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When the news is complicated and the pace is fast, don’t forget the power of your writing to help audiences make sense of their world. Here are some of our favorite pieces of advice from Poynter senior scholar and writing coach Roy Peter Clark:
✨ Everything around you can be a source of inspiration. Here’s what at-home COVID tests ([link removed]) , the Tower of Babel ([link removed]) and even Hallmark Christmas movies ([link removed]) taught Roy about writing.
📏 Just because journalists choose to be neutral about some things does not mean they have to be neutral in all things. Roy examines “distance from neutrality” ([link removed]) instead of “objectivity.”
❓ Use the magic of the question mark ([link removed]) .

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Table Stakes: Poynter’s Local News Innovation Program
Online and in-person program, Jan. 17-Dec. 8, 2023
Poynter’s yearlong Table Stakes program brings together cross-functional leadership teams from eight to 10 diverse news organizations to provide a pathway, based on the seven Tables Stakes, for transforming your news organization into a sustainable enterprise.
This will be the sixth year of the Knight Foundation-funded and Poynter-facilitated initiative to accelerate digital transformation and sustainability in local news. More than 60 newsrooms across the United States have realized their performance challenges through Poynter’s program since 2017, while also adapting to the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing business model changes.
Become a dominant player in your market and change the game for your news organization in 2023 and beyond.
Cost: $500-$6,500, depending on the size of your news organization. Apply as a group by Nov. 18.
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Midterm Essentials: Election Issues Broadcast Journalists Should Know
Self-directed online course, start anytime

The goal of this online, expert-led and practical training is simple: We want to help journalists ask more informed questions and demand more solid answers about complex issues facing America in the 2022 midterm election cycle.
Topics include climate change, inflation and the economy, health care and drug costs, immigration, campaign finance, guns and gun control, and detecting disinformation.
More than ever, this training is vital for busy, resource-strapped journalists who might otherwise settle for campaign talking points, allow candidates to talk in rhetorical circles or amplify common falsehoods online.
Cost: Free.
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Understand U.S. Immigration From the Border to the Heartland
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This five-part, self-directed course will help you develop a solid understanding of immigration and accurately communicate about process, policy and people.
Whether you’re looking to diversify your sources, tell more nuanced stories about your community, uncouple political rhetoric from policy proposals or simply level up as a well-rounded reporter, this immigration course is for you.
Cost: Free.
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** The Bowtie Ball
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In-person event, Saturday, Nov. 12, Tampa, Florida
The Bowtie Ball is Poynter’s largest celebration of journalistic excellence and most significant fundraising event where hundreds of guests — including media executives, business leaders, philanthropists, public servants and community members — are immersed in an elegant evening of impactful storytelling.
Join us this year on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Tampa Marriott Water Street. Together, we’ll celebrate the free press and honor the distinguished careers of legendary journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein whose dogged reporting of the 1972 Watergate break-in changed the course of American history and fortified journalism’s role in democracy. The pair’s contributions will be elevated throughout the evening; Bernstein will attend the event in person and reflect upon his investigative reporting during an interview on stage.
Cost: $225-$350. Proceeds from your ticket help Poynter improve, strengthen and sustain quality journalism in diverse newsrooms around the world.
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ALUMNI NEWS AND MOVES

📗 Congrats to Poynter instructor Robert Samuels and United Facts of America ([link removed]) panelist Toluse Olorunnipa! These Washington Post reporters are National Book Award finalists ([link removed]) for “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice ([link removed]) .”

➕ Learn from Samuels! Enroll for free to watch the replays of Diverse Voices and the Future Newsroom ([link removed]) and Bring Empathy to Your Reporting to Cultivate Sources ([link removed]) .
🚀 Popular women’s leadership academy instructor ([link removed]) Kat Downs Mulder is heading over to Yahoo News ([link removed]) as senior vice president and general manager. She leaves The Washington Post after 14 years leading product development, audience growth and visuals. Congrats!
💞 Shoutout to women’s leadership academy alum ([link removed]) Sara McCloskey for making a move away from hard news to prioritize her wellbeing. She is now news editor at VCU Health in Richmond, Virginia. She tweeted ([link removed]) :

The pandemic has taught us all many things & for me it’s that my health, family & settling down are most important. Around this time last year, I was diagnosed with MS. I’m so grateful to have such supportive coworkers, but it’s time to slow down, strategize & reset…Thanks again for all of the love & support, especially to my @Poynter #poyntersisters who have taught me so much over the past year…

🎉 Welcome to our newest alumni ([link removed]) from Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media! We loved learning, growing and transforming right alongside you last week. Check out #PoynterDiversityAcademy ([link removed]) to see some fun moments. Here are some of our faves:


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My heart is full after spending a week learning and growing with these beautiful humans. Thank you all 🥰
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Are you a Poynter grad? Share your wins with us! Email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20Alumni%20News%20and%20Moves) and tell us what you're celebrating.
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