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Broadcasters and public media leaders: Act fast for your next big opportunity
Here's your chance to take advantage of two outstanding training programs — especially if you specialize in broadcast media.
TV and video producers accepted into the Poynter Producer Project ([link removed]) will learn from dedicated journalists like CNN's Ramón Escobar ([link removed]) , Bervette Carree ([link removed]) , and Poynter's Kelly McBride ([link removed]) and Kerwin Speight ([link removed]) . You can read more about lead faculty Speight's background, work ethic and teaching style in this recent Q&A, "Here’s your chance to train with a journalist so dedicated, he’ll walk to work in a blizzard." ([link removed])
Participants will learn to tell stronger stories, produce engaging newscasts, make tough calls on deadline and manage the complexities of the journalism industry’s impact on local newsrooms. Participants will enhance their news judgment, develop critical thinking skills and grow their newsroom leadership.
Applications ([link removed]) close this Friday, April 19.
The Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative fellowship ([link removed]) for public media journalists will strengthen news leadership and ethical decision-making skills. Over nine months, participants will receive individual coaching, learn from industry experts, collaborate in small peer groups, and work on a personal project that will benefit their newsroom and their own leadership.
Applications ([link removed]) are due Monday, April 22.
Read below for more training opportunities and newsroom resources.
FEATURED TRAINING
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Beat Academy: Transgender Coverage
Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern
The first of two webinars designed help journalists produce truthful, accurate coverage on one of the most talked-about issues this election year takes place this Thursday.
"Transgender Coverage: Avoiding rhetoric to deliver meaningful journalism" ([link removed]) is the next topic in our Beat Academy series.
This first session (Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern) will include essential information on core research from medical and psycho-social perspectives, including identifying research disputes. We will discuss gender affirming care and learn to use the right vocabulary.
Our second session (Thursday, May 2 at 1 p.m. Eastern) will focus on the legal and legislative landscape, the 2024 election, and how to get into and cover the trans community.
Enrollees can apply for one of three reporting grants ([link removed]) of up to $11,500 to explore how the transgender debate has touched lives in their area.
Beat Academy ([link removed]) helps America's journalists cover the evolving and emerging topics that impact their communities. Attend as many or as few of our eight webinar topics as you like for one price.
Cost: $75 per individual; $50 for five or more spots.
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The Poynter Journalism Prizes
Online announcement
Tuesday, April 23, 2 p.m. Eastern
The Poynter Institute will stream the announcement of the winners and finalists of the first Poynter Journalism Prizes ([link removed]) on our website poynter.org ([link removed]) Tuesday, April 23, at 2 p.m Eastern.
We invite you to tune in and watch as some of the best in U.S. journalism from 2023 is honored. The 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes honor 10 categories, including great writing, local accountability reporting, community-minded public service, justice reporting, editorial and column writing, innovation, diversity leadership, and First Amendment work.
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** Reporter’s Toolkit
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Online seminar
May 7-June 11
The Dallas Morning News’ Tom Huang is a champion for early-career journalists. You can read more about this course and his devotion to mentorship this recent Poynter Q&A ‘I’m seeing on a very personal level how challenging it is to be a younger reporter these days.’ ([link removed])
As lead faculty, Huang is bringing this champion mentality to our six-week virtual seminar that equips reporters with the tools and one-on-one coaching they need to hit the ground running and build a successful career. Along with Huang ([link removed]) , assistant managing editor for journalism initiatives at The Dallas Morning News, you'll learn from Fernanda Camarena ([link removed]) , Poynter faculty, and Kathleen McGrory ([link removed]) , editor, local investigations fellowship at The New York Times.
This course ([link removed]) is designed for reporters with up to six years of experience. Hurry! Applications close April 26.
Cost: $499.
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Attendees at a Poynter training in Chicago on covering political extremism listen to Chris Jones, director of research and security at the Rural Digital Resiliency Project. (Julia Fitzgerald/Poynter)
Beat Academy: Extremism reporting grants
Applications due Friday, April 26
Last week, a group of journalists gathered for a free training workshop in Chicago to discuss best practices in covering political extremism, thanks to the Joyce Foundation — which is also funding three $10,000 reporting grants ([link removed]) .
The grants are open to journalists across the country, although there is a preference for journalists in the Great Lake states of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
By the grant application deadline, you must enroll in Beat Academy and watch "Extremist Politics: How to report on powerful undercurrents in the 2024 elections," ([link removed]) recorded Feb. 1 and 15.
Beat Academy enrollment ([link removed]) is $75 and provides access to all eight webinar series. The cost is just $50 per person if a newsroom enrolls five or more people.
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MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Lead with Influence
Virtual course, June 3-24
Specifically designed for women and nonbinary journalists, this is the second of our three virtual leadership trainings 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.
The deadline to apply is May 6.
Cost: $600. Apply now. ([link removed])
Reporting on the Rise of AI
In-person workshop, June 28
This free, one-day workshop will give Washington, D.C.,-area journalists a chance to connect with RAND’s top AI experts in sessions that examine AI and social bias, the workforce, misinformation, and the industry interests that will shape government regulation.
Free. Apply now. ([link removed])
Work-Life Chemistry
Six-week newsletter course
Kristen Hare, who teaches and covers local news for Poynter, has spent years preaching this popular reframe for work-life balance. In this course, she'll walk you through discovering your formula, building it for growth and using it to combat burnout.
Cost: $50. Enroll now. ([link removed])
Poynter ACES Intermediate Certificate in Editing
Self-directed online course
This seven-course certification program expands on our introductory certificate ([link removed]) and offers a thorough grounding in the skills editors need to succeed in today's news, corporate and freelance environments.
Cost: $250 or $175 for ACES members. Enroll now. ([link removed])
Understanding U.S. Immigration from the Border to the Heartland
Self-directed online course
This newly updated and expanded, six-part self-directed course will give journalists a thorough understanding of immigration and immigrants in the United States, as well as the skills and resources to produce strong, accurate storytelling.
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NEWSROOM RESOURCES
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Your newsroom needs an AI ethics policy. Start here.
Artificial intelligence is out there, and more people are using it than you might think — including in your newsroom — so Poynter assembled a team to create a guide to help you think through how to make sure your team is using it ethically.
This toolkit will give you a statement of journalism values that roots AI experimentation in the principles of accuracy, transparency and audience trust, followed by a set of specific guidelines. This framework can be customized by newsrooms of any size.
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FROM OUR NEWSROOM
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• A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order, ([link removed]) by Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman.
• At nonprofit newsrooms, is good journalism but sparse audiences a recipe for irrelevance? ([link removed]) , ([link removed]) by Rick Edmonds.
• Newsrooms should treat the electorate like the hiring committee it actually is ([link removed]) , ([link removed]) by Jennifer Brandel.
• What is the best sports documentary of all time? ([link removed]) , ([link removed]) by Tom Jones.
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