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.
Build and Engage Local Audiences Online
Self-Directed CourseGet to know your local online audience and see what the power of local content can mean for you.
Color in News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
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.
Dealing With Difficult Conversations
Self-Directed CourseFrom preparation to follow up, explore how you can conduct tough conversations with confidence.
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.
Don’t Get Fooled Again: Best Practices for Online Verification
WebinarLearn how to spot online hoaxes and verify content, images and video you find on social networks.
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.
Ethics and Credibility of Breaking News Online
WebinarBe first. Be the best. Be credible. Develop standards for reporting breaking news in digital platforms.
Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
WebinarLearn how well-edited data can reveal patterns and connections to a bigger picture.
Getting Started With Google Fusion Tables
WebinarLearn how Fusion Tables can help you host, visualize and publish your data as maps, charts and timelines.
How to Work with Campaign Finance Data
WebinarLearn how to use and understand campaign finance data, including producing simple data visualizations and maps using free tools.
Hyperlocal News Startups: What's Working? What's Not?
WebinarA host of high-powered startups are joining thousands of independent local news blogs in the U.S. How does local news online add up?
Illustrating the Story: Comics and Illustrated Journalism
WebinarUse new forms of visual storytelling, including comics and multimedia illustration, to engage audiences.
Interactive Storytelling with Zeega: A Digital Tools Tutorial
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May 23 WebinarLearn to easily tell beautiful immersive stories combining personal content with media curated from across the web.
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.
Managing Millennials: Helping the Next Generation of Journalists Succeed in Your Newsroom
WebinarUnderstand who the newest generation of newsroom employees are and learn how you can help improve your working relationship with Millennials.
Multimedia Tools: Your 2009 Shopping List
WebinarThe latest video cameras, audio recorders, mobile devices and accessories you need for mobile multimedia production.
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 Site Credibility: Whom Do Readers Trust?
WebinarHow much do readers trust news articles? User comments? Tweets? Photos? Learn from the findings of a recent APME study.
On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime
Self-Directed CourseTechniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.
Photojournalism for Non-Photojournalists
WebinarLearn 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
Picture This: Interactive Data Visualization
WebinarAn ONAvation Webinar replay: Discover tools for creating interactive data visualizations on your site. (Many are free or cheap!)
Preventing Plagiarism and Fabrication in News Publishing
WebinarGet real-world recommendations for preventing and handling issues of plagiarism.
Programming for Non-Geeks: How to Build and Manage Your Website
WebinarLearn how to build an innovative website using a content management system.
Programming for Non-Geeks: Publishing Multimedia on the Web
WebinarLearn how to integrate dynamic multimedia content with your own website or publish it elsewhere online.
Reporting on Sexual Violence
Self-Directed CourseExplore strategies and statistics to help you tell powerful stories with context, accuracy and sensitivity.
Shaping Your News Product to Fit the Market
WebinarLearn how to make a product match market needs and understand the constant demands on your product.
State of the News Media (2011)
WebinarGet an analysis of key trends facing print, broadcast and online from the State of the News Media 2011 report .
Targeting New Audiences: Finding Your Niche
Self-Directed CourseStarting a new print publication or Web site? Explore ways to get to know your audience and get your ideas off the ground.
Telling Stories with Sound
Self-Directed CourseExplore how to create effective narratives by gathering, processing and mixing audio.
This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Grammar: 4 Concepts to Improve Your Reading and Writing Forever
WebinarLearn four language concepts that will improve your reading and writing forever with our special National Grammar Day Webinar.
Tumblr for Journalists: Best Practices and Strategies
WebinarLearn how to use Tumblr to maximize your storytelling, research and social community engagement.
Twitter for Broadcast Producers and Reporters
WebinarHow to build a TV-specific Twitter strategy for your newscasts.
Typography for News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn the principles of working with type and get fresh ideas to make your pages pop.
Using Analytics to Drive Website Success
WebinarIt's easy to get lost in numbers. Here are some tips to stay focused and effective.
Video News Editing: The Remixer Game
Self-Directed CourseExplore how video editing influences your perception of news in this activity from Link TV.
