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.
9 Ways to Edit Yourself (or Anyone Else)
WebinarLearn how nine simple tips can help you edit just about anything in a systematic way.
9 Ways You Drive Readers Away (And 9 Tips to Keep Them Reading)
WebinarUse these strategies to make sure the readers you've drawn in to your writing aren't driven away.
Access Denied: Your Rights When Government Shuts Media Out
WebinarThe media has a First Amendment right to be treated without discrimination based on the content of its reporting. Do you know your rights? Find out in this FREE webinar.
ACES In-Depth Editing Online Group Seminar (Fall 2018)
Online Group SeminarThis Online Group Seminar teaches editors to apply critical thinking skills to editing texts for a variety of platforms.
Advice for the Newly Named News Director
Self-Directed CourseTips, strategies and advice from veteran news directors to anyone stepping into the position.
After the Texas Shooting: What Journalists Need to Know About Guns and Ammo
WebinarIn the wake of multiple mass shootings, learn the basics of key gun laws and the vocabulary of weapons and ammunition in this FREE webinar..
Analytics 101: Understanding Digital Metrics
Self-Directed CourseLearn about digital analytics: how to interpret and apply them to real-world situations.
Audience Analytics for Journalists
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to integrate an analytics strategy into your busy schedule and change content creation and publication habits accordingly.
Avoiding Plagiarism and Fabrication
Self-Directed CoursePlagiarism and fabrication scandals can destroy careers and damage news organizations' credibility. Learn how to detect and avoid these legal and ethical lapses.
Best Feature Ideas: SFJ’s Show and Share
WebinarLooking for fresh approaches for your storytelling? Get great ideas from the winners of the Society for Features Journalism’s 2013 awards.
Best Practices for Reporting on Mass Shootings
WebinarHope it never happens, but be prepared. Learn to cover mass shootings in a way that is least harmful to your community.
Beyond the Byline: A Journalist's Guide to Personal Branding
WebinarLearn why and how to effectively build your personal brand as a freelance or full-time journalist.
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
Self-Directed CourseWrite, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.
Beyond the Noise: Covering the Health Care Law
WebinarFind focus in your reporting and enhance your understanding of the Affordable Care Act.
Brainstorming Great Ideas: Editors' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotHow to brainstorm for breaking news, ongoing stories and enterprise, plus six keys to brainstorming.
Break Through the Noise: SEO and Online Content Sharing for PR and Marketing
WebinarLearn to increase content visibility through an integrated marketing plan that catches readers’ eyes without compromising style and ethics.
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.
Build Interactive Data Visualizations with Tableau Public: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn to create rich data visualizations using Tableau Public in this intensive two-hour FREE webinar
Building Trust on Facebook
WebinarSee what 14 newsrooms learned when they used their social platforms to experiment with trust-building strategies in this FREE webinar.
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 Tomorrow's Journalists
Self-Directed CourseWorking with teen journalists can be a challenge. Find the assistance and resources you need in this course.
Coaching Writers: 7 Questions Every Editor Should Ask
WebinarCoaching a writer requires that you know how they work. This Webinar explains how to interview a writer in order to coach her effectively.
Color in News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
Community Building for Columnists: Poynter-Gannett Online Group Seminar (Nov. 2016)
Online Group SeminarIn this online group seminar you will learn some of the essential ingredients that make a well-read columnist.
Community Building for Columnists: Poynter-Gannett Online Group Seminar (Oct. 2016)
Online Group SeminarIn this online group seminar you will learn some of the essential ingredients that make a well-read columnist.
Copy Editor Essentials: What You Should Know in Your Sleep
WebinarReview the essentials that make a great copy editor great – or make a writer an editor’s best friend.
Covering Cannabis
Self-Directed CourseTake this course to learn the proper terms, legal definitions and resources for reporting responsibly on cannabis.
Covering Hate and Extremism, From the Fringes to the Mainstream: An Overview from the Southern Poverty Law Center
WebinarThis FREE webinar will canvass the current hate group and antigovernment landscape, discuss how the SPLC identifies hate groups and examine key factors driving the growth of hate and extremism.
Covering Hydraulic Fracking and Its Impact on Economy and Environment
WebinarLearn the basics of hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas boom that is sweeping the U.S.
Covering Mass Shootings
WebinarHope it never happens, but be prepared. Learn to cover mass shootings in a way that is least harmful to your community, in this free webinar.
Covering the American Muslim Community: Ideas and Insights to Guide Your Reporting
WebinarA broad survey of the demographics and lived experiences of American Muslims and the current climate in this free webinar..
Craft Effective Direct Outreach Messages: Digital Experiences That Drive Results, Part 3
WebinarLearn strategies for delivering digital content directly to targeted audiences with the use of newsletters and mobile messaging.
Cultivate Innovation: Make Room for Play at Work
WebinarWork and play belong together, especially when building a new team or new products.
Cultivating Local News Communities with Facebook Groups
WebinarLearn best practices in building, engaging and deepening your relationship with audiences using Facebook Groups.
Curating Content: How to Aggregate Coverage
WebinarHow do make sense of the news on the Web for your readers? Get the tools you need to curate content quickly, accurately and effectively.
Data Visualization for Journalists: Stripping the Dread from the Graphics
WebinarLearn how to make data visualizations, because it's not just for the designers and programmers anymore.
Deadly Force: Using Data to Report Accurately on Community Policing
Self-Directed CourseUsing police-community relations as a starting point, learn how to use data and solid reporting to turn a hunch or an odd detail into a groundbreaking story.
Dealing With Difficult Conversations
Self-Directed CourseFrom preparation to follow up, explore how you can conduct tough conversations with confidence.