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Week of Aug. 4 - 8: Get skills to bring your story to life, lead with authenticity and advance health equity in your area.
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THIS WEEK’S TL;DR:
Turn your life story into a memoir; book AI ethics consulting with our expert; enrich your coverage of health disparities; spot and act on investigative opportunities; forge a successful path in journalism, media and technology; join 200+ journalism leaders of color who advanced their careers
Meet Kristen Hare: Poynter’s director of craft, obituary reporter, author.
After years of training journalists to tell their community’s stories, she turns the page to serve a wider audience — teaching anyone how to chronicle their personal story with the same care and precision she brings to her own work.
Building on the success of Breaking into Books, Poynter’s first nonfiction writing workshop, Kristen saw the opportunity to offer accessible storytelling education not limited to journalists.
The result is Mining for Memoir, a four-week virtual program that equips participants with the skills needed to bring their rich stories to life.
Are you an aspiring memoirist willing to dig deep and commit to the process? This may be the one for you. See what Kristen had to say about this pioneering program:
🙋♀️ Why is Poynter offering book writing with courses like Breaking into Books and Mining for Memoir?
With our journalism training, Poynter's focus has mostly been on building the skills of and supporting the people who record the first draft of history. That's still critical. But those drafts don't just have to appear in bite sizes. There are big and important stories that journalists discover through the course of their careers. With Breaking Into Books, we guide journalists through how to build a book from their work. Mining for Memoir was inspired by that program. People have stories worth telling. We're giving them the tools to learn how.
🙋♀️ What is your vision for Mining for Memoir’s first cohort?
For 50 years, Poynter has helped journalists around the world tell other people's stories. Now, we want to help people tell their own stories, too. That includes journalists, of course, but we really want to work with anyone who is ready to mine and share their own experiences.
🙋♀️ Can you give our aspiring writers your most actionable tips for book writing?
Get clear about exactly what you're writing about and why, then get organized. Whether it's spreadsheets or shoe boxes, come up with a system that helps you keep sight of what you're building.
For more writing tips from Kristen, click here. If you are an aspiring author who recognizes there is value in and an audience for your own story, sign up by Sept. 19 to take part in our first-ever Mining for Memoir. 📚 |
Tailored training at your preferred time
$̶4̶,̶5̶0̶0̶ $1,750
Book a 90-minute custom session with Poynter's Alex Mahadevan to get:
- Research-backed audience insights on AI in journalism
- Proven strategies for AI transparency and trust-building
- A hands-on workshop to craft or update your AI ethics policy
- Customizable templates, toolkits and staff engagement resources
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Online webinar
Sept. 9, 1 p.m. Eastern
Free
Enrich your reporting and get strategies for finding diverse sources, understanding systemic barriers and advancing health equity in your area through an expert-led, one-hour webinar with replay access. |
Online workshop
Oct. 2 - 30, 2025
$499
Spot investigative opportunities that may have otherwise passed you by through a five-week, hands-on seminar for reporters and editors with ambition to do investigative journalism, taught by ProPublica's deputy managing editor, Alexandra Zayas. |
In-person workshop
Dec. 1 - 5, 2025
$1,550
This dynamic, in-person, 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. Establish your credibility as a leader,
learn how to manage people who were once your peers and provide feedback that will help your staff improve. |
Sarasota, FL Event: Poynter’s 50th Anniversary Exhibit
Step into the story of how journalism has changed and where it’s headed. Poynter’s "Moments of Truth: An Exploration of Journalism’s Past, Present, and Future" exhibit runs August 4–11 at The Ringling, featuring interactive displays and a free week of media literacy events. The week culminates in a thought-provoking Community Conversation Aug. 7 with leaders in photojournalism and AI, examining how emerging technologies are reshaping the truth behind the images we see. Register now. |
📍 Diversity Leadership Academy
In-person, St. Petersburg, Florida
$1350
Join Poynter’s annual Diversity Leadership Academy, where journalists of color develop management skills through “liberating” peer conversations and “life-changing” training. This weeklong workshop gives diverse leaders the tools to navigate complexity and drive meaningful change in their newsrooms.
📍 Edit to Elevate: Essentials for Early-Career Editors
Online group seminar
$̶6̶5̶0̶ $499
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.
📍 Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Color
In-person, St. Petersburg, Florida
Free
Harness the power of your voice through four intensive days at Poynter. Develop confidence and skills to share your unique perspective, build professional networks and address the underrepresentation of diverse voices in opinion journalism. Apply by Sept. 12.
📍 The 5 Ws of Research
Online webinar
$̶7̶5̶ Free
Learn how to uncover public records and hard-to-find facts through a webinar with resources by veteran journalist, Caryn Baird and PolitiFact's Loreben Tuquero.
📍 Shut Out: How Pulitzer winners worked with reluctant sources to tell powerful stories
Online webinar
Free
Demystify sourcing challenges and get actionable strategies for producing powerful journalism despite growing obstacles.
📍 Poynter ACES Certificates in Editing
Self-directed online courses
Our Introductory Certificate helps you achieve greater communications clarity and learn how to embrace accuracy and verification.
Cost: $150 or $99 for ACES members.
The Intermediate Certificate goes deeper into topics like grammar, working with writers, ethics, law and tech.
Cost: $250 or $175 for ACES members.
The Advanced Certificate engages you in 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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