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THIS WEEK’S TL;DR: Transform your leadership at our signature Academy, get expert legal guidance from NYT & CIR counsel, access immigration reporting resources, browse job opportunities & more.



Newsroom leaders like you aren’t just experiencing the changing media landscape—you’re driving it. Are you prepared to steer your team and serve the larger industry?

Tony Elkins, tasked with the launch of this historic Poynter Leadership Academy, once stood where you stand. He credits the course with reinventing his professional path.

“I view my career in two distinct ways — pre-Poynter and post-Poynter. The Poynter Leadership Academy completely transformed me as a newsroom leader and a person.”
 

Under the guidance of Tony Elkins and award-winning editor-in-chief Kate Cox, you'll engage in candid discussions, participate in hands-on activities and experience a curriculum tailor-made for you and your carefully selected cohorts.

Progress from leadership trial-by-fire to one of purposeful influence, building both human-centered skills and a lasting shared community of program peers.

Apply to join The Poynter Leadership Academy: where managers become leaders.
  FEATURED TRAINING

Safeguarding your journalism against legal threats | an OnPoynt webinar

Online webinar
April 7, 2025
1 – 2:15 p.m. Eastern
Free


This complimentary 75-minute webinar will confront your most pressing journalism defense questions and equip you with practical strategies to protect your work in today's challenging legal landscape. 

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The Poynter Leadership Academy (2025)

In-person training
June 2-6 2025, St. Petersburg, Florida
$1,350 

This immersive, five-day program provides experienced managers and leaders with the tools and strategies to engage with their teams more effectively, communicate their strategic vision and steer their organizations toward success. Apply by March 31, 2025.

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Beat Academy: Immigration (March 2025) 

Online webinar 
March 27, 2025
1 – 2:15 p.m. Eastern 
$15 


This comprehensive immigration webinar provides practical insights from experienced reporters and policy experts on covering immigration policy under the Trump administration with accuracy and depth. Participants will also gain eligibility for an exclusive El Paso workshop and reporting grants of up to $7,500.

ENROLL NOW
Breaking Into Books: A Non-Fiction Writing Workshop for Journalists

In-person training
June 10-12, 2025, St. Petersburg, Florida
$2,000

In this workshop, journalists will master narrative non-fiction techniques, gain insights into the publishing world and build resilience for handling rejections. Expert-led sessions will teach how to work with agents and help participants develop their own book proposals, with personalized guidance from experienced writers. Space is limited to maximize feedback, so apply by April 2, 2025.

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  ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Beat Academy: Polarized America
Webinar series
Poynter’s Beat Academy explores Polarization in America and Christian Nationalism to empower newsrooms to foster understanding and inspire meaningful dialogue. Originally broadcast Feb. 20 and 27, 2025.
Cost: $15. Enroll now.

Grant Writing for Journalists
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.

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.

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 tip sheets and Understanding U.S. Immigration from the Border to the Heartland, 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. 
The 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, developing style guides and building trust and career resilience with this new program, designed for 2025.
Cost: $650 or $500 for ACES members. 

  CAREERS
Search our job board for opportunities in the industry — see examples below.
• WTMJ Multimedia Journalist, Good Karma Brands, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Newspaper Editor/Reporter, Enterprise Company, Inc., Clinton, Missouri
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News Director, Wick Communications, Wenatchee, Washington
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  FROM OUR NEWSROOM
• An Italian newspaper launched a generative AI experiment. It’s not going well, by Alex Mahadevan
• The moment Darnella Frazier hit record, she proved anyone can hold power to account, by Poynter Staff
• I learned my hometown paper died from Facebook. That’s the future we’re facing, by Nicholas Reynolds
   
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