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What can help determine the credibility and impact of your reporting? The depth of your research.
Do you know how to find the court records and verified documents that safeguard your stories and help you survive legal challenges?
Hearsay kills credibility faster than any correction rebuilds it. Whether you’re digging up data that brings stories to life or seeking to refresh your overall research, our guide ([link removed]) from Caryn Baird, Poynter’s research expert, can help you find crucial contact points and enrich your reporting.
Baird, a researcher with more than 1,000 front-page credits at the Tampa Bay Times — including five Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, is no stranger to how every fact leaves a trail.
She created The 5Ws of Research ([link removed]) (containing a webinar + downloadable guides and resources) to offer actionable strategies used in top newsrooms to track down police reports, court records, corporate filings and more.
"With the 5Ws course, I give you tools and strategies that can uncover content you will have confidence in,” said Baird, a researcher for PolitiFact and The Poynter Institute, and formerly the senior news researcher at the Tampa Bay Times.
Join us at noon Eastern on Wednesday, July 30 for this 75-minute live webinar to build smarter, faster search strategies that improve accuracy and results. This essential primer is offered free for one month only, thanks to PolitiFact ([link removed]) .
“I tell my reporters that if they’re looking for anything longer than 10 minutes, they should message me and I’ll join in the hunt,” she said. “There are so many pots of data out there, it’s hard to know where to look. The free links I give out are a springboard to get you to the right database.”
If you’re a journalist, researcher, student or curious truth-seeker interested in learning how to find reliable documents and delve into national databases to strengthen your stories, join Caryn for The 5Ws of Research ([link removed]) at noon Eastern on July 30.
And if you attend the webinar and you're still stumped, Caryn is willing to help. Let her experience be your resource and expect expanding research offerings from Poynter coming up ahead. 🔎
FEATURED TRAINING
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Diversity Leadership Academy ([link removed])
In-person program
Nov. 3 - 7, 2025
$1350
Join the ninth cohort of Poynter’s annual Diversity Leadership Academy, where journalists of color develop management skills through “liberating ([link removed]) ” peer conversations and “life-changing ([link removed]) ” training. This weeklong workshop in St. Petersburg, Florida, provides the tools for diverse leaders to navigate complexity and drive meaningful change in their newsrooms.
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Edit to Elevate: Essentials for Early-Career Editors ([link removed])
Online group seminar
Sept. 8 - 29, 2025
$650
Join us on Mondays in September for a four-week course designed for early-career editors. Transform your edit from transactional to transformational with program lead Tom Huang and industry veterans Maria Carrillo and Kathleen McGrory. Get tools to line-edit under pressure, learn to coach inexperienced reporters remotely and guide reporters to develop quick enterprise stories that elevate their beat coverage. Sessions run Sept. 8-29 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern.
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** Peak Producing: Elevate your newsroom, accelerate your career (August 2025) ([link removed])
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Online group seminar
Aug. 11 - Sept. 8, 2025
$699
Apply by July 18 to level up your content, get guidance to manage journalism demands and learn how to become a newsroom leader with Poynter’s virtual training designed for new TV producers. This four-session training equips the backbone of your newsroom with dynamic skills in leadership, storytelling and ethical decision-making. Industry veterans Kerwin Speight and WTVD/ABC11’s VP Bervette Carree deliver frameworks that enhance program quality and team management. Sessions run August-September 2025. Invest in your producers, strengthen your newsroom.
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING
🌎 Over 400 fact-checkers from around the world attended GlobalFact 12, the world’s largest fact-checking summit, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute.
* Glean advice from leading Latin American journalists and see the panel in action here ([link removed]) .
* Read their reflections on innovation opportunities amid industry challenges here ([link removed]) .
* Discover which organizations were honored at the 2025 Global Fact-Checking Awards here ([link removed]) .
* Find out more about the International Fact-Checking Network here ([link removed]) .

The IFCN Code of Principles continues to serve as the world’s leading standard for transparent, nonpartisan fact-checking organizations. Read the latest report ([link removed]) and advance the future of fact-checking journalism.
Talking About AI: Newsroom Toolkit ([link removed])
Free resource
Created by MediaWise in partnership with The Associated Press and supported by Microsoft, this guide is for journalists and media professionals who want to incorporate AI literacy into their reporting and other newsroom processes. It offers practical strategies for explaining AI in accessible language, using audience-centered disclosure practices and educating audiences about how it all works. Watch the accompanying webinar here ([link removed]) .
Will Work for Impact: Fundamentals of Investigative Journalism ([link removed]) (Oct. 2025)
Online group seminar
$499
Join a five-week, hands-on seminar for reporters and editors with ambition to do investigative journalism that functions as an important part of democracy, taught by ProPublica's deputy managing editor, Alexandra Zayas.
Essential Skills for New Managers (December 2025) ([link removed])
In-person, St. Petersburg, Florida
$1,550
This dynamic five-day workshop will focus on the critical skills that new managers need to help forge successful paths to leadership in journalism, media and technology. Apply by Oct. 3.
Press Briefing: Climate, the Big Beautiful Bill and You: The Jobs/Projects at Risk Near You ([link removed])
Free resource
Missed our joint webinar to help you spot your local solar and wind projects and EV plants most at risk through the reconciliation bill in Congress? Watch the replay here ([link removed]) .
Poynter ACES Certificates in Editing ([link removed])
Self-directed online courses
Our Introductory Certificate ([link removed]) helps you achieve greater communications clarity and learn how to embrace accuracy and verification.
Cost: $150 or $99 for ACES members.
The Intermediate Certificate ([link removed]) goes deeper into topics like grammar, working with writers, ethics, law and tech.
Cost: $250 or $175 for ACES members.
The Advanced Certificate ([link removed]) engages participants in the most advanced facets of editing, like AI, developmental editing, developing style guides and building trust and career resilience.
Cost: $650 or $500 for ACES members.
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