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.
Anatomy of a Newspaper: Understanding the Business
Self-Directed CourseLearn how a newspaper functions as a business by exploring the structure of its departments -- from newsroom to advertising to circulation.
Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization (June 2012)
Online Group SeminarBuild the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly.
Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization (June 2013)
Online Group SeminarApply by
May 30 for this Online Group SeminarBuild the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly.
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.
Clarity is Key: Making Writing Clean and Concise
WebinarLearn to clarify and streamline your writing by using straightforward words and stronger nouns and verbs.
Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style and More
Self-Directed CourseFinding and fixing the most common style, grammar and punctuation errors.
Coaching Writers: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotLearn strategies, techniques and questions that can help you coach writers to produce stories that are clear, focused, powerful and compelling.
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.
E-Commerce Strategies: Digital Agency, Local Search, Local Interactives: API Training
Seminar SnapshotLearn how increasing the scope of your digital advertising and marketing services from a simple business directory to full-service local search and interactives impacts digital-only revenue.
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.
Generating Story Ideas: Seeing Stories All Around You
Seminar SnapshotLearn proven techniques to recognize and refine your best story ideas.
Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision
Self-Directed CourseReview your work with fresh eyes to fine-tune awkward passages.
Help! for Writers
Self-Directed CourseUnlock more than 200 solutions to some of the most common problems writers face in any platform or genre.
How to Write Short and Well
WebinarLearn the most reliable tools for writing short – across media platforms – and well.
Jumpstarting Your Freelance Career: Marketing and Business Basics
WebinarHow to find contacts, target your pitch and build your business in the freelance market.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Alcatel-Lucent Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for participants enrolled in the Alcatel-Lucent Effective Writing Certificate Program.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Ohio University Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Wisconsin Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (University of Wisconsin Spring 2013 Edition)
Self-Directed CourseThis primer on the basics of writing and composition is for students enrolled in J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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.
Making Words, Pictures and Sound Work Together
WebinarDon't let text, pictures and audio compete for the viewer's attention. Learn how words and images can work together to engage your audience.
Mario Garcia on WSJ Tabloid Design
Seminar SnapshotExamine the tools and techniques used by the international editions of The Wall Street Journal.
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.
Navigating Copyright and Fair Use Issues in an Open-Source World
WebinarLearn how to use copyright as a publishing tool, rather than as a reason to not use others’ content.
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: Writing Obituaries
Self-Directed CourseLearn to write engaging, informative and accurate obituaries...and love it!
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.
Order of the Word: The Secret to Powerful Prose
WebinarHow to put words in the right place at the right time for maximum effect. With Poynter's Roy Peter Clark.
Religion, Culture and Society: Getting Beyond the Cliches
Self-Directed CourseReligion intersects nearly every story you cover. Learn how to tell those stories with greater context, skill and thoughfulness.
Remaking Student Media, Inside and Out
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June 20 WebinarExplore four key steps for remaking student media.
Reporters Without Editors: How to Edit Your Own Writing (April 2012)
Online Group SeminarOvercome the pitfalls of editing work that you have created and read your writing with fresh eyes to find and fix more errors.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
The Art and Science of Editing
WebinarLearn to identify when you need to edit something, when you don’t and how to explain your changes to others.
