Advice for the Newly Named News Director
Self-Directed CourseTips, strategies and advice from veteran news directors to anyone stepping into the position.
Analytics 101: Understanding Digital Metrics
Self-Directed CourseLearn about digital analytics: how to interpret and apply them to real-world situations.
Anatomy of a Multimedia News Organization
Self-Directed CourseLearn how an online-only news organization functions as a business by exploring its structure, departments and business model.
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 of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner
Self-Directed CourseGo behind the scenes of the annual National Press Photographers Association contest to explore the elements of award-winning photojournalism.
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
Self-Directed CourseWrite, edit and present information that engages time-crunched readers.
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.
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.
Color in News Design
Self-Directed CourseLearn how the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 1
Self-Directed CourseAnalyze three approaches to telling visual stories that connect with readers. Based on 2005 ASNE Contest
Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 2
Self-Directed CourseExamine four approaches: localizing stories, watchdog photojournalism, connecting with under-covered communities and commentary through photo columns. Based on 2006 ASNE Contest
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 the Affordable Care Act
Self-Directed CourseDevelop news coverage to help people get the information they need and guide them through the changing healthcare landscape.
Covering Water Quality: What You Need to Know
Self-Directed CourseUnderstand the complex environmental issues and find resources to tell compelling stories.
Dealing With Difficult Conversations
Self-Directed CourseFrom preparation to follow up, explore how you can conduct tough conversations with confidence.
First Amendment for the High School Journalist
Self-Directed CourseGain a better understanding of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Five Steps to Multimedia Storytelling
Self-Directed CourseDiscover the basic steps necessary to organize a story in a multimedia format.
Getting It Right: Accuracy and Verification in the Digital Age
Self-Directed CourseIt's a challenge to verifying information in a networked world. Get the knowledge and tools you need to evaluate what you hear, read and see.
Growing Trust and Engagement With Local News Audiences
Self-Directed CourseResearch-based techniques for engaging online audiences, fact-checking and keeping misinformation at bay.
Haberde Bilgiyi Doğru Vermek: Dijital Çağda Bilgi Güvenilirliği ve Doğrulama
Self-Directed CourseAğlardan oluşan günümüz habercilik dünyasında bilgi doğrulama zorlu bir mesele haline gelmiştir. Duyduklarınızı, okuduklarınızı ve gördüklerini değerlendirebilmek için gerekli bilgi ve araçları edinin.
Hands-on Fact-Checking: A Short Course
Self-Directed CourseA very practical guide to some of the most important skills that fact-checkers use in their everyday work.
Help! for Writers
Self-Directed CourseUnlock more than 200 solutions to some of the most common problems writers face in any platform or genre.
Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed
Self-Directed CourseLearn ways to make your organization more innovative.
International Reporting Basics: What You Need to Know Before You Go
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to plan and pack for your trip, and how to gather information and stay safe once you arrive.
Introduction to Sports Reporting
Self-Directed CourseFind and tell engaging stories from sports events.
Journalism and Trauma
Self-Directed CourseLearn how to compassionately interview victims and how covering traumatic events affects you.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar and Word Use (Assignment Editors Spring 2016)
Self-Directed CoursePractice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar and Word Use (Assignment Editors Spring 2017)
Self-Directed CoursePractice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar and Word Use (Assignment Editors Spring 2018)
Self-Directed CoursePractice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar and Word Use (Poynter Reporting Academy)
Self-Directed CoursePractice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.
Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Custom Edition)
Self-Directed CoursePractice the fundamentals of grammar and composition so you can write with greater confidence.
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 (Public Edition)
Self-Directed CoursePractice the fundamentals of grammar and punctuation so you can write with greater confidence.
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.
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.
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.
Newsgathering Law & Liability: A Guide for Reporting
Self-Directed CourseGather and report news more effectively while avoiding legal liability.
On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime
Self-Directed CourseTechniques for navigating police departments and mining the beat for story ideas.