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Beat Academy is back for 2024 with new topics, experts, journalists, data and story ideas.
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Journalists require background, resources, experts and data to help their audiences contextualize important issues.
That’s where Beat Academy comes in.
For the second year in a row, Poynter will offer a series of expert-led and resource-packed webinars designed to enhance journalists’ understanding of topics critical to American life.
These sessions will help journalists tackle the emerging and evolving beats they need the most help synthesizing, while considering the trends driving change in their markets. Enrollees should leave Beat Academy with tools, sources and resources that will empower their storytelling and enable them to better serve their communities.
Beat Academy is just $75 for the entire eight-topic webinar series.
Scroll down for a schedule and details on bulk discounts, then keep reading for more on how to make your 2024 your most impactful yet.
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Starts Feb. 1
Poynter's Beat Academy is back for a second year to help America's journalists cover the evolving and emerging topics that impact their communities.
Upcoming sessions include:
- Extremist Politics: How to report on powerful undercurrents in the 2024 elections (Feb. 1, 15)
- Auditing ARPA and IRA: How to report on Biden’s promise to communities (Feb. 29)
- Immigration in Focus: How domestic labor demand and politically driven immigrant busing expose flaws in the system (March 14; El Paso workshop June 5-7)
- Economic Realities: Understanding your local economy and telling compelling stories centered on people and families (March 28, writing session June 13)
- Transgender Coverage: Avoiding rhetoric to deliver meaningful journalism (April 18, May 2)
- New Healthcare Dynamics: What medical AI and the lack of long-term care choices mean for your communities (May 30, Sept. 26)
- Vote Watch 2024: What’s on the line for your state’s voting system? (July 11)
- Climate Change: Finding the angle in any beat (Sept. 12)
Attend as many or as few webinars as you like for one price. News organizations can also buy seats in bulk for a discount.
Cost: $75 per individual; $50 for five or more spots |
| Lead with Influence (2024) |
February, June and October
This virtual leadership training is made for those who want to flex their organizational muscle, but who have no direct reports — leaders who manage big responsibilities like processes, products or platforms.
This four-session workshop was originally designed to help women and nonbinary journalists use their social capital to lead with influence. Due to industry-wide demand, it's being offered three times in 2024:
- All gender identities: Wednesdays in February
- Women and nonbinary journalists: Mondays in June
- All gender identities: Wednesdays in October
Apply now for the session that best fits your needs and timeline. But hurry! Applications for the February sessions close Jan. 12.
Cost: $600. |
Transforming Local Crime Reporting Into Public Safety Journalism (2024)
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March 19-Sept. 17, 2024
This 24-week virtual course teaches change management to newsroom teams that want to overhaul their criminal justice reporting. Each team will receive feedback and consulting from experts.
With a retail price of more than $10,000, this course is being offered for just $1,000 to U.S.-based newsrooms willing to commit two hours per week on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. Eastern. Applications are open to teams of three to six people, including one front-line journalist and one manager with the ability to influence policy.
Learn more about our approach to public safety journalism.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until Jan. 30, but apply early! This course will fill up quickly.
Cost: $1,000. |
| Poynter ACES Intermediate Certificate in Editing (new for 2024) |
Start any time
This seven-course, asynchronous certification program expands on our introductory certificate.
It offers a thorough grounding in the skills editors need to succeed in today's news, corporate and freelance environments. Participants will focus on:
- Improving grammar
- Working with writers
- Getting more efficient and staying organized
- Understanding legal issues
- Verifying visuals online
- Considering ethical dilemmas
- Editing data
This go-at-your-own-pace certification program is one of our most popular and is highly regarded in the industry.
Cost: $250 or $175 for ACES members. |
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