Training & Events

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

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

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

Effectively select and license photos for publication.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Pitching elements of a good story idea.

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

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.

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

Poynter’s new workshop is designed to mentor early-career journalists in a small-group setting to grow as investigators and storytellers.

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.

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

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

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

Five reasons people will watch or read a story.

Shape information into a sharp, focused story.

Catch your audience from the start when telling a story.

Gain credibility in social media platforms.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Create your own journalism site.

An overview of content development and delivery strategies.

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

Reach the right audience effectively.

How to coach a writer beyond simply correcting copy.

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

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

The importance of understanding the cannabis business.

Finding the tenor and format for a story.

The rules and non-rules in grammar.

Build trust instead of distrust.

Earning consumers' trust in journalism.

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

Reporting and discrediting rumors and hoaxes.

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

How to form a national-local news partnership.

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

This course will teach an approach for untangling convoluted copy.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

How newsrooms cover more with limited resources.

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

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

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

How to use Wikipedia in journalism.

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

How newsrooms obtain the financial support besides ads.

Wrangle data to find and tell stories.

Turn photography into photojournalism.

How visual journalists survive the newsrooms.

Journalists' rights and limits in public places.

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

Learn different approaches to local news coverage

The best journalism methods for mass shooting stories.

Marketing opportunities for journalists.

Build connections across demographics and difference.

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

Transcribing interviews with Descript.

Getting to know the news business.

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

Making Facebook your newsroom.

Reporting hate and extremism.

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

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

Find the story through numbers.

Investigate post-disaster stories.

Fast data research to share quickly.

Bring literary narrative to your reporting.

Bring music to your writing

Helpful journalism tips when covering a mass shooting.

Clean up your writing into a refined style.

Create visualizations for data-driven stories.

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

Reporting stories about disability as people.

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

Recognize the red flags of journalism.

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

Getting to know your audience through Parse.ly.

Trimming the news for spaces.

How to turn a tip into the foundation of an investigation

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

Turn complexity into simplicity.

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