if you’re a one-, two- or three-man-band.
Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
WebinarLearn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.
Getting Started With Google Fusion Tables
WebinarLearn how Fusion Tables can help you host, visualize and publish your data as maps, charts and timelines.
How Location-Based Services are Changing the News
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar: From Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite and Buzz to countless other services, learn how location can help you do innovative journalism online.
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.
Hyperlocal News Startups: What's Working? What's Not?
WebinarA host of high-powered startups are joining thousands of independent local news blogs in the U.S. How does local news online add up?
Illustrating the Story: Comics and Illustrated Journalism
WebinarUse new forms of visual storytelling, including comics and multimedia illustration, to engage audiences.
Innovation on the Front Lines of Journalism
WebinarHarness the latest digital technology – including blogs, social media and databases -- to take control of your future in journalism.
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.
Journalism and Trauma
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to compassionately interview victims and how covering traumatic events affects you.
Key Elements to Compelling Video Storytelling
WebinarExplore the essential steps in the video storytelling process and practical storytelling strategies. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Webinar Series
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.
Managing Comments on Your News Site
WebinarTools to learn what your readers think about comments and ways to encourage civil conversations on your site.
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 Content Providers and the Media
WebinarLearn about the fast-growing models for delivering high-volume, high-interest content that goes beyond the traditional wire service.
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.
Picture This: Interactive Data Visualization
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar replay: Discover tools for creating interactive data visualizations on your site. (Many are free or cheap!)
Reporting and Publishing News with Mobile Tools
WebinarBuild your mobile newsgathering and publishing operation using your smartphone, apps, gear and other strategies.
Reporting, Writing for TV and the Web: Aim for the Heart
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to connect with viewers by telling powerful stories that aim for their hearts.
Shaping Your News Product to Fit the Market
WebinarLearn how to make a product match market needs and understand the constant demands on your product.
Six Traits of Successful Entrepreneurial Journalists
WebinarDiscover what it takes to grow an idea into a thriving content business. Learn good practices from the entrepreneurial journalism frontier.
Social Media and Journalism: What Works and Why
Seminar SnapshotExplore current uses, roles, opportunities and challenges in social media when it combines with journalism and some possible future outcomes.
Social Media and Your 2012 Election Coverage
WebinarLearn how political campaigns are using social media and what you need to know to deliver the coverage your community needs.
Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News
Self-Directed CourseExplore the strategy and tools to effectively integrate social media into all aspects of your journalism--including newsgathering, verification, audience engagement and distribution.
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 .
State of the News Media 2012
WebinarGet the latest on the health of American journalism from the annual report by The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
State of the News Media 2013
WebinarGet the latest on the health of American journalism from the annual report by The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Tablet Design and Storytelling: Poynter EyeTrack Research
WebinarHow do you keep readers engaged on tablets? It's all about touch. Learn more in latest findings from Poynter.