Go beyond the red/blue metaphors and get new tools for understanding your audience and the nation.

How to tell stories about the effect of the recession on the mental health of individuals, families and communities.

Unravel the web of state and federal programs for veterans and analyze their effectiveness.

We'll show you how to use Overview to quickly sort though hundreds, or hundreds of thousands, of documents to find the story.

Learn 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.

Learn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.

Learn the tools, techniques and resources that will give you an edge in covering the global dimension of stories in your back yard.

Learn the most reliable tools for writing short – across media platforms – and well.

Learn to easily tell beautiful immersive stories combining personal content with media curated from across the web.

Learn how to use copyright as a publishing tool, rather than as a reason to not use others’ content.

Learn how to integrate dynamic multimedia content with your own website or publish it elsewhere online.

Build your mobile newsgathering and publishing operation using your smartphone, apps, gear and other strategies.

Learn how the euro works and how the current crisis affects the dollar and other world markets.

Learn how political campaigns are using social media and what you need to know to deliver the coverage your community needs.

Explore new social search techniques to expand your reporting and research online.

Get an analysis of key trends facing print, broadcast and online from the State of the News Media 2011 report .

Go beyond the numbers to tell better stories about how your community is changing.

Learn how to use Tumblr to maximize your storytelling, research and social community engagement.