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Featured Courses

NewsU Certificate

Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing

The Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing gives you a solid understanding of the standards, essential skills and best practices of editing.

Merrill Perlman

$150

NewsU Online Seminar

Web Headlines & SEO Essentials (February 2019)

Learn about the set of technologies and techniques that can bring more eyes to your content and more visitors to your site, including SEO.

Feb. 5 to Feb. 22, 2019

Vanessa Goodrum

$299

NewsU Webinar

Covering Immigration Enforcement

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

Upcoming Broadcast: Jan. 31, 2019

Julia Preston

$29.95

NewsU Online Seminar

Write Your Heart Out: The Craft of the Personal Essay (January 2019)

How to tell stories in ways that will resonate with others, whether in print or online.

Jan. 25 - Feb. 22, 2019

Keith Woods

$349

NewsU Online Seminar

Building Effective Websites for Better User Experience

This hands-on, project-based course will help you develop website-building skills from the ground up – no prior coding experience necessary.

To be announced.

Casey Frechette

$349

NewsU Online Seminar

Writers Without Editors: How to Edit Your Own Writing

Gain the skills you need to polish your own prose.

To be announced.

Merrill Perlman

$429

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NewsU Self-directed Course

Copyright Law and Fair Use for Journalists

This course will help journalists understand what constitutes fair use of content, particularly online content, and debunk copyright myths.

Updated: 2018

Ellyn Angelotti Kamke

$29.95

NewsU Online Seminar

Will Work for Impact: Fundamentals of Investigative Journalism

A seminar for reporters with ambition to do investigative journalism that functions as an important part of democracy.

March 1 to March 31, 2019

Alexandra Zayas

$399

NewsU Online Seminar

TV Assignment Editor Workshop

How to find stories and sources online, how to use new tools to get stories online and how to help others to “get” your vision.

July 5 to July 26, 2019

Al Tompkins

$349

NewsU Online Seminar

Building Effective Websites for Better User Experience

This hands-on, project-based course will help you develop website-building skills from the ground up – no prior coding experience necessary.

To be announced.

Casey Frechette

$349

NewsU Online Seminar

Writers Without Editors: How to Edit Your Own Writing

Gain the skills you need to polish your own prose.

To be announced.

Merrill Perlman

$429

NewsU Tutorial

Find Focus for Your Video Stories: A Poynter Tutorial

Shape information into a sharp, focused story.

Al Tompkins

$9.95

NewsU Webinar

Building Trust on Facebook

Gain credibility in social media platforms.

Broadcast date: March 2, 2017

Joy Mayer

FREE

This $29.95 webinar is free thanks to the support of the McCormick Foundation.

NewsU Online Seminar

Web Headlines & SEO Essentials (February 2019)

Learn about the set of technologies and techniques that can bring more eyes to your content and more visitors to your site, including SEO.

Feb. 5 to Feb. 22, 2019

Vanessa Goodrum

$299

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