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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Scranton, Spring 2013)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    Practice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.

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  • 100 Ideas to Make Your Journalism Better

    Webinar
    Price: $24.95

    Improve your writing, your digital skills, your visual storytelling and more in this special Poynter faculty event to celebrate our 100th Webinar.

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  • Anatomy of a Multimedia News Organization

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Learn how an online-only news organization functions as a business by exploring its structure, departments and business model.

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  • Anatomy of a Newspaper: Understanding the Business

    Self-Directed Course
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    Learn how a newspaper functions as a business by exploring the structure of its departments -- from newsroom to advertising to circulation.

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  • Best of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner

    Self-Directed Course
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    Go behind the scenes of the annual National Press Photographers Association contest to explore the elements of award-winning photojournalism.

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  • Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms

    Self-Directed Course
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    Write, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.

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  • Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $29.95

    How to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.

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  • Build and Engage Local Audiences Online

    Self-Directed Course
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    Get to know your local online audience and see what the power of local content can mean for you.

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  • Clarity is Key: Making Writing Clean and Concise

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    Learn to clarify and streamline your writing by using straightforward words and stronger nouns and verbs.

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  • Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style and More

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Finding and fixing the most common style, grammar and punctuation errors.

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  • Coaching Tomorrow's Journalists

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Working with teen journalists can be a challenge. Find the assistance and resources you need in this course.

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  • Coaching Writers: Editors' Boot Camp

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $29.95

    Learn strategies, techniques and questions that can help you coach writers to produce stories that are clear, focused, powerful and compelling.

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  • Color in News Design

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Learn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.

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  • Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 1

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Analyze three approaches to telling visual stories that connect with readers. Based on 2005 ASNE Contest

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  • Covering Climate Change

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Learn the science and policies behind climate change and pick up the reporting and writing skills needed to tell stronger stories about global climate change.

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  • Covering the Green Jobs Debate

    Webinar
    Price: $9.95

    Tell stronger stories about the impact of green jobs in your community.

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  • Covering Water Quality: What You Need to Know

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Understand the complex environmental issues and find resources to tell compelling stories.

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  • Dealing With Difficult Conversations

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    From preparation to follow up, explore how you can conduct tough conversations with confidence.

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  • Easy Interactivity with Meograph: A Digital Tools Tutorial

    Webinar
    Price: This $29.95 Webinar is free thanks to the support of the American Press Institute and Knight Foundation.

    The two most viral types of media are videos and infographics. Learn how you can do both with Meograph.

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  • Face-to-Face: "Testing Grounds"

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $9.95

    Reporters Kris Hundley and Kathleen Flynn discuss their experience in producing "Testing Grounds," an award-winning story about drug testing in India.

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  • Face-to-Face: Lessons of an International Backpack Journalist

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $9.95

    Learn how a backpack journalist survives and reports in such places as Haiti, Juarez Mexico and East Africa.

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  • Face-to-Face: Reporting on Revolution

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $9.95

    See Egypt through the eyes of independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous.

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  • Face-to-Face: Reports From Gaza and The West Bank

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $9.95

    Learn methods on how to report from the West Bank or Gaza Strip from a veteran journalist.

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  • Face-to-Face: Undercover in Bahrain

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $9.95

    Mae Ying Welsh discusses how she produced the award-winning documentary "Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark"

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  • First Amendment for the High School Journalist

    Self-Directed Course
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    Gain a better understanding of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

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  • Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Freedom of Information

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: This course is free to registered users of News University.

    Use FOI laws to strengthen your reporting with public documents.

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  • Getting Started With Google Fusion Tables

    Webinar
    Price: $34.95

    Learn how Fusion Tables can help you host, visualize and publish your data as maps, charts and timelines.

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  • Getting Your First Job in Journalism (2009)

    Webinar
    Price: $14.95

    Job-hunting techniques to prepare new college graduates for a challenging job market.

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  • Help! for Writers

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $29.95

    Unlock more than 200 solutions to some of the most common problems writers face in any platform or genre.

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  • How to Write Short and Well

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Improve Your Teaching With Case Studies

    Webinar
    Price: $9.95

    Learn how the case method can train your students to think for themselves, based on the experiences of the Knight Case Studies Initiative.

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  • Innovation on the Front Lines of Journalism

    Webinar
    Price: $27.95

    Harness the latest digital technology – including blogs, social media and databases -- to take control of your future in journalism.

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  • International Reporting Basics: What You Need to Know Before You Go

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Learn how to plan and pack for your trip, and how to gather information and stay safe once you arrive.

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  • Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Ethics is not separate from the daily work of journalists. Learn the process before you're faced with a tough call on deadline.

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  • Introduction to Sports Reporting

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $14.95

    Find and tell engaging stories from sports events.

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  • Jumpstarting Your Freelance Career: Marketing and Business Basics

    Webinar
    Price: $27.95

    How to find contacts, target your pitch and build your business in the freelance market.

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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $14.95

    Practice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.

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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Alcatel-Lucent Edition)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    This primer on the basics of writing and composition is for participants enrolled in the Alcatel-Lucent Effective Writing Certificate Program.

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  • Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (ETSU, Spring 2013)

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $12.95

    Practice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.

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