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How Any Journalist Can Earn Trust
In-person workshop at the Poynter Institute, Feb. 10
Stop thinking of distrust in journalism as an unsolvable, big-picture problem. Instead, find concrete ways everyone in your organization can work to demonstrate credibility and earn trust every day.
In this one-day workshop with the leaders of Trusting News, you’ll hear what we’ve learned about the most common causes of mistrust. You’ll see what newsrooms are already doing to address mistrust, and how we know it’s working. You’ll leave the workshop feeling more optimistic about your relationship with your community, ready to empower your colleagues to take ownership of the problem of trust.
Cost: $39. Deadline: Dec. 13. Apply now.
A Journalist’s Guide to Covering Jails — Baltimore
Morgan State School of Global Journalism & Communication, Baltimore, Maryland, March 5-6
This intensive two-day workshop will focus on understanding the causes and consequences of local jail incarceration and explore some ways that communities are addressing the issue. Poynter’s experts and experienced journalists will help reporters find engaging stories and reliable data so they can provide aggressive and thoughtful coverage of this vitally important topic. The sessions will be practical, inspiring and non-political.
Cost: Free for selected applicants. Deadline: Jan. 10. Apply now.
Poynter Producer Project
Online and in-person at the Poynter Institute, March 10-April 7
This unique seminar will help you expand your expertise as a TV producer with new writing, storytelling, coaching and ethical decision-making skills. We’re combining the best of online learning with in-person coaching and mentoring to help you tell stronger stories and make tough calls on deadline. With decades of success stories — many of our graduates are now news directors and executive producers — this opportunity can launch your career.
Cost: $550. Deadline: Feb. 17. Apply now.
Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders
In-person seminar at the Poynter Institute, March 29-April 3Â
This popular five-day seminar will give you the tools and confidence to lead and grow a staff of high-performing journalists. This course is ideal for new managers, leaders with little formal training and/or journalists about to get promoted.
You will learn how to establish your credibility as a leader, even if you are new in your role; manage people who were once your peers; and conduct difficult conversations that get results.
Cost: $1,550. Deadline: Feb. 17. Apply now.
LEADERSHIP
Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media
In-person at the Poynter Institute, June 14-19
Poynter’s week-long transformative, tuition-free leadership program trains journalists of color working in digital media to thrive professionally and personally. This seminar fosters honest discourse about the challenges for journalists of color in management roles. It also provides the connections, confidence and skills to confront them. Deadline: Feb. 14. Apply now.
Poynter Leadership Academy
In-person, Sept. 20-25
This highly interactive, five-day program offers participants the chance to refine their leadership styles, update their understanding of management and media trends and tools, and receive personal coaching that will accelerate their effectiveness as leaders. Apply by Aug 3. Cost: $1,750. Apply now.
Media Innovation Tour
In-person, Oct. 26-30, 2020
In this weeklong tour, you will get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of major media organizations in Washington D.C. and New York City. Apply by Aug 1. Cost: $8,250. Apply now.
BROADCAST
State Broadcasters Association: Covering the 2020 Elections – Member Enrollment
Training dates:Â Dec. 3 and Dec. 10Â at 1 p.m. Eastern
Are you a member of your state’s broadcast association? Did you know that you have complimentary access to specialized Poynter training, led by Al Tompkins, designed to improve your coverage of the 2020 elections? Contact your association for the coupon code. Value: $600. Enroll now.
TV Power Reporting Academy
Online: Sept. 8-Oct. 6; In-Person: Sept. 25-27
In this hybrid online and in-person training, you will get individual feedback on your work, hone your critical thinking and learn to find the stories that others miss. When you’re done, you’ll have a toolkit full of practical skills and a roadmap to move your career ahead. Apply by Aug. 17. Cost: $550. Apply now.
REPORTING, WRITING, EDITING
Write Your Heart Out: The Craft of the Personal Essay
Online group seminar, Jan. 24-Feb. 21
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. Deadline: Jan 24. Cost: $349. Enroll now.
Summit for Reporters and Editors
In-person, May 3-8
In this week-long specialized training, you will learn to use digital approaches and narrative writing techniques to transform your work, whether it’s a daily story or a major project. Apply by March 27. Cost: $1,550. Apply now.
Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship: 2020-2021
Fellowship blending education opportunities with work experience, June 2020-May 20201
Are you an early career journalist who wants to accelerate your future? The Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism Fellowship provides the cohort, coaching and career-starting job you need to level up as a media professional. Deadline: Feb. 28. Apply now.
Teachapalooza: Front Edge Teaching Tools for College Educators
In-person, June 5-7
This seminar will get you up-to-date on the technology and trends that shape journalism, show you the latest ways educators are using innovation in their classrooms, and focus on data storytelling and new storytelling platforms. Apply by April 30. Cost: $350. Early bird pricing: $299 for first 50 registrants. Apply now.
A Journalists Guide to Covering Jails — Memphis
Regional training in Memphis, Tennessee, June 24-25
This intensive two-day workshop will focus on understanding the causes and consequences of local jail incarceration and explore some ways that communities are addressing the issue. The sessions will be practical, inspiring and non-political. Deadline: April 24. Cost: Free for selected applicants. Apply now.
A Journalist’s Guide to Covering Jails — Minneapolis
Regional training in Minneapolis, Aug. 4-5
This intensive two-day workshop will focus on understanding the causes and consequences of local jail incarceration and explore some ways that communities are addressing the issue. The sessions will be practical, inspiring and non-political.
Deadline: June 12. Cost: Free for selected applicants. Apply now.
The Power of Diverse Voices
In-person, Nov. 12-15
This transformative four-day seminar will help journalists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds find their voices and build skills for writing opinion pieces and personal essays. Apply by July 31. Cost: Free for selected applicants. Apply now.
Investigating Jails
Self-directed course
This course is organized into three one-hour lessons each centered on an area of great importance in covering jails: mental illness, financial injustice and mistreatment. Each lesson features one or two journalism projects as a driving vehicle for learning, breaking down the reporting process for each with the help of the journalist behind the piece. Cost: Free. Enroll now.Â
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