Our next Beat Academy will help you deal with harassers. Read for more about that and other training opportunities. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Journalists increasingly face online harassment campaigns. Here's one resource to help. Poynter managing editor Ren LaForme wrote in his Open Tabs newsletter last week, "Too many journalists have been thrust into the petrifying and disorienting cyclone of a social media harassment campaign. The public nature of our work and social media’s performative outrage cycles make it nearly inevitable." A new face was recently put to this troubling trend: Las Vegas Review-Journal crime reporter Sabrina Schnur, whose reporting on the death of a retired Las Vegas police chief led to extreme harassment, including death threats. Poynter media business reporter Angela Fu caught up with Schnur and her editor. "A reporter made sure a retired police chief’s death didn’t go uncovered. Then social media attacked her" recounts how Schnur and her editor worked through the impacts and effects of this coordinated hate campaign.  All of this was happening, LaForme noted, "to a newsroom that just last year endured the killing of one of its reporters, Jeff German, and a public official being charged with his murder." An upcoming Beat Academy session will attempt to help journalists facing similar online attack campaigns. Our next webinar, set for Oct. 5, is called Journalist Harassment: A Self-Defense Kit. Scroll down for more about getting a harassment action plan in place for yourself, your colleagues and your newsroom. (And stay in the know about Poynter journalism by subscribing to Open Tabs.)   FEATURED TRAINING AND EVENTS Journalist Harassment: A Self-Defense Kit (Beat Academy, 2023) Webinar, Oct. 5, 1-2:30 p.m. Eastern When it comes to harassment that goes beyond the ordinary hate mail, a plan beats no plan. From everyday common-sense steps you can take, to making sure your newsroom is ready for the worst, join our Oct. 5 session, Journalist Harassment: A Self-Defense Kit. And in our last Beat Academy session of 2023, on Oct. 19, we'll localize the impact of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, which has had ripple effects across higher education admissions. We show you where to find the data that matters in your area and discuss the framework to help your audience understand the options and challenges that schools face in Affirmative Action Retrenchment. Cost: $50 (covers all Beat Academy training and replays) ENROLL NOW Lead with Influence (2023) Online group seminar, Nov. 6-27 This four-session virtual workshop is especially designed to help women and nonbinary journalists in the industry use their social capital to lead with influence. "Managing without being a literal 'manager' requires skills beyond the typical leadership trainings," said Susan Phillips, senior reporter at WHYY and recent program graduate. "This course helps generate insight into your own individual styles, and encourages you to take advantage of those strengths while also strategizing on how to influence co-workers who are above, below and sideways." This is an interactive, virtual training for leaders who manage big responsibilities — such as processes, products or platforms — without direct reports.  Apply by Oct. 16. Cost: $600. APPLY NOW The Poynter Institute’s Bowtie Ball, Honoring Anderson Cooper (2023) In-person gala, Nov. 18, Tampa, Florida The Bowtie Ball is Poynter’s largest annual celebration of journalistic excellence that recognizes the contributions of the brightest and liveliest minds in the industry to democracies worldwide. 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