Earlier this year, I hired a talented teaching project manager named Emily. She’s in charge of making sure my team of producers and specialists execute hundreds of public and private events each year.

Her primary responsibility is to the process. 

The skills she has honed over her career are distinct to the ones I’ve needed as a director with people who report to me. The ability to get buy-in, collaborate across silos and demonstrate leadership without formal authority are key for people who manage process, products or platforms. 

Poynter’s newest online seminar, Lead With Influence, teaches these skills so informal but influential leaders can be as effective and successful as possible. Project-based roles like Emily’s — plus those all important bridge roles in audience, innovation and strategy — have become increasingly in demand in news organizations. We’re eager to offer Poynter’s signature leadership training to this growing group of change makers. 

Learn more about Lead With Influence and other Poynter opportunities below.

 — Andrew DeLong, director of teaching operations

Lead With Influence

Pulling from the best practices, feedback and application needs of Poynter’s flagship Leadership Academy for Women in Media, this four-session workshop is especially designed to help women and nonbinary journalists in the journalism industry use their social capital to lead with influence.

Taught by Poynter faculty Samantha Ragland, this online training takes place Nov. 22 through Dec. 13, 2021, with live sessions on Mondays from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. Each week, you'll explore a different theme:

• Week 1: The currency of leadership — influence
• Week 2: The challenge of conflict, silos and communication
• Week 3: The people and the process
• Week 4: The quiet craft of self-marketing

Webinar series, Sept. 22-Oct. 20, 2021

Local jails are the gateway to the U.S. justice system, but they are overloaded, overused and under-covered by resource-strapped journalists.

While local jails were intended to house people who were deemed to be a societal danger or flight risk before trial, they have become warehouses — often for people who have not been convicted of a crime and cannot afford to bail themselves out. In many cities, jails are increasingly filled with women, juveniles, immigrants and people who suffer from addictions and mental illness.

If you select the advanced editing certificate, you will have access to both the online group seminar and the Poynter ACES course pack. The course pack includes four webinars, three self-directed courses and seven assessments. When you’re done with the certificate, you will be able to isolate the essential elements of a story when cutting or curating content for different platforms and different audiences.

Diversity Across the Curriculum

Online group seminar, Nov. 1-22, 2021

This course will give journalism educators an opportunity to make a real impact on the future diversity, inclusion and equity efforts of American newsrooms when they model those values in the classroom.

You will learn how to modify your current teaching to include more diverse classroom examples, readings, videos and speakers. You will understand where, how and why to examine materials for diverse voices. You will develop the instinct to audit the makeup of the topics, sources and authors you introduce into your teaching, and how to pivot to ensure diverse voices are represented.

Your lead faculty is Dr. Earnest Perry, associate dean of graduate studies at the University of Missouri, a researcher, educator and consultant who specializes in issues related to diversity and inclusion. Barbara Allen, Poynter’s director of college programming, will facilitate.

The 2022 Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) Program: A Poynter Institute Executive Fellowship
Online and in-person, Jan. 10, 2022– Jan. 9, 2023
This yearlong program, formerly operated as the Punch Sulzberger Program at Columbia, is designed for executive editors, presidents, publishers, founders and other top-level media leaders. 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.

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.

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.

Pay Attention: Legal Issues and Your Media Company
Self-directed course, available now
This multi-hour course will help media outlets become better versed in defamation law, as well as in issues of copyright, fair use and privacy. Enroll in the public version for free or use your coupon code from the Institute for Nonprofit News to access this more in-depth, INN-member version.

Professor’s Press Pass
Subscription 
Get access to a growing library of case studies, taken straight from the newsroom and adapted for your college classroom. Subscribe for $12/month.

Language, Math and News Literacy Certificate
Self-directed course, start anytime
This new certificate is a rigorous assessment-based course that focuses on three areas key to a career in today’s communications job market: language, mathematics and news literacy. Cost: $64.95. Enroll now.

TV News Toolbox for Teachers 
Activities for the classroom, start anytime 
Bring duPont, Peabody and national Emmy award-winners from local and network news into your classroom with this collection of 38 microlearning activities organized into eight lessons. Cost: $29.95. Enroll now.