Gazette editors and staff have access to a variety of different courses available online.
The following is an updated list of current courses available. Please contact the Gazette editor-in-chief if you’re interested in taking any of these courses (editors and staff only).
Introduction to Reporting: Beat Basics
Build and Engage Local Audiences Online
Anatomy of a Multimedia News Organization
The Life Cycle of an Investigative Story: Master Class with David Barstow
Innovation and Storytelling: Master Class with Mario Garcia
The Art of the Interview: Master Class with Jacqui Banaszynski
Storytelling with Impact: Master Class with Byron Pitts
Going Deep in the Digital Age: Interviewing and Capturing Details
Writing Headlines for Digital and Mobile Media
The Art and Science of Editing
Internal Communication Without Email: Slack for Newsrooms
Interviewing: The Art of the Two-Way Conversation
The Storyteller as an Investigator: How to Turn a Tip into an Investigation
Sources, Verification and Credibility
Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Publishers
Copyright Law and Fair Use for Journalists
Best of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner
Dealing With Difficult Conversations
News Sense: The Building Blocks of News
Get Me Rewrite: The Craft of Revision
Coaching Tomorrow’s Journalists
Powerful Data Journalism with import.io
Visual Storytelling with Haiku Deck: A Digital Tools Tutorial
Cleaning Your Copy: Grammar, Style and More (Private)
Mario Garcia on WSJ Tabloid Design
Leading an Online Newsroom: What You Need to Know
Five Steps to Multimedia Storytelling
Innovation at Work: Helping New Ideas Succeed
On the Beat: Covering Education
Online Project Development: Part 1
Online Project Development: Part 2
Community Service Photojournalism: Contest Lessons Part 1
Cleaning Up “Messy” Data: Data Analysis for Journalists
Editors’ Boot Camp, 2014: A Poynter Broadcast
Investigative Storytelling, Lessons from a Career in Radio: Master Class with Howard Berkes
Mapping your Data Using ArcGIS: Data Analysis for Journalists
Introduction to Sports Reporting
The Effective Editor: A Poynter Broadcast
Data Visualization – Google Fusion Tables to Tableau
How to Request Data from Public Agencies: Data Analysis for Journalists
Introduction to Microsoft Access: Data Analysis for Journalists
Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News
Getting Started With Google Fusion Tables
Introduction to Microsoft Excel: Data Analysis for Journalists
Social Media and Analytics: Strategies and Metrics You’ll Actually Use
Where to go Online to Find the Data: Data Analysis for Journalists
Cleaning Up “Messy” Data: Data Analysis for Journalists