In-Person Training

  • High School Writers Workshop (W102-12)

    Seminar
    03/03
    Apply By: 
    02/28

    The Poynter Institute will offer its popular Writers Workshop for Florida high school students and teachers on March 3, 2012.

    All Florida high school students and teachers are welcome. The workshop costs $35, including lunch. The program will last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Enrollment is limited to the first 120 who register. After you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to pay for the workshop. Scholarships are available for students with financial need, courtesy of the Bay Area Professional Writers Guild.

  • Developing a Smarter Mobile Strategy (N431-12)

    Seminar
    03/28-03/30
    Apply By: 
    02/24

    Have you been charged with developing and implementing your company’s mobile strategy? Let us help you find a smart path forward.

    Even if you’ve got some mobile products under your belt, we’ll help you learn to develop mobile news content and revenue strategies. You’ll gain insight into improving the working relationship with vendors and better ways to use your mobile metrics. We’ll help you sort through the issues in creating smart phone and tablet apps vs.

  • Covering Globalization at the Local Level: Beyond the G8/NATO Summits in Chicago

    Seminar
    03/19-03/21
    Apply By: 
    02/29

    This McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute (SRI) will help reporters better understand and report on world affairs. Tied to two major events in Chicago in May 2012 — the G8 Summit and the NATO Conference — this workshop will be of particular interest to reporters in the Midwest who want to learn how to bring global stories home to their local audiences.

    Thanks to a grant from the McCormick Foundation there will be no tuition and travel and hotel costs will be covered for those whose applications are accepted.

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Faculty Spotlight

  • Sara Quinn
    Visual Journalism Faculty

    Sara Quinn teaches visual journalism, leadership and multimedia. She leads Poynter’s college fellowship and its partnerships with universities. Sara directed Poynter’s recent EyeTrack study of newspaper and online reading habits, which helps journalists determine the best forms for storytelling.

  • Wendy Wallace
    Entrepreneurship Faculty and Grants Coordinator

    Wendy Wallace is from the Midwest—Kirkwood (Mo.) High School and Indiana University—and has been a journalist since age 15 when her guidance counselor suggested she sign up for Beginning Newspaper class her freshman year.

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