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Just as fall plans for reopening media offices seemed final, the delta variant forces all of us to think differently.
Some major news organizations, such as The New York Times, are delaying a return to the office, while others, including The Washington Post, will require proof of vaccinations for employees. After a year and a half of leading through ongoing crises, senior news executives are staring down a new challenge: Adjusting the alchemy of the media workplace as the U.S. enters the latest phase of the pandemic.

Poynter’s first Executive Leadership Summit ([link removed]) is designed to help top-level media leaders move their organizations forward with strategic insights. Participants will learn from esteemed Poynter leadership faculty Cheryl Carpenter and Butch Ward, from fellow news executives and from guided introspection. Topics include what the future workplace dynamic — hybrid or otherwise — demands of senior leaders, protecting and caring for your staff, and retaining and continuing to challenge your best people. This program takes place Monday, Oct. 4 through Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
Apply by Sept. 1 ([link removed]) to be one of 20 participants in Poynter’s first Executive Leadership Summit.
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Census Stories Beyond the Numbers
Webinar, Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. Eastern
By Aug. 16, the U.S. Census Bureau will release in-depth demographic statistics from the 2020 census. The data will reveal how the ethnic, racial and voting age makeup ([link removed]) of neighborhoods, cities, counties and states has changed since the 2010 census, as well as inform political redistricting.
This once-a-decade data dump is immense, detailed, highly technical — and massively influential in communities across the United States. Journalists from all beats will use this data in their reporting for years to come. This webinar, part of Poynter’s training series on the 2020 census ([link removed]) , will help journalists prepare to cover their changing communities, now and in the future. Media consumers and citizens are invited to participate to understand how news organizations approach big stories like this.
Cost: Free. This effort is led by Big Local News at Stanford University, Census Reporter at Northwestern University and the Associated Press, and is made possible with support from the Google News Initiative and in cooperation with the JSK Journalism Fellowships.
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Will Work For Impact: Fundamentals of Investigative Journalism
Online group seminar, Sept. 2-23
This four-week, hands-on seminar is for reporters and editors with ambition to do investigative journalism that functions as an important part of democracy. Tune in Sept. 2, 9, 14 and 23 for live instruction from ProPublica assistant managing editor Alexandra Zayas ([link removed]) . You'll analyze award-winning investigations, apply those reporters’ strategies to your own work, complete weekly assignments, interact with your peers and get feedback from Zayas on your work.
Join the 150+ journalists who have graduated from this popular seminar with tangible, practical investigative skills. Enroll as soon as you know this training is for you. Now in its sixth iteration, this seminar regularly sells out.
Cost: $399. Enroll by Wednesday, Sept. 1.
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How to Spot Misinformation Online

Self-directed course, start anytime
You can help your readers tell fact from fiction online in the newest educational resource from Poynter’s MediaWise program, a national, nonpartisan digital literacy initiative. How to Spot Misinformation Online ([link removed]) is a free, self-guided training designed to teach simple digital literacy skills to help news consumers outsmart algorithms, detect falsehoods and make decisions based on factual information. They’ll also learn from some of the best in the business — Joan Lunden, Christiane Amanpour and Lester Holt. Encourage your readers to enroll today and join the fight against the spread of misinformation.
Cost: Free. This training is offered tuition-free thanks to support from Facebook.
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Poynter Producer Project

Online group seminar, Sept. 20-Oct. 16
Making stories work involves more than just teases and live shots. This eight-session, four-week online seminar will help you expand your expertise as a TV producer with new writing, storytelling, coaching and ethical decision-making skills.

