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.
A Guide to Difficult Conversations
WebinarYou can’t be too nice to have a tough conversation. Learn how to be strategic and carry out difficult conversations with confidence.
A Guide to Staying Ahead in Digital Transformation
WebinarFind out where digital transformation efforts stand and what key issues to expect in 2017.
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.
Advertising Revenue Boosters
Seminar SnapshotThis replay is one of five in the Poynter Conference Broadcast series, "A Post-Recession Advertising Strategy: Where Will the Money Go."
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.
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.
API-Poynter Digital Storytelling Summit
Seminar SnapshotStudents will learn key skill sets to navigate the digital media environment, expand networking opportunities and share ideas
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.
Audience Growth and Digital Content Strategies (Gannett 2015)
Self-Directed CourseYour guide to key strategies for your digital content that can help your organization improve its digital presence and grow audience.
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.
Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization (January 2018)
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 (January 2019)
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 (July 2015)
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 (July 2017)
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 2018)
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 (October 2016)
Online Group SeminarBuild the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly.
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.
Big Ideas with a Payoff for Your Newsroom
WebinarLearn what products, processes and projects are working in newsrooms these days.
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 and Monetize Reader Relationships with Parse.ly: A Digital Tools Tutorial
WebinarLearn what data can tell you about your readers, and how you can use that to create products that they’re willing to pay for
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
Business Models and Strategies (Gannett 2015)
Self-Directed CourseHow digital-only sales and services can boost revenue and help you stay competitive in the digital world.
Challenging Conversations: A Step-by-Step Guide for Great Bosses
WebinarGet concrete tips to avoid conflicts, resolve problems and improve performance among your team.
Changing Workflow to Create a Mobile First Newsroom
WebinarPreparing your newsroom to best serve the growing mobile audience.
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: 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.
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.
Communicating with the Media on Mental Health Issues and Suicide: For U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Public Affairs Officers
Self-Directed CourseThis course will help VA PAO personnel develop strategies to collaborate effectively with journalists on coverage of Veterans with mental health issues.
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.