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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.
Giving students a unique chance to hear Adrienne Arsenault, co-host of CBC's The National, talk about reporting about COVID-19.
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.
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.
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.
This course will guide you hands-on through the process of learning to identify inequity and hidden bias at seven key stages of the data journalism lifecycle.
Journalists for Human Rights' (JHR) Indigenous Reporters Program has partnered with The Walrus and past emerging Indigenous reporter intern Oscar Baker III to host a online webinar to provide an introduction to fact checking for emerging Indigenous reporters on June 23, 2020 at 4 pm EDT.
Journalists for Human Rights' (JHR) Indigenous Reporters Program has partnered with The Walrus and past emerging Indigenous reporter intern Oscar Baker III to host a online webinar to provide an introduction to fact checking for emerging Indigenous reporters on June 23, 2020 at 4 pm EDT.
It is not uncommon to see journalists enter dangerous or risky situations for the sake of informing the public.
As the media faces even more financial uncertainty as well as new threats from hostile governments in the wake of the pandemic, we aim to explore the ways that technology can support the future of journalism as an instrument of public accountability, and tell truth to power.
