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As we step into a new year and celebrate Poynter’s 50th anniversary, we remain committed to supporting and celebrating excellence in journalism. This milestone year is brimming with opportunities to learn, grow, and be recognized for your work.
We are excited to open the Poynter Journalism Prizes this week and introduce new trainings, designed to sharpen your skills and enhance your career, including the Poynter ACES Advanced Certificate in Editing and Covering Child Welfare: A Journalist’s Guide to Impactful Reporting. Here's to a year of growth, learning, and celebrating the legacy of Poynter’s impact on journalism!


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Poynter Journalism Prizes now open for entries
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In 2024, the Poynter Journalism Prizes honored a broadcast TV investigation into a corrupt local police department, a small weekly newspaper’s crusade for public records, and a haunting 425-word glimpse into a mother’s grief.
Now, the 2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes are open for entries. Enter today ([link removed]) through 6 p.m. Eastern time Friday, Feb. 14 for the chance to be recognized among the best journalism produced in the U.S. in 2024.
The contest, which features 10 categories honoring writing, reporting, innovation and diversity, accepts entries across all platforms from U.S.-based news organizations. If you enter before Feb. 1, you’ll get a discount on the entry fee.
Last year’s winners ([link removed]) included work from organizations large and small, from television, newspapers and digital sites. including the winners mentioned above – KHOU-TV, the Malheur Enterprise, and Maggie Prosser of The Dallas Morning News. Highlight the great work you and your team are doing to serve your communities by entering the contest.
Find full category descriptions ([link removed]) , contest rules ([link removed]) and FAQs ([link removed]) on our website. Go here ([link removed]) to submit your entry. For other questions or support, contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

FEATURED TRAINING
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** Poynter ACES Advanced Certificate in Editing
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Self-directed course
Start anytime
$650 or $500 for ACES members
Building on the skills in the introductory and intermediate certificates, the Poynter ACES Advanced Certificate in Editing is a seven-part certification program that engages participants in the most advanced facets of editing. Delve deeper into artificial intelligence, developmental editing, editing for inclusivity, developing style guides, and building trust and career resilience with this new program, designed for 2025.
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Covering Child Welfare: A Journalist's Guide to Impactful Reporting
Online workshop series
March 21-August 22, 2025
Free
This course is designed for journalists who want to deepen their connection with their communities and expand their audience by covering the critical issues surrounding child protection and the foster care system. Apply by Feb. 14, 2025.
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Lead with Influence (February 2025)
Virtual seminar
Wednesdays in February
$600
This is an interactive, virtual training for leaders who manage big responsibilities — such as processes, products or platforms — and have no direct reports. Apply by Jan. 10, 2025.
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Peak Producing: Elevate Your Newsroom, Accelerate Your Career (2025)
In-person training
April 7-11, 2025, St. Petersburg, Florida
$899
TV producers are often the unsung heroes of the newsroom. This seminar will empower producers with the practical and tactical skills needed to create compelling, engaging and informative newscasts, programs and content while managing the complexities of local journalism. Apply by Jan. 24, 2025.
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Executive Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative (2025-26)
Six-month fellowship, April-October, 2025
This free, six-month fellowship for executive managers of public media stations will strengthen editorial leadership and provide custom instruction on how to build capacity within public media. It will equip station managers with powerful support tools and provide cohort-based as well as individualized training to help them uphold public media journalism’s highest editorial standards and successfully lead every part of their station.
Cost: Free, thanks to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Apply now! ([link removed]) The application deadline is Thursday, Jan, 9 ([link removed]) .
Transforming Local Crime Reporting Into Public Safety Journalism (2025)
Virtual seminar, Monthly, March-October 2025
Now in its fourth year, this change management program has led more than 500 journalists in over 80 newsrooms to evolve their traditional reporting on crimes, safety and criminal justice.
Cost: $1,000 per newsroom team. Applications are due Jan. 17 ([link removed]) .
Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders (April 2025)
In-person training
Focus on the critical skills that new managers need to help forge successful paths to leadership in journalism. Cost: $1,550. Apply by Feb. 14, 2025 ([link removed]) .
Grant Writing for Journalists (2024)
Online, self-directed course
Learn the ins and outs of applying for grants to support your journalism, from developing a project or program to measuring its success. Cost: Free. Enroll anytime ([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 anytime. ([link removed])
Immigration resources
Tip sheet and online self-directed course
Zita Arocha is a bilingual journalist, writer and educator who's offering her decades of expertise covering immigration to Poynter learners through her Immigration Matters ([link removed]) tip sheets and Understanding U.S. Immigration from the Border to the Heartland ([link removed]) , a free six-part, self-directed course.
Cost: Free.
Poynter ACES Certificates in Editing
Self-directed online courses
Our Introductory Certificate helps you achieve greater communications clarity; learn how to embrace accuracy and verification; gives you ways to perfect your grammar, word use and style; and imparts the skills you need to make you the kind of editor people are hungry to work with.
Cost: $150 or $99 for ACES members.
The Intermediate Certificate goes deeper into topics like grammar, working with writers, ethics, law and tech, offering 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. Learn more ([link removed]) .
MORE POYNTER RESOURCES
Fact-Checking Capacity Building for Canadian Journalists
Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network is offering free training to current and aspiring fact-checkers in Canada, thanks to a new program supported by the Google News Initiative. This opportunity is open exclusively to Canada-based participants.
The next webinar is Wednesday, Jan. 8 , at 1 p.m. Eastern, and pairs with a foundational self-directed course on fact-checking ([link removed]) .
Register for the webinar here ([link removed]) .
CAREERS
Search our job board ([link removed]) for opportunities in the industry — see examples below!
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FROM OUR NEWSROOM
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