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If you had $50,000, how would you change fact-checking?

Here’s what the International Fact-Checking Network’s new leadership has in store

Hello, fact-checkers of the world! It's been about a month since Poynter announced Baybars Örsek,…

Poynter opens applications for three Leadership Academies for Women in Digital Media in 2019

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Nov. 1, 2018) – The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism,…

Poynter, NABJ announce the 2018 diversity leadership class

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Oct. 31, 2018) – The Poynter Institute and the National Association of…

Igniting unity in Queens: College Media Project Training 2018-2019

St. John’s University is an hour’s drive and on the surface a world away from…

‘Very 21st century’: Digital natives learn to spot fakes at ‘Be MediaWise’ training

How do you stop the spread of fake news? It’s not a one-step process. It’s…

Charting the black narrative in Greensboro: College Media Project Training 2018-2019

Green. It surrounded us as summer held a hot grip on this slice of North…

Campus tours: All the stops on our College Media Project Training 2018-2019

Stop One: The University of Florida Searching for story in Gainesville: College Media Project Training…

Poynter hires Katy Byron as first MediaWise editor and program manager

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2018) – The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism,…

How to ask your boss for money for professional development

Large news organizations like The New York Times, the Associated Press and Univision typically have…

Why you should include training in your budget, even when times are tough

It starts with identifying the biggest challenges in your newsroom and then selecting the type of training you can reasonably afford. 

How to be a better leader in the #metoo era

Thanks to the #metoo movement and recent research, we know that the media industry has…

Guarantee your spot in Poynter’s 2019 training (and save 15%)

Poynter teaching is more popular than ever. In 2018, every Poynter seminar sold out.  Individuals…

Journalists share their takeaways about how to cover a rapidly changing workforce

It’s been 10 years since the start of the Great Recession. Unemployment is low, interest…

Searching for story in Gainesville: College Media Project Training 2018-2019

Six-lane divided highways, strip malls and “love bugs” mark the drive to the Gainesville Sun…