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.
Analytics 101: Understanding Digital Metrics
Self-Directed CourseLearn about digital analytics: how to interpret and apply them to real-world situations.
Audience Analytics for Journalists
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to integrate an analytics strategy into your busy schedule and change content creation and publication habits accordingly.
Be the Newsroom Cutup: Video Editing Basics
WebinarYou’ve got your video files, now learn how to get comfortable in your video editing software.
Best of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner
Self-Directed CourseGo behind the scenes of the annual National Press Photographers Association contest to explore the elements of award-winning photojournalism.
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.
Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 1
Self-Directed CourseAnalyze three approaches to telling visual stories that connect with readers. Based on 2005 ASNE Contest
Copyright Law and Fair Use for Journalists
Self-Directed CourseThis course will help journalists understand what constitutes fair use of content, particularly online content, and debunk copyright myths.
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 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.
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.
Designing Beyond Print: Owning Your Work Across Platforms
WebinarStill designing primarily for print? This webinar will help you expand to any platform.
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.
Effective News Videos with Videolicious: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn quick and effective techniques to start reporting the news with video.
Engage Audiences with Interactive Video with Verse: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn how interactivity can unleash new storytelling creativity while engaging users to watch more video
Face-to-Face: Lessons of an International Backpack Journalist
Seminar SnapshotLearn how a backpack journalist survives and reports in such places as Haiti, Juarez Mexico and East Africa.
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.
Flourish, Don’t Flounder, at Your First Journalism Job or Internship
WebinarIn this FREE webinar, learn all of the things you need to know but were afraid to ask about succeeding in your first big journalism gig.
Getting Serious about Freelance Food Writing
WebinarEverybody is writing about food, but is anyone making any money? Learn to recognize and respond to what the market wants so you can get what you want.
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.
Hands-on Fact-Checking: A Short Course
Self-Directed CourseA very practical guide to some of the most important skills that fact-checkers use in their everyday work.
How and When to Shoot Video with a Smartphone
WebinarWhether you find yourself in a breaking news situation without a camera or never use a camera, you can make professional news video with your smartphone.
How News Organizations Can Make The Most Of Snapchat
WebinarHow to make Snapchat work for your newsroom (selfies encouraged).
How to Make Video Play Across Multiple Screens
WebinarQuality online video is essential to engage viewers and drive revenue. Learn how to make your video available on all types of computers, tablets and mobile devices.
Images on a Deadline
WebinarResearch says that visuals increase social media engagement, but where those images come from can make a huge difference to your audience.
Immersive Storytelling with 360-Degree Video and 3D Virtual Reality
WebinarA primer for producing compelling 360-degree videos and 3D virtual reality content.
Improve Search Optimization: Digital Experiences That Drive Results, Part 2
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August 29 WebinarLearn strategies for maximizing results through search optimization.
Interviewing: The Art of the Two-Way Conversation
WebinarFrom newscasts to podcasts, learn how to turn formal, stiff and boring interviews into lively and complete stories.
Leadership Advice for Our Age of Disruption, Misperception and Outlandish Expectations
WebinarNothing abides: Get some leadership advice from the ancient Greeks for our age of disruption, misperception and outlandish expectations.
Leveraging Your Visual Journalism Skills Within the Organization
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June 11 WebinarBecoming indispensable in your organization can both protect and help advance your career.
Lighting Tips and Tricks for Better Pictures and Video
WebinarThere is a quantum leap between good lighting and great lighting. Improve your work right away with the skills and tricks in this Webinar.
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
Mobile Video Storytelling with Videolicious: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarYou already have the power to capture video with a smartphone or tablet. Learn how to capture, edit and post video stories right from where news is happening in a way that appeals directly to your audience.
New Approaches to Multimedia Storytelling: Lessons from The New York Times
WebinarExplore new approaches to designing and building experiences around storytelling content.
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.