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With soaring inflation and an increased demand for workers, many employees will negotiate a raise and freelancers will adjust rates in the next few months.

If you're preparing for this kind of conversation with your boss or client, remember to include professional development opportunities (like the many trainings I curated for you below), think about pay equity and valuing yourself beyond productivity, and, in many cases, work with your new union.

Here's to getting the career — and compensation — you want.

— Andrew DeLong, director of teaching operations

NEW AND UPCOMING

DEADLINE THIS WEEK! Executive Leadership Summit

Online summit, Sept. 19-21

Focus on retaining your stars and inspiring your staff. This three-day online gathering will empower top-level newsroom leaders to prioritize employee engagement and satisfaction.

A limited group of 20 participants will learn from esteemed Poynter leadership faculty Sitara Nieves and Cheryl Carpenter, from fellow news executives including The New York Times' Marc Lacey, and from guided introspection.

You'll also examine journalism ethics, social media and transparency with Poynter's Kelly McBride and Facebook’s former director of strategic initiatives Andy Pergam.

Cost: $2,000. Apply by Friday, July 15, 2022. Applications rolling.

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Follow The Money: American Rescue Plan AMA

Webinar, July 26 at 1 p.m. Eastern

In the recovery act from 2009, there was an $800 billion stimulus.

The American Rescue Plan Act, which was signed into law one year ago, provides a total $1.9 trillion.

Journalists haven’t covered federal stimulus funds on this scale and scope in a generation. Are you up for the task? Join us on July 26 for a free AMA-style webinar on the American Rescue Plan Act.

Read our tips for covering the ARPA and public health, infrastructure and the environment and public safety.

Cost: Free, thanks to the Joyce Foundation.

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THIS WEEK: How Many, Which Ones? The Refugee Crisis and U.S. Immigration Reform

Webinar, July 13 at 2 p.m. Eastern

Get a more nuanced understanding of immigration in the U.S. in order to analyze current policy, report on reform efforts in a deeply divided Congress and understand the impact of legislation on local communities in the U.S. — not to mention those fleeing violence and persecution beyond the border.

PolitiFact executive director Aaron Sharockman will moderate the discussion, featuring University of Texas El Paso professor Zita Arocha, Immigration and Cross-Border Policy's Theresa Cardinal Brown, journalist and "City of Refugees" author Susan Hartman, and Migration Policy Institute's Ariel G. Ruiz Soto.

Learn about immigration and the economic recovery in our first webinar of this series.

Cost: Free, thanks to support from the Catena Foundation.

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Poynter Producer Project

Online and in-person program, Sept. 12-24

Making stories work involves more than just teases and live shots. This online and in-person hybrid seminar will help you expand your expertise as a TV producer with new writing, storytelling, coaching and ethical decision-making skills.

Over the two decades that we have offered this specialized training for TV newscast producers, many of our graduates have gone on to become executive producers, news directors and top managers for stations and broadcast corporations.

Cost: $499. Apply by Aug. 2. Scholarships available.

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ALUMNI NEWS AND MOVES

📖 Aneri Pattani, a graduate of our Reporting Workshop for Rising Stars in 2019 (which has evolved into this program!), helped developed this free course for responsible reporting on suicide. How journalists cover suicide has a real-world impact on public health. Thanks, Aneri, for helping us use that power for good.

🌟 Congrats to Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media alum Lam Thuy Vo for getting elected to the IRE Board of Directors!

🚀 April Fong is the first-ever executive editor at The Logic. Elite Truong is taking on a new role as the American Press Institute's first-ever Vice President of Product Strategy. Both women are alumnae of Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Women in Media! Congrats on the new opportunities!

Are you a Poynter grad with a win you want to celebrate? We want to know! Email [email protected] with your story.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership Academy for Women in Media (2023)
Applications will be open Aug. 1-Sept. 9, 2022
Manage teams more effectively, hone and communicate your strategic vision and steer your organizations toward success. View the 2022 program.

Lead With Influence
Online group seminar, Oct. 3-24
Demonstrate leadership without formal authority and use your social capital to influence. Cost: $600. Apply by Sept. 2. New, limited scholarships available!

Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders
In-person seminar, St. Petersburg, Florida, Dec. 12-16
Focus on critical skills new managers need on their paths to leadership in journalism, media and technology. Cost: $1,500. Apply by Oct. 14.

REPORTING, WRITING & EDITING

Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Color
In-person workshop, St. Petersburg, Florida, Nov. 10-13
Find your voice and build skills for writing opinion pieces and personal essays. Cost: Free. Apply by Aug. 22.

Will Work For Impact: Fundamentals of Investigative Journalism
Online group seminar, Sept. 8-29
Build an investigation, from the seed of an idea to a powerful execution. Cost: $399. Enroll by Sept. 1.

NEW! Level Up: Critical Skills for Local Reporters
Online group seminar, Oct. 4-Nov. 15
Up your game and develop the essential skills you need for a satisfying and sustainable career in journalism. Cost: $750. Apply by Sept. 6.

Covering Political Extremism in the Public Square
Online workshop, Sept. 20
Stay safe and produce ethical, excellent stories for voters leading up to the 2022 midterms. Cost: Free. Apply by Sept. 16.