Training & Events

A transformative four-day seminar that helps journalists of color find their voice and build skills for writing opinion pieces and personal essays.

This seminar will give managers the tools and the confidence to lead and grow a staff of high-performing journalists.

This seminar will give managers the tools and the confidence to lead and grow a staff of high-performing journalists.

In this hybrid online and in-person seminar, MMJ/VJ reporters will get individual feedback on their work to elevate their career in broadcast.

Poynter’s premier seminar for high-potential managers to refine their leadership styles and update their understanding of management trends.

A transformative four-day seminar that helps journalists of color find their voice and build skills for writing opinion pieces and personal essays.

This nine-month training and coaching program will help local news organizations transform into more sustainable digital publishers.

Teachapalooza will show you the latest ways educators are using innovation in their classrooms.

This workshop for high schoolers will improve your skills and hone your understanding of journalism’s role in a democracy.

Use digital approaches and narrative writing techniques to transform your work - whether it’s a daily story or a major project.

This seminar will give managers the tools and the confidence to lead and grow a staff of high-performing journalists.

The Poynter Producer Project helps newsrooms grow their own producers using both online learning with in-person coaching and mentoring.

This is a transformative, tuition-free leadership program to train journalists of color working in digital media to thrive, personally and professionally.

The Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) Program: A Poynter Institute Executive Fellowship

The Poynter women’s leadership training focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to rise to the highest levels of media leadership.

The Poynter women’s leadership training focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to rise to the highest levels of media leadership.

The Poynter women’s leadership training focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to rise to the highest levels of digital media leadership.

Find concrete ways everyone in your organization can work to demonstrate credibility and earn trust every day.

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

Transcribing interviews with Descript.

What makes an idea or event a news story? Explore the who, what, when, where, why and how of news.

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

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

Shape information into a sharp, focused story.

It's a challenge to verifying information in a networked world. Get the knowledge and tools you need to evaluate what you hear, read and see.

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

How newsrooms cover more with limited resources.

This course will help you understand how surveys serve as helpful resources about how individuals and groups think and behave.

Getting to know your audience through Parse.ly.

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

This course offers tips for using basic analytics data to figure out what your audience wants more of, what to stop doing and how to integrate an analytics strategy into your busy schedule.

How to form a national-local news partnership.

Learn the foundational concepts for reporting, writing, editing and producing multimedia.

In this course, you’ll examine your own assumptions about race and ethnicity.

Create your own journalism site.

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

Recognize the red flags of journalism.

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

Learn how to protect your organization against accusations of libel, defamation, copyright infringement and more.

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.

Five reasons people will watch or read a story.

Turn complexity into simplicity.

In this five-part module, you’ll learn everything you need to write more effective audio narratives, from generating an idea to recording your story.

Reporting and discrediting rumors and hoaxes.

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

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

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

Bring literary narrative to your reporting.

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

This interactive video course will teach you what you need to know about being a better interviewer and allow you to put those lessons into practice.

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

Identify reliable sources, debunk viral misinformation, and decide whether a statement is really checkable.

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.

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

Bring music to your writing

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

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

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

How to coach a writer beyond simply correcting copy.

Find the story through numbers.

Create visualizations for data-driven stories.

Learn to identify credible news resources and evaluate information you find on the Internet and elsewhere.

Reach the right audience effectively.

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

This course teaches you how to use the Freedom of Information Act, Public Records Laws and Open Meetings Laws to uphold your right to know the government's actions.

This course will teach an approach for untangling convoluted copy.

This course will help you understand how opinion polls and surveys serve as helpful resources about how individuals and groups think and behave.

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

Build or refine your process for making ethical decisions — before you're faced with a tough call on deadline.

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

Practice the fundamentals of grammar and punctuation so you can write with greater confidence.

This $29.95 course is available free of charge thanks to the generous support of the Harnisch Foundation.

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

Gain credibility in social media platforms.

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

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

Reporting stories about disability as people.

An overview of content development and delivery strategies.

Effectively select and license photos for publication.

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

Trimming the news for spaces.

Gain a solid grounding in the process of editing and the range of skills that give text a professional polish.

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

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

For experienced editors who are seeking to move their work to a new level. Hone your skills and edit beyond style, grammar and punctuation.

Learn effective investigative reporting strategies enabling you to gain deep access to jails to uncover mistreatment.

Making Facebook your newsroom.

These certificate and OGS bundled together form a comprehensive training program for editors and writers who want to hone their skills and edit strategically instead of just tactically.

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

Identifica fuentes confiables, desenmascara desinformación viral y decide si una declaración es verificable.

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

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

Marketing opportunities for journalists.

Wrangle data to find and tell stories.

Getting to know the news business.

We'll walk through basic principles of SEO, examine how headlines show up in social media and discuss the fundamentals of A/B testing.

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

Reporting hate and extremism.

Build connections across demographics and difference.

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.

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

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

Clean up your writing into a refined style.

This course will show you how to be a better listener.

Journalists' rights and limits in public places.

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

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

How to use Wikipedia in journalism.

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

Helpful journalism tips when covering a mass shooting.

The Accurate, Audience-Focused Editing Certificate aims to get editors to apply their critical thinking skills to deeper editing.

Catch your audience from the start when telling a story.

Build trust instead of distrust.

Turn photography into photojournalism.

Your guide to writing about numbers accurately, ethically and elegantly, with a quick review of how to calculate the basics.

Investigate post-disaster stories

How visual journalists survive the newsrooms.

The rules and non-rules in grammar.

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

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

You’ve written a great story? Well, now all you need to do is get people to read it.

This course will help you confidently approach reporting and writing the first stories off your new beat.

This course will introduce you to the world of alternative story forms and show you how to add them to your writing, editing or designing repertoire.

The best journalism methods for mass shooting stories.

Pitching elements of a good story idea.

How to turn a tip into the foundation of an investigation

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.

Learn how to cover the "TQ" in the LGBTQIA community with respect and accuracy.

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

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

Finding the tenor and format for a story.

This course will teach you how traumatic stress affects victims and how to interview trauma victims with compassion and respect.

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

How newsrooms obtain the financial support besides ads.

The importance of understanding the cannabis business.