Poynter Senior Faculty Al Tompkins ([link removed]) and a five-star lineup of visiting professionals will sharpen your writing and ethical decision-making skills, stretch your leadership muscles and increase your value to your newsroom. Lori Walden ([link removed]) , a former news director and now a general manager, will help you manage your boss and manage your career. Matthew Hilk ([link removed]) , vice president of news and managing editor of CNN/US, will teach you about managing breaking news. And Kelly McBride ([link removed]) , Poynter’s senior vice president, will lead a session on rethinking how we cover crime and justice.
Cost: $499. Apply by Monday, Aug. 23.
Members of AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA or NLGJA — 50% tuition scholarships are available, thanks to the Scripps Howard Foundation.
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LEADERSHIP

The 2022 Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) Program: A Poynter Institute Executive Fellowship

Online and in-person, Jan. 10, 2022– Jan. 9, 2023
Since 2007, more than 300 senior media executives have realized critical performance results, built life-long career skills and relationships, and made major contributions to industry transformation through this yearlong program (formerly operated as the Punch Sulzberger Program at Columbia).
Join a community of hundreds of alumni — including Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee — and deliver real results for your enterprise with help from MTC’s world-class tools, concepts, coaches, peer group, and alumni network. Apply by Dec. 3, 2021 ([link removed]) .
REPORTING, WRITING, EDITING
Becoming a More Effective Writer: Clarity and Organization
Online group seminar, Oct. 4-29, 2021
Clean up your writing habits with the former New York Times copy chief, Merrill Perlman. Cost: $429. Enroll now ([link removed]) .
Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Color
Online group seminar, Nov. 18-21, 2021
One of Poynter’s most competitive and transformative programs, this four-day seminar helps journalists of color find their voice and build skills for writing opinion pieces and personal essays. Cost: Free. Apply by Aug. 23 ([link removed]) .
Newsroom Readiness Certificate
Self-directed course, start anytime
This self-paced course includes five lessons about newsgathering, interviewing, media law, media ethics and diversity — basics all journalists should master. Cost: [DEL: $49.99. :DEL] On Sale! $29.95. Enroll now ([link removed]) .
Understanding Title IX
Self-directed course, start anytime
This course is designed to help journalists understand the applications of Title IX, how to navigate it, and what kinds of reporting can be done around both individual Title IX cases and entire higher education institutions. Cost: Free. Enroll now ([link removed]) .

How Any Journalist Can Earn Trust
Self-directed, start anytime
This online, self-paced course will help journalists understand mistrust and gain a better understanding of what trust in news looks like in the U.S. It will also provide you with tips and tools to be more transparent, more engaged and more open with your readers. Cost: Free. Suggested donation: $15. Enroll now ([link removed]) .
FACT-CHECKING
Global Fact 8 & 9
Save the date!
Global Fact is an annual conference hosted and organized by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. It has become the premier gathering point to discuss the practice of fact-checking.
2021: Global Fact 8 will be held virtually Oct. 21-23, 2021.
2022: Global Fact 9 is scheduled for June 22-25, 2022 at Oslo Metropolitan University’s City Center Campus in Norway. Learn more ([link removed]) .
COLLEGE

Poynter and MediaWise announced anew class of Campus ([link removed]) Correspondents ([link removed]) .
Over the course of the 2021/22 school year, these students will help their peers spot misinformation online. They'll produce media literacy tips and fact-checking videos across social media platforms as well as lead virtual and in-person fact-checking workshops. Are you interested in having one of our trained collegiate fact-checkers visit your classroom virtually (or IRL at some locations) during the 2021/22 academic year? Please fill out this form ([link removed]) .
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Written by the Poynter Institute’s director of college programming, Barbara Allen, the weekly Alma Matters newsletter will lighten the load for educators, journalism students and student media organizations. Returning from summer break this Sunday, Alma Matters helps you plan your week in college journalism by identifying trends in national journalism, offering ideas for classroom discussions and highlighting bright spots in college media. Subscribe ([link removed]) .
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MORE RESOURCES
• Numbers are not neutral: How journalists can detect deep bias & avoid hidden traps ([link removed]) — Aug. 11 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Association of Science Writers.
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Think Outside The Classroom: How to diversify education sources and the stories we tell ([link removed]) — Aug. 20 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, The National Press Club Journalism Institute.
Andrew DeLong
Andrew DeLong is the director of teaching operations at Poynter. He shares tips, training and resources to transform your journalism.
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