Census Coverage: Going Deep with Demographic and Economic Data
Seminar SnapshotPrice:Let the experts show you how you can find great stories in the wealth of data collected by the Census Bureau.
Connect with Communities Using Government Documents
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Steve Suo, editor of Nozzl Media, talks about the streaming news feeds his company customizes for news organizations.
Covering Child Sex Abuse: Lessons from the Sandusky Story
Seminar SnapshotPrice: Thanks to the support of our sponsor, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, we are able to offer this $9.95 Seminar Snapshot for free.Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim describes how she approached her reporting of the Penn State scandal involving former football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Covering Difficult Stories Solo
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $19.95Telling stories and staying safe as a one-man-band journalist covering stories about people in difficult situations.
Covering Foster Care
Seminar SnapshotPrice:Avoid common misconceptions andquick-fix stories about foster care and get tools to put stories in context.
Covering War at Home
Seminar SnapshotPrice: This $29.95 course is free thanks to the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.Strategies for telling the stories of soldiers, their families and citizens on the home front.
Developing Sources: Reporters' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn to build relationships with the people in your community or when you're out on assignment as a reporter.
Face-to-Face: "Testing Grounds"
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Reporters Kris Hundley and Kathleen Flynn discuss their experience in producing "Testing Grounds," an award-winning story about drug testing in India.
Face-to-Face: Country at a Crossroads
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Louisa Lim, NPR’s Beijing correspondent, spoke to us just days before China’s government announced its new leadership.
Face-to-Face: Human Rights Reporting in Morocco
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Aida Alami and Mary Stucky discuss human rights reporting for international news outlets from abroad.
Face-to-Face: Lessons of an International Backpack Journalist
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Learn how a backpack journalist survives and reports in such places as Haiti, Juarez Mexico and East Africa.
Face-to-Face: Nuclear Security in the Middle East
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Former embedded war reporter covers Mideast nuclear security issues.
Face-to-Face: Reporting Amid Danger
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95In this session, Osman discusses his story about Somali Olympic athletes training on the “road of death”; the story of rape in refugee camps; and the story about young British-Somalis returning to Somalia.
Face-to-Face: Reporting from a Rain Forest
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Fung discusses her news consumption habits and shares what she wishes she had known early in her journalism career.
Face-to-Face: Reporting on Revolution
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95See Egypt through the eyes of independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous.
Face-to-Face: Reporting on the Border
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Learn how one reporter on the borderland beat covers drug trafficking and immigration.
Face-to-Face: Reports From Gaza and The West Bank
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Learn methods on how to report from the West Bank or Gaza Strip from a veteran journalist.
Face-to-Face: Undercover in Bahrain
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $9.95Mae Ying Welsh discusses how she produced the award-winning documentary "Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark"
Finding the Heart of the Story
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn essential writing techniques to produce compelling, sharply focused stories with strong underlying themes.
Finding the Right Voice and Approach for Your Stories
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $15.00Produce and edit your stories with the right balance of elements, narration and mood.
Generating Story Ideas: Reporters' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn to encourage your own curiosity about the world and find the true potential behind any story.
Generating Story Ideas: Seeing Stories All Around You
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn proven techniques to recognize and refine your best story ideas.
Getting in the Door to Get Access to Sources: Reporters' Boot Camp
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn how to get people to talk to you, especially if they don't want to talk to you.
How to Make Stimulus Spending a Local Story
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Tips for finding out what share of the $787 billion pie is coming to your area -- and if the recipients are deserving.
How to use analytics for a better online content strategy
Seminar SnapshotPrice: This seminar snapshot video is free for American Press Institute E-Learning users.Explore how you can use analytics to determine how and when to post content so you can maximize your audience.
Hunt and Gather Details for Your Story
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn how to research and report the kinds of human detail and vivid scenes that make your writing come alive.
Improving Climate Change Coverage
Seminar SnapshotPrice:Explore the crucial issues involved in covering global climate change.
Making Dull Stories Sizzle
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $19.95Learn how to make a mundane assignment into a memorable video story.
Mastering the Craft of Revision
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn revision techniques that will help you identify problems in your stories and make the changes, big and small, that make your writing stand out.
Natural Sound Packages: Video Storytelling Without Reporter Narration
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Learn how to let your subjects tell their own stories.
New Sources of Digital Content
Seminar SnapshotPrice: This $24.95 course is being offered free, thanks to the generous support of the American Press Institute.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.
Plagiarism in the 21st Century
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95Examine plagiarism in the context of today's digital publishing.
Quick, Quality Video News Stories
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $19.95Explore go-to video storytelling strategies on deadline.
Seven Daily Habits of Highly Effective Editing
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $15.00Edit video as though you were composing your own symphony.
Six Essential Skills to Maximize Your Storytelling Process
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $15.00Be an efficient reporter by how you gather sound, video and moments.
Social Media and Journalism: What Works and Why
Seminar SnapshotPrice:Explore current uses, roles, opportunities and challenges in social media when it combines with journalism and some possible future outcomes.
Sound and Voice: Breathe Life Into Your Stories
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $19.95Learn techniques to capture quality audio and strengthen your narrative voice.
Storytelling in the Moment
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $15.00Invite your audience into your story with techniques that build character and bring the environment to the screen.
Surviving Solo: Be a Better Backpack Journalist
Seminar SnapshotPrice: $24.95You don't have to sacrifice the quality of your video stories simply because you're reporting and producing on your own.