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Breakups Suck! 3 Secrets to Everlasting Reader Love (plus a bonus)

Online

There are more than a few parallels between the dating process and reader retention. From the initial meeting and getting to know you phase, to friends with benefits, infatuation, engagement, and finally a long-term commitment, there are so many moments where we can take a relationship to the next phase or let it phase out…

Free

Can Journalism Be Saved?

Zoom Video Webinar

Over the past two decades, we have witnessed the economic devastation of institutional journalism that creates new content through original reporting and research.

Free

Protecting digital security during a pandemic

Online

The COVID-19 crisis has pushed lives and businesses online in record time. Digital channels are replacing traditional ones, remote work has spiked and governments are harnessing location data to slow the spread of the virus. Will digital solutions designed in a time of urgent need meet sustainable security standards?

Free

Staying Sane: Managing Threat and Trauma

Zoom Video Webinar

As part of PEN America’s Covering Protests series, this webinar—co-hosted with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma—will be led by mental health and trauma expert Elana Newman. Journalism is a trauma-facing profession, and journalists often find themselves on the front lines of disaster, pandemic, street protest, and social upheaval.

Free

High School Journalism Program (Deadline to Apply)

Online

The High School Journalism Program is one of the longest-running programs at The Poynter Institute. Founded along with the Institute in 1975, its goal is to give young people the chance to learn about writing and develop a passion for the values and craft of journalism.

$375

SPJNE: Journo leaders discuss the lack of diversity in newsrooms

Online

Join SPJNE as we chat with Dorothy Tucker, president of the NABJ, Hugo Balta, president of the NAHJ, and Patricia Gallagher Newberry, president of the SPJ, as we discuss the lack of diversity in newsrooms across the country and the impact it has on the information people receive.

Free

Virtual Coffee Break for Journalists and Students

Zoom Video Webinar

Houston SPJ's virtual coffee break is a monthly opportunity to share your experiences as we navigate the coronavirus pandemic and its professional and personal impacts. This month we will offer an optional breakout room for journalism students.

Free

2020 King’s College Summer School in Data Journalism

Online

The King's Summer School in Data Journalism is partnering with the Canadian Association of Journalists to offer a live, online school June 22 to 26. It will be led by University of King's College professor Fred Vallance-Jones and by David McKie, who had a long career with the CBC before becoming a freelance data producer and trainer. The theme is data reporting in the time of pandemic.

$125