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 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 Online Seminar

MediaWise for Seniors: Live Fact-Checking Seminar (Winter 2020)

Improve your media literacy, and learn tools and techniques for fact-checking what you see online. This two-week course is meant for people 50 years and older who regularly consume news online.
Dec. 7, 2020
Application not required
Al Tompkins
Free
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.
Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 at 2 p.m. Eastern
Al Tompkins
Free
This webinar is free thanks to generous support from the American Medical Association
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 Dec. 14, 2020
Al Tompkins
Free
This course is free thanks to The MacArthur Foundation
NewsU Online Seminar

Write Your Heart Out: The Craft of the Personal Essay (January 2021)

Uncover the powerful stories from your life and learn how to share them in ways that resonate with audiences during this four-week online course, led by NPR’s Keith Woods.
Jan. 25-Feb. 19, 2021
Application not required
Keith Woods
$349
NewsU Online Seminar

Power Up: Leadership in Tough Times (Winter 2021)

This virtual, six-week workshop is designed for frontline newsroom managers of all levels working to help their staffs and audiences navigate the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesdays, Feb. 9 to March 16, 2021.
Apply by: Jan. 18. 2021
Cheryl Carpenter
$199
Thanks to generous support from the Lumina Foundation, this course is just $150
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