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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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  • Advice for the Newly Named News Director

    Self-Directed Course

    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

    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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  • Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms

    Self-Directed Course

    Write, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.

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  • Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp

    Seminar Snapshot

    How to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.

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  • Build and Engage Local Audiences Online

    Self-Directed Course

    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

    Working with teen journalists can be a challenge. Find the assistance and resources you need in this course.

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  • Dealing With Difficult Conversations

    Self-Directed Course

    From preparation to follow up, explore how you can conduct tough conversations with confidence.

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  • Describing Your Content: Metadata and What It’s Good For

    Webinar

    Learn how to tag your online content so users can find and filter it quickly.

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

    Webinar

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

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  • Ethics and Credibility of Breaking News Online

    Webinar

    Be first. Be the best. Be credible. Develop standards for reporting breaking news in digital platforms.

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  • Frontline Editors Introduction: Understanding Leadership Styles

    Self-Directed Course

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

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  • Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision

    Self-Directed Course

    Review your work with fresh eyes to fine-tune awkward passages.

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  • Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed

    Self-Directed Course

    Learn ways to make your organization more innovative.

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  • Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making

    Self-Directed Course

    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

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

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  • Lousy Listeners: How to Avoid Being One

    Self-Directed Course

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

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  • Mastering the Craft of Revision

    Seminar Snapshot

    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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  • Math for Journalists: Help With Numbers

    Self-Directed Course

    Conquer your fear of numbers and handle arithmetic accurately with the math tools essential for all journalists.

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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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  • New Content Providers and the Media

    Webinar

    Learn about the fast-growing models for delivering high-volume, high-interest content that goes beyond the traditional wire service.

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  • New Sources of Digital Content: API Training

    Seminar Snapshot

    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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  • News Site Credibility: Whom Do Readers Trust?

    Webinar

    How much do readers trust news articles? User comments? Tweets? Photos? Learn from the findings of a recent APME study.

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  • On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime

    Self-Directed Course

    Techniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.

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  • Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Publishers

    Self-Directed Course

    Guidelines on copyright, defamation and privacy for anyone who publishes content online.

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  • Preventing Plagiarism and Fabrication in News Publishing

    Webinar

    Get real-world recommendations for preventing and handling issues of plagiarism.

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  • Religion, Culture and Society: Getting Beyond the Cliches

    Self-Directed Course

    Religion intersects nearly every story you cover. Learn how to tell those stories with greater context, skill and thoughfulness.

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  • Reporting on Sexual Violence

    Self-Directed Course

    Explore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.

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  • Short Narrative Bursts: Social Media Writing

    Webinar

    The art to lively writing in a limited space.

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  • Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News

    Self-Directed Course

    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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  • The Be a Reporter Game

    Self-Directed Course

    Practice the basics of newsgathering -- asking questions, verifying information -- while racing against a deadline.

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  • The Editor's Toolkit: Editors' Boot Camp

    Seminar Snapshot

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

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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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  • Understanding and Interpreting Polls

    Self-Directed Course

    Find out why polling works, how to evaluate survey methods and what questions to ask about polls.

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  • Writing Online Headlines: SEO and Beyond

    Self-Directed Course

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

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  • «Движение глаз» и альтернативные формы подачи историй

    Webinar

    Новый анализ того, как формируется история, вовлекает читателей, а также результаты исследования Пойнтера чтения по движению глаз,( EyeTrack study)

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  • شبكات الإعلام الاجتماعي: استراتيجيات وأدوات للأخبار

    Self-Directed Course

    Understand the impact of social media on journalism and learn to effectively integrate social media into your newsgathering.

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