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  • 100 Ideas to Make Your Journalism Better

    Webinar

    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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  • Clarity is Key: Making Writing Clean and Concise

    Webinar

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

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  • Conquering Writer's Block: Help! for Writers

    Webinar

    Kick-start some of your most creative work with these solutions to help you overcome writer's block.

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  • Covering Sexual Assault

    Webinar

    Examine how to balance the needs of vulnerable stakeholders against your duty to inform the public.

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  • Covering Veterans' Issues: What Happens When Soldiers Come Home

    Webinar

    Unravel the web of state and federal programs for veterans and analyze their effectiveness.

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  • Document Mining with Overview: A Digital Tools Tutorial

    Webinar

    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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  • Getting Ahead of the Food Price Story

    Webinar

    Rising food prices affect everyone. Learn how to cut through the numbers and jargon to tell stories that connect with your readers and viewers.

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  • How to Use Detail in Your Writing

    Webinar

    How to collect and select details that turn routine reporting into powerful storytelling.

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  • How to Write Short and Well

    Webinar

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

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  • Interactive Storytelling with Zeega: A Digital Tools Tutorial

    Webinar
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    May 23 Webinar

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

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  • Key Elements to Compelling Video Storytelling

    Webinar

    Explore the essential steps in the video storytelling process and practical storytelling strategies. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Webinar Series

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  • Lessons from a Contest: Inside NPPA 2008: Broadcast

    Webinar

    Hear the judges discuss pacing, storytelling techniques and other topics in this year's competition.

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  • Making Words, Pictures and Sound Work Together

    Webinar

    Don't let text, pictures and audio compete for the viewer's attention. Learn how words and images can work together to engage your audience.

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  • Mastering Revision: Polish Your Writing Like a Pro

    Webinar

    Learn practical ways to make revision painless and boost the power of your stories.

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  • Navigating Copyright and Fair Use Issues in an Open-Source World

    Webinar

    Learn how to use copyright as a publishing tool, rather than as a reason to not use others’ content.

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  • Newswriting for the Web: Words That Work Online on Deadline

    Webinar

    Learn how to craft effective news writing for the fast-paced scanning habits of online readers.

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  • Order of the Word: The Secret to Powerful Prose

    Webinar

    How to put words in the right place at the right time for maximum effect. With Poynter's Roy Peter Clark.

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  • Political Fact-Checking: Tips and Tricks for the 2012 Election

    Webinar

    Learn tips and tricks about political fact-checking from the editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning website, PolitiFact.

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  • Reporting and Writing Scenes

    Webinar

    Learn essential reporting and writing techniques to produce compelling, cinematic scenes that enrich your stories.

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  • Reporting on Religion and Political Candidates

    Webinar

    Learn best practices to execute solid stories about the faith of political candidates.

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  • Short Narrative Bursts: Social Media Writing

    Webinar

    The art to lively writing in a limited space.

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  • The Art and Science of Editing

    Webinar

    Learn to identify when you need to edit something, when you don’t and how to explain your changes to others.

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  • The Powerful Effects of Short Writing

    Webinar

    Learn the power and versatility of short writing from examples across media platforms.

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  • This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Grammar: 4 Concepts to Improve Your Reading and Writing Forever

    Webinar

    Learn four language concepts that will improve your reading and writing forever with our special National Grammar Day Webinar.

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  • Trauma Awareness: What Every Journalist Needs to Know

    Webinar

    Understanding trauma makes for healthier journalists and healthier journalism.

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  • Tumblr for Journalists: Best Practices and Strategies

    Webinar

    Learn how to use Tumblr to maximize your storytelling, research and social community engagement.

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  • What Makes a Great Blog: Principles for Success

    Webinar

    Find the characteristics common to great blogs and learn strategies for achieving them.

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  • What Makes a Pulitzer Prize Feature Story?

    Webinar

    One Pulitzer juror's observations about the difference between a good feature story and a great one.

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  • Writing for Your Website: How to Make Readers Stick

    Webinar

    Learn essential writing techniques that will make sure your content aligns with your audience’s reading habits.

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