Webinars

Learn strategies to help your news organization handle tricky legal situations, including accusations of libel and slander.

Learn the critical details of the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines in order to be better prepared to share information with a general audience.

Join senior faculty member Al Tompkins and Marshall Project reporter Jamiles Lartey to learn how to better cover the most pressing justice reform issues ahead of the 2020 election.

Learn about the technology and tools available to help you strengthen your election coverage in 2020.

This one-hour webinar will offer an introduction to the Ad Observatory followed by a deep dive into how the new tool can be used to spot trends and connections in the 2020 elections.

Learn three decision-making tools to find the most precise words to ensure that all subjects and sources are described with dignity.

A two-day training experience for State Broadcast Associations and their members, led by Poynter's Al Tompkins.

Design tells its own story, and great designers want their work to reflect the diversity of our world. We’ll provide tools to counteract unconscious bias in yourself and your audience.

State Broadcast Associations two-day training experience led by Poynter's Al Tompkins.

Prepare to cover potentially volatile protests

Learn how to manage conflict in a virtual world

Even the most limited-resource newsrooms can start from zero and still be successful in their exploration of niche newsletters.

Learn a framework for your evaluating your editorial promise to readers

Doris Truong and Steve Bien-Aimé discuss how to prioritize diversity in your newsroom, even during a pandemic.

In this webinar series, you'll learn how to stay atop of census data, even within the uncertainty of a global pandemic.

In this webinar with Poynter’s Al Tompkins, you’ll examine conditions inside U.S. jails that contribute to the spread of COVID-19 among its population of detainees and workers — and their consequences

Kristyn Wellesley will explain how to use analytics to engage with your local community.

Join Alex Mahadevan to find the best sources for fact-checking COVID-19 data.

Join Cheryl Carpenter for tips on how to work with your team during this turbulent time.

Barbara Allen and Samantha Ragland review how to make yourself the best candidate.

Kelly McBride explores ethical challenges newsrooms face during the pandemic.

In this one-hour video tutorial, early-career journalists will learn how to make their writing crisper, clearer and more enticing to broadcast audiences.

Early-career journalists will learn how to seamlessly combine audio, video and copy in captivating news packages.

PolitiFact journalists explain the nuts and bolts of impeachment, lessons to be drawn from past history, and the current political dynamics journalists and citizens need to know.

Journalists will learn how to protect themselves against legal issues that arise from publishing and producing content.

How to coach a writer beyond simply correcting copy.

Learn creative and innovative ways to cover the arts across beats and with limited resources.

Empower your journalism organization to demonstrate credibility and earn trust with this series of five webinars led by Trusting News founder and director, Joy Mayer.

Effectively select and license photos for publication.

Learn how to collaborate with other news organizations to create stories with an impact.

PolitiFact readers meet online to discuss the Mueller Report and what it means.

Learn how to secure accuracy and fairness in your reporting, well-before your deadline.

In this hour-long webinar, reporters and editors will learn how to find, interpret and use data about HIV in reported stories that go beyond a medical lens.

Learn how to create more compelling video journalism from veteran storyteller Les Rose. (Original broadcast date: June 6, 2019 at 2 p.m. Eastern)

Learn how to better harness the power of a newsy daily email, from staffing it to winning loyal readers with its content and tone. (Original broadcast date: May 23, 2019)

Learn how to conduct interviews that matter with NPR host Joshua Johnson. (Original broadcast date: April 25, 2019, at 4 p.m. Eastern)

This webinar offers specific ways to improve your television news writing by focusing on a conversational style and exposing common mistakes. (Original broadcast date: April 18, 2019)

Learn some of the best tips and tools for journalists to fix common problems with meetings, email, workflows and satisfaction in the workplace.

Learn how to select the best — and most effective — photos for a story, even if you don’t have a visuals background.

A guide for how journalists can use a WhatsApp account to identify rumors and share fact-checks with readers.

People with addiction need treatment and care, not criminal punishment. Dr. Lipi Roy explains why the "war on drugs" — a global colossal failure — needs to be replaced by evidence-based practice.

In this series of webinars, students will learn the ins and outs of drone photography and videography, sequencing, gear and more.

Gain credibility in social media platforms.

Get an inside look at how more than 400 newsrooms use Dataminr, a tool that identifies breaking news and pre-viral stories.

Learn how to report immigration arrests, detention and deportation under the current administration.

What makes an editor great in journalism from relationships to decision-making.

Build trust instead of distrust.

Finding and fixing the most common style, grammar and punctuation errors.

An overview of content development and delivery strategies.

An understanding of the user experience of discovering content on social media.

Create your own journalism site.

An understanding of the user experience of receiving content via email newsletters or mobile messaging.

How to form a national-local news partnership.

Improve your election coverage by learning how to better report stories that cite polling data.

What content should be linked in digital text? What text should make that link? Learn the art of the link in this ACES webinar.

An understanding of the user experience of discovering content through search engines.

How newsrooms cover more with limited resources.

How to get started on your story, trust yourself and kickstart the writing process.

Reach the right audience effectively.

The five-part series emphasizes how to develop and deliver content to make measurable results, whether in the newsrooms or for an organization.

How to present the story on both the front page and the inside pages.

This webinar will introduce strategies used by The Lily’s newsletter and 2018 Webby Award winner for email newsletters, Lily Lines.

Develop a simple visual system that reinforces local values and a community focus.

How to use Wikipedia in journalism.

The best tools, tips and methods for verifying information online.

How newsrooms obtain the financial support besides ads.

Wrangle data to find and tell stories.

Turn photography into photojournalism.

How visual journalists survive the newsrooms.

Journalists' rights and limits in public places.

How local newsrooms around the country have shifted their priorities and changed their workflows through some very easy changes.

The best journalism methods for mass shooting stories.

Marketing opportunities for journalists.

Build connections across demographics and difference.

Learn guidelines and standards for fair and accurate reporting on American Muslims

Transcribing interviews with Descript.

Finding the tenor and format for a story.

Getting to know the news business.

How to find and court your story's characters with Lane DeGregory.

Making Facebook your newsroom.

The rules and non-rules in grammar.

Reporting hate and extremism.

The importance of understanding the cannabis business.

This course will teach an approach for untangling convoluted copy.

Find the story through numbers.

Investigate post-disaster stories

Pitching elements of a good story idea.

Bring literary narrative to your reporting.

Bring music to your writing

Helpful journalism tips when covering a mass shooting.

Create visualizations for data-driven stories.

Reporting stories about disability as people.

Learn the five critical questions to ask before editing any marketing material.

Recognize the red flags of journalism.

Getting to know your audience through Parse.ly.

Reporting and discrediting rumors and hoaxes.

Get the tools you need to curate content quickly, accurately and effectively.

Trimming the news for spaces.

How to turn a tip into the foundation of an investigation

Clean up your writing into a refined style.

Learn to identify when you need to edit something, when you don’t and how to explain your changes to others.

Turn complexity into simplicity.

Learn stories you can tell from elections

Write, report and edit stories about the United States Census of 2020.

Learn and understand the different types of guns and ammunition for your reporting.

Learn different approaches to local news coverage

How public data and documents can pack power into an interview-driven story.