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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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  • Advice for the Newly Named News Director

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Tips, strategies and advice from veteran news directors to anyone stepping into the position.

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  • Anatomy of a Newspaper: Understanding the Business

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    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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  • Build and Engage Local Audiences Online

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

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

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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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  • Content Curation and Creation with Spundge: A Digital Tools Tutorial

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

    Learn how Spundge helps you cover a beat, research stories, collaborate with colleagues, and create content and curated streams.

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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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  • Document Mining with Overview: A Digital Tools Tutorial

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

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

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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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  • Frontline Editors Introduction: Understanding Leadership Styles

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Work through more than 20 scenarios to understand the leadership skills a frontline editor needs.

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  • Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: Free

    Learn ways to make your organization more innovative.

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  • Interactive Storytelling with Zeega: A Digital Tools Tutorial

    Webinar
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    May 23 Webinar
    Price: This $29.95 Webinar is free thanks to the support of the American Press Institute and Knight Foundation.

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

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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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  • Layout-driven Editing: A Seminar Snapshot

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price:

    How two newspapers implemented an innovative process in which stories are written to fit pre-designed page templates.

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  • Long-Tail Channels for Small and Medium Businesses: API Training

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: This $24.95 course is being offered free, thanks to the generous support of the American Press Institute.

    This Seminar Snapshot from API's Transformation Tour shows how tele-sales and the long-tail approach can dramatically boost your media company's digital revenue.

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  • Lousy Listeners: How to Avoid Being One

    Self-Directed Course
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    Better listeners are better leaders. Learn how to break bad listening habits and improve your listening skills.

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  • Multimedia Tools: Your 2009 Shopping List

    Webinar
    Price: $24.95

    The latest video cameras, audio recorders, mobile devices and accessories you need for mobile multimedia production.

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  • New Sources of Digital Content: API Training

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: This $24.95 course is being offered free, thanks to the generous support of the American Press Institute.

    This seminar snapshot from API's Transformation Tour shows how content contributions from members of the community and user-generated content can transform a digital media platform.

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  • Remaking Student Media, Inside and Out

    Webinar
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    June 20 Webinar
    Price: $9.95

    Explore four key steps for remaking student media.

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  • Social Media and Journalism: What Works and Why

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $14.95

    Explore current uses, roles, opportunities and challenges in social media when it combines with journalism and some possible future outcomes.

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  • Social Media and Your 2012 Election Coverage

    Webinar
    Price: $9.95

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

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  • Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $14.95

    Explore the strategy and tools to effectively integrate social media into all aspects of your journalism--including newsgathering, verification, audience engagement and distribution.

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  • State of the News Media (2011)

    Webinar
    Price: $9.95

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

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  • Targeting New Audiences: Finding Your Niche

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Starting a new print publication or Web site? Explore ways to get to know your audience and get your ideas off the ground.

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  • The Community Journalism Series: Contributing to a Local Publication

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Explore essential journalism skills and principles in this introduction to producing news.

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  • The Community Journalism Series: Strategies for Managing Local Contributors

    Self-Directed Course
    Price:

    Learn how your site can benefit from community contributors and build your plan for recruiting, training and managing these content providers.

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  • The Science and Art of Story Posting: API Training

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: This $24.95 course is being offered free, thanks to the generous support of the American Press Institute.

    This seminar snapshot from API's Transformation Tour shows how you can use analytics to determine how and to post content so that you can maximize your audience.

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  • Understand Facts and Figures to Report the Truth

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $24.95

    How to accurately report numbers in context and design concise infographics.

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  • Using Analytics and Web Metrics to Grow Your Audience: API Training

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: This $24.95 course is free thanks to the generous support of the American Press Institute.

    This Seminar Snapshot from API's Transformation Tour shows you how to use analytic tools to understand digital audiences and how that information can shape your content strategies.

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  • Using Online Media Tools to Grow and Manage Communities

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $24.95

    Learn how to leverage online media tools to build and enhance communities, foster informative conversations and produce community action.

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  • Writing Online Headlines: SEO and Beyond

    Self-Directed Course
    Price: $14.95

    Write headlines that work everywhere online, from search results to article pages to RSS feeds to mobile apps.

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