| 1/25 - 2/19 |
1/4/2010 |
NewsU: Write Your Heart Out: The Craft of the Personal Essay (W401W-10)
Discover powerful stories from your life and tell them in ways that will resonate with others, whether in print or online. You’ll see how to take those experiences from an idea to an essay that an editor wants to publish and the public wants to read.
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| 2/8 - 2/26 |
1/15/2010 |
NewsU: Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization
Build the reporting and writing habits you need to organize your information better and write more clearly. Whether you write breaking news alerts, meeting summaries, business plans or e-mail, you’ll learn the tools you need to deliver what your readers need and want.
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| 3/8 - 3/12 |
1/25/2010 |
Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist (W434-10)
To thrive in journalism's digital age, you need special skills. Let Poynter help you master the basics of audio, video and other multimedia tools. We'll not only teach you how to use journalism's new tools, we'll also help you think about storytelling and navigate the ethical pressure points presented by today's emerging platforms.
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| 3/8 - 3/26 |
2/15/2010 |
NewsU: Becoming a More Effective Editor: Strategies for Editing Yourself and Others
In a world where speed is of the essence, there's less time for the many layers of editing that have traditionally stood between writers and readers. Fortunately, if you write, you have a facility for language that you can learn how to use in editing your work.
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| 4/5 - 4/30 |
3/15/2010 |
NewsU: Becoming a More Effective Reporter: Telling Untold Stories
Looking for the edge that will transform your reporting? Do you want more sources -- and resources -- to cover your community? This course will show you how to mine communities, cultures and individuals for stories that often remain untold.
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| 5/3 - 5/7 |
3/22/2010 |
Making Your Opinion Matter (W401B-10)
Push your opinion writing to a higher level with tips and strategies drawn from award-winning columnists, editorial writers and bloggers. You'll strengthen your writing muscles, try on different styles and writing voices, and produce work that can be published while you're here.
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| 6/7 - 6/11 |
4/26/2010 |
The Backpack Journalist (B432-10)
Hands-on and highly practical, this seminar is for any journalist who wants to learn to shoot, edit and write to video for broadcast and/or online. It is ideal for still photographers who need to learn video, reporters who now must record their own stories, or newsroom managers who want to raise their multimedia literacy.
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| 7/19 - 7/23 |
6/7/2010 |
Narrative Writing On Deadline (W401-10)
The elements of narrative writing can bring characters to life and lend texture and power to daily stories that might otherwise fall flat. It all starts with a solid idea and sharp reporting and writing techniques.
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| 8/25 - 8/27 |
7/14/2010 |
Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers (N432-10)
Increasingly, we need each other — if only we understood one another! This new Poynter seminar brings journalists and programmers together to develop a common language and a shared understanding of each other's craft and mission.
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| 9/20 - 9/24 |
8/9/2010 |
Multimedia Storytelling With Video (G434-10)
If you want to learn the basics of video storytelling and have very little or no video experience, this hands-on, beginner's seminar is for you.
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