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.
Anatomy of a Multimedia News Organization
Self-Directed CourseLearn how an online-only news organization functions as a business by exploring its structure, departments and business model.
API Transformation Tour: Meters, Members and Digital Publishing Revenue, Resources and Links
Self-Directed CourseFind new ways to drive revenue from your content in this workshop course by API and Poynter's NewsU.
Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotHow to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.
Build and Engage Local Audiences Online
Self-Directed CourseGet to know your local online audience and see what the power of local content can mean for you.
Build Your First Twitter Application
WebinarCreate your first Twitter application using the basics of JavaScript and HTML.
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 (July 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.
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.
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.
Covering Difficult Stories Solo
Seminar SnapshotTelling stories and staying safe as a one-man-band journalist covering stories about people in difficult situations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
E-Commerce Strategies: Digital Agency, Local Search, Local Interactives: API Training
Seminar SnapshotLearn how increasing the scope of your digital advertising and marketing services from a simple business directory to full-service local search and interactives impacts digital-only revenue.
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.
Finding the Right Voice and Approach for Your Stories
Seminar SnapshotProduce and edit your stories with the right balance of elements, narration and mood.
Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
WebinarLearn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.
Flash for Journalists: 10 Things You Need to Know (2009 edition)
WebinarLearn what Flash is, what it can do and how it works to create multimedia storytelling. Plus handout.
Freedom of Information
Self-Directed CourseUse FOI laws to strengthen your reporting with public documents.
How to Write Short and Well
WebinarLearn the most reliable tools for writing short – across media platforms – and well.
Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed
Self-Directed CourseLearn ways to make your organization more innovative.
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
WebinarLearn to easily tell beautiful immersive stories combining personal content with media curated from across the web.
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
Language of the Image
Self-Directed CourseDevelop the visual vocabulary to analyze and discuss the journalistic value of images.
Lessons from a Contest: Inside NPPA 2008: Broadcast
WebinarHear the judges discuss pacing, storytelling techniques and other topics in this year's competition.
Lessons from a Contest: Inside NPPA 2008: Still Photography and Web Sites
WebinarHear the judges discuss trends in multimedia, editing and other topics in this year's competition.
Making Dull Stories Sizzle
Seminar SnapshotLearn how to make a mundane assignment into a memorable video story.
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.
Multimedia Reporting: Covering Breaking News
Self-Directed CourseExplore the groundbreaking work of six sites, and prepare yourself and your newsroom for deadline coverage.
Multimedia Tools: Your 2008 Shopping List
WebinarLearn which tools you need to produce digital video, audio and still photos.
Multimedia Tools: Your 2009 Shopping List
WebinarThe latest video cameras, audio recorders, mobile devices and accessories you need for mobile multimedia production.
Multimedia Tools: Your 2010 Shopping List
WebinarThe latest cameras, mobile devices and apps to help you tell multimedia stories.
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.
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.
Online Advertising and News Site Credibility
WebinarDoes online advertising damage the credibility of your news or your advertisers? Do readers notice? Learn from the findings of a recent APME study.
Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Publishers
Self-Directed CourseGuidelines on copyright, defamation and privacy for anyone who publishes content online.