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.
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
Self-Directed CourseWrite, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.
Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotHow to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.
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 Climate Change
Self-Directed CourseLearn the science and policies behind climate change and pick up the reporting and writing skills needed to tell stronger stories about global climate change.
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.
Covering the Green Jobs Debate
WebinarTell stronger stories about the impact of green jobs in your community.
Covering Water Quality: What You Need to Know
Self-Directed CourseUnderstand the complex environmental issues and find resources to tell compelling stories.
Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar replay: Go beyond tagging and build rich connections among all your content: articles, images, motion and audio.
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.
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.
Face-to-Face: Reports From Gaza and The West Bank
Seminar SnapshotLearn methods on how to report from the West Bank or Gaza Strip from a veteran journalist.
Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
WebinarLearn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.
Freedom of Information
Self-Directed CourseUse FOI laws to strengthen your reporting with public documents.
Getting Started With Google Fusion Tables
WebinarLearn how Fusion Tables can help you host, visualize and publish your data as maps, charts and timelines.
International Reporting Basics: What You Need to Know Before You Go
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to plan and pack for your trip, and how to gather information and stay safe once you arrive.
Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making
Self-Directed CourseEthics is not separate from the daily work of journalists. Learn the process before you're faced with a tough call on deadline.
Lousy Listeners: How to Avoid Being One
Self-Directed CourseBetter listeners are better leaders. Learn how to break bad listening habits and improve your listening skills.
Math for Journalists: Help With Numbers
Self-Directed CourseConquer your fear of numbers and handle arithmetic accurately with the math tools essential for all journalists.
Multimedia Reporting: Covering Breaking News
Self-Directed CourseExplore the groundbreaking work of six sites, and prepare yourself and your newsroom for deadline coverage.
New Sources of Digital Content: API Training
Seminar SnapshotThis 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.
News Sense: The Building Blocks of News
Self-Directed CourseWhat makes an idea or event a news story? Explore the who, what, when, where, why and how of news.
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.
On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime
Self-Directed CourseTechniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.
On the Beat: Covering Education
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to find your way around the U.S. education system: the standards, the people and the protocol.
On the Beat: Covering Hospitals
Self-Directed CourseStep into the shoes of a rookie health beat reporter and investigate local hospitals on deadline.
On the Beat: Writing Obituaries
Self-Directed CourseLearn to write engaging, informative and accurate obituaries...and love it!
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.
Online Project Development: Part 1
Self-Directed CourseExamine the five steps for creating successful Web projects and how they were used in award-winning work.
Reporting Across Platforms
Self-Directed CourseExplore the different approaches you need to report for online, print and broadcast stories.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
Sources, Verification and Credibility
Self-Directed CourseAnalyze and judge the reliability of news and information
Telling Stories with Sound
Self-Directed CourseExplore how to create effective narratives by gathering, processing and mixing audio.
The Be a Reporter Game
Self-Directed CoursePractice the basics of newsgathering -- asking questions, verifying information -- while racing against a deadline.
The Ethical Investigator
Seminar SnapshotBeing ethical doesn't mean being timid. Find out what it takes to get the great stories -- the right way.
The Science and Art of Story Posting: API Training
Seminar SnapshotThis 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.
Understanding and Interpreting Polls
Self-Directed CourseFind out why polling works, how to evaluate survey methods and what questions to ask about polls.
Using Analytics to Drive Website Success
WebinarIt's easy to get lost in numbers. Here are some tips to stay focused and effective.
Video Storytelling with the Pros: Discover the Magic Moments in Breaking News
Seminar SnapshotLearn how to uncover magic moments in a breaking news video story and to use them, along with natural sound, to bring subjects to life.