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Join us today as we broadcast the winners of the Poynter Journalism Prizes
We're rolling out the virtual red carpet today to honor some of the best American journalism of the past year.
Join us on poynter.org ([link removed]) at 2 p.m. Eastern as we announce the winners and finalists of the 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes.
The 10 prizes honor some of the best in U.S. journalism from 2023, with categories for excellent writing, local accountability reporting, community-minded public service, justice reporting, editorial and column writing, innovation, diversity leadership, and First Amendment work.
"We can't wait to unveil the really terrific work that is being honored by this year's prizes," said Jennifer Orsi, Poynter's senior director for publishing and local news initiatives and the director of the Poynter Journalism Prizes. "Our judges remarked again and again how impressed and inspired they were by the depth of quality in the entries this year."
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"Economically, the past year has been a difficult one for lots of newsrooms," Orsi said. "But the entries in this contest showed there remains a huge volume of important, change-making journalism being done across the country."
Keep reading to find out more about Poynter's efforts to celebrate and enhance the work of journalists.
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** Lead with Influence (June 2024)
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Beat Academy: Extremism reporting grants
Applications due Friday, April 26
Earlier this month, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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