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  • Advanced Twitter for Journalism

    Webinar
    Price: $34.95

    Twitter is not just a source of news. Learn how it can be a platform for developing breaking news out loud.

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  • Best Feature Ideas: AASFE’s Show & Steal

    Webinar
    Price: $27.95

    Take away the creative ideas from the country’s best arts and features coverage.

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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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  • 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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  • Covering Drones in U.S. Airspace and in Your Community

    Webinar
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    June 28 Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    How to cover the rising use of drones in commercial airspace – by companies, law enforcement and others.

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  • Credibility and Social Media in Your News Organization

    Webinar
    Price: $27.95

    How your news organization can create credible Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for readers and the community.

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  • Don’t Get Fooled Again: Best Practices for Online Verification

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    Learn how to spot online hoaxes and verify content, images and video you find on social networks.

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  • Finding the Heart of the Story

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $45.00

    Learn essential writing techniques to produce compelling, sharply focused stories with strong underlying themes.

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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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  • Generating Story Ideas: Seeing Stories All Around You

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $45.00

    Learn proven techniques to recognize and refine your best story ideas.

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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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  • How to Use Detail in Your Writing

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

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

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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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  • Hunt and Gather Details for Your Story

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $45.00

    Learn how to research and report the kinds of human detail and vivid scenes that make your writing come alive.

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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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  • Mastering Revision: Polish Your Writing Like a Pro

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Mastering the Craft of Revision

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $45.00

    Learn revision techniques that will help you identify problems in your stories and make the changes, big and small, that make your writing stand out.

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

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    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
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Photojournalism for Non-Photojournalists

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    Learn how to compose visually robust and newsworthy photographs regardless of how simple or complex your camera. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Webinar Series

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

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    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
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Short Narrative Bursts: Social Media Writing

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    The art to lively writing in a limited space.

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  • Soundslides for Journalists: Producing Stories with Photographs and Audio

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    Learn the elements to produce a good audio slideshow using Soundslides. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Series

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  • Tablet Design and Storytelling: Poynter EyeTrack Research

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    How do you keep readers engaged on tablets? It's all about touch. Learn more in latest findings from Poynter.

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  • The Changing Roles of the Journalist

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $34.95

    Essential skills for the changing media landscape.

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  • The Craft of Multimedia Journalism

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

    Understand how to use digital storytelling forms to effectively tell your story. Part of the Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist Webinar Series

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  • The Editor's Toolkit: Editors' Boot Camp

    Seminar Snapshot
    Price: $29.95

    Pick up the tips, tricks (and, yes, secrets) of successful veteran editors

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  • The Powerful Effects of Short Writing

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Tumblr for Journalists: Best Practices and Strategies

    Webinar
    Price: $29.95

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

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  • Understanding Internet Basics for a Better Online News Operation

    Webinar
    Price: $27.95

    What every digital journalist, editor and publisher should know about how the Internet works and what it does with online content.

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  • Unpublishing Online Content: Fairness and Credibility Guidelines

    Webinar
    Price: $27.95

    Prepare how you'll handle requests to unpublish online content consistent with journalistic principles of accuracy, accountability and transparency.

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  • Using Analytics to Drive Website Success

    Webinar
    Price: $34.95

    It's easy to get lost in numbers. Here are some tips to stay focused and effective.

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