Training & Events

You can bring Poynter training directly to your newsroom, classroom or workplace. Click here to explore custom teaching options or consider the opportunities listed below to attend a Poynter training session in-person at our campus in Florida, at regional locations, or online:

Online Training

NewsU Online Seminar

Will Work For Impact: Fundamentals of Investigative Reporting (Spring 2021)

A seminar for reporters with ambition to do investigative journalism that functions as an important part of democracy.
May 18, 2021 to June 8, 2021
Application not required
Alexandra Zayas
$399
NewsU Self-directed Course

Open Records Success: Strategies for Writing Requests and Overcoming Denials

Learn successful strategies for requesting the records you want, as well as tips for overcoming an agency’s denials.
Start anytime
Application not required
Barbara Allen
Free
Thanks to support from the Charles Koch Foundation
NewsU Self-directed Course

MediaWise for Seniors: Self-Directed Fact-Checking Course (Winter 2020/21)

Now more than ever, falling for false information on the internet is a matter of life and death. Protect yourself by improving your media literacy with this self-paced course.
Start anytime
Alex Mahadevan
$29.95
Thanks to support from Facebook
NewsU Webinar

Reporting on the COVID-19 Vaccines

Learn the critical details of the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines in order to be better prepared to share information with a general audience.
Replay on demand
Al Tompkins
Free
This webinar is free thanks to generous support from the American Medical Association
NewsU Self-directed Course

MediaWise Fact-Checking 101 (Winter 2020)

This one-hour course will introduce you to tools and techniques you can use to fact-check information online.
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Alex Mahadevan
$29.95
Thanks to support from Facebook
NewsU Online Seminar

A Journalist’s Guide to Covering Jails and Police Reform

This free online workshop series will help journalists more confidently cover America’s criminal justice system, from learning about COVID-19 inside jails to proposed changes in local policing.
Jan. 12-Feb. 4, 2021
Apply by Jan. 6, 2021
Al Tompkins
Free
This course is free thanks to The MacArthur Foundation
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