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.
Access Denied: Your Rights When Government Shuts Media Out
WebinarThe media has a First Amendment right to be treated without discrimination based on the content of its reporting. Do you know your rights? Find out in this FREE webinar.
Advice for the Newly Named News Director
Self-Directed CourseTips, strategies and advice from veteran news directors to anyone stepping into the position.
Best Practices for Reporting on Mass Shootings
WebinarHope it never happens, but be prepared. Learn to cover mass shootings in a way that is least harmful to your community.
Best Practices for Using Eyewitness Footage
WebinarSurveillance video, terrorist executions and other graphic footage can need special care. Learn the questions to ask in this webinar.
Beyond the Byline: A Journalist's Guide to Personal Branding
WebinarLearn why and how to effectively build your personal brand as a freelance or full-time journalist.
Covering Drones in U.S. Airspace and in Your Community
WebinarHow to tackle the privacy and safety issues around the rising use of drones by law enforcement, companies and others.
Covering Ebola: A Poynter Conversation
WebinarA conversation with industry experts and Poynter faculty about how to cover emerging events without creating hysteria.
Covering Hydraulic Fracking and Its Impact on Economy and Environment
WebinarLearn the basics of hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas boom that is sweeping the U.S.
Covering Mass Shootings
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May 31 WebinarHope it never happens, but be prepared. Learn to cover mass shootings in a way that is least harmful to your community, in this free webinar.
Covering Your Own Story: A Conversation with WDBJ Staff
WebinarHow WDBJ carried on and what you can learn about reporting when tragedy strikes the newsroom
Craft Effective Direct Outreach Messages: Digital Experiences That Drive Results, Part 3
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September 19 WebinarLearn strategies for delivering digital content directly to targeted audiences with the use of newsletters and mobile messaging.
Cultivate Innovation: Make Room for Play at Work
WebinarWork and play belong together, especially when building a new team or new products.
Cultivating Local News Communities with Facebook Groups
WebinarLearn best practices in building, engaging and deepening your relationship with audiences using Facebook Groups.
Designing Your Story with Canva: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn how Canva can be used to produce beautiful and effective graphics and extend the reach of your story
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.
Drones for Reporting and Newsgathering: The Promise and the Peril
WebinarLearn about the kind of drones that are out there that a journalist could use for their newsgathering process.
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 News Videos with Videolicious: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn quick and effective techniques to start reporting the news with video.
Finding and Nurturing the Secret Stories Others Miss
WebinarLearn to look at the landscape of your writing territory with a new vision, in a webinar to help you find and develop the great stories others miss.
Follow The Money: Fraud and the Affordable Care Act
WebinarGet the tools and information you need to uncover fraud and make your stories complete, balanced and useful to your audience.
Grow Audience Via Social Media: Digital Experiences That Drive Results, Part 4
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October 25 WebinarLearn strategies for increasing the number of followers, likes and shares on social media.
How to Build and Engage Your Audience: Taking a New Approach with Analytics
WebinarRethink your approach to analytics. Learn how easy-to-use, actionable metrics can empower your team and engage your audience.
How to Cover Big News As It Breaks
WebinarLearn what you can do to prepare for big breaking news and best practices for covering these stories live over social media
How to Power Your Reporting With Social Media
WebinarExplore the best ways to be a digital reporter in the digital age. We’ll show you how to be as confident working a beat from your laptop as you are walking a beat in your community.
How to Write Sharper Social Headlines
WebinarBring more readers to your stories with headlines that pop on social feeds.
Improve Search Optimization: Digital Experiences That Drive Results, Part 2
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August 29 WebinarLearn strategies for maximizing results through search optimization.
Innovation and Storytelling: Master Class with Mario Garcia
Master ClassJoin design royalty Mario Garcia in this special in-depth interview on storytelling and innovation.
Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed
Self-Directed CourseLearn ways to make your organization more innovative.
Interactive Storytelling with Zeega: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn to easily tell beautiful immersive stories combining personal content with media curated from across the web.
Internal Communication Without Email: Slack for Newsrooms
WebinarLearn how Slack’s messaging app can help make your newsroom life easier.
It’s Time to Face the Overtime (Rules)
WebinarNew rules regarding overtime and salaries are coming to American workplaces. Is yours prepared? Find out in this FREE webinar.
Layout-driven Editing: A Seminar Snapshot
Seminar SnapshotHow two newspapers implemented an innovative process in which stories are written to fit pre-designed page templates.
LinkedIn for Journalists and Educators
WebinarLearn how to find potential sources, break news stories and promote your content on LinkedIn.
Making a Side Hustle Work for Your Journalism Career
WebinarLearn to plan, execute and promote a side project (at work or after hours) that will feed your creativity and further your career.
Making Fun and Innovation Happen on a Shoestring
WebinarWorkplace fun and innovation aren’t luxuries — they’re things every newsroom should focus on to stay competitive and keep employees happy
NewsU at 10: Top Lessons from a Decade of E-Learning
WebinarJoin our birthday celebration as we share the most valuable lessons from 10 years of News University teaching.
Periscopes, Peaches and Yaks: What's Next in Social Media
WebinarLearn about the latest crop of social networks, what to look for when you're trying new ones, and how to evaluate if they're even worth your time.
Planning and Executing Your Strategy: Digital Experiences That Drive Results, Part 5
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November 7 WebinarLearn to identify and track key performance indicators, report them and use them to make data-driven decisions moving forward.
Preparing Journalism for the Age of Wearable Devices
WebinarGoogle Glass and other “wearable” devices are about to dramatically transform the way people get news. Learn how reporting and publishing news will change in the wearable era.