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Back to school: online journalism training for freelancers

By Michelle V. Rafter on September 13, 2010 | 4 Responses

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Want to improve your writing skills? Here is a list of websites offering free or fee-based online journalism training for freelancers and other writers.

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Posted in Careers | Tagged how to improve your writing, KnowledgeWebb, Mediabistro, News University, online courses for writers, online journalism training sites | 4 Responses

News U. wants freelancers’ input on writing webinars

News U. wants freelancers’ input on writing webinars

By Michelle V. Rafter on September 9, 2010 | Leave a response

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Freelancers who take a survey from Poynter Institute’s News U. will receive 50 percent off the journalism e-learning program’s new writing webinar series in 2011.

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Posted in Writing | Tagged Howard Finberg, News University, online classes for writers, Poynter Institute, Roy Peter Clark | Leave a response

Online News Assn. offers free Semantic Web seminar for writers

Online News Assn. offers free Semantic Web seminar for writers

By Michelle V. Rafter on January 8, 2009 | 1 Response

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The Online News Association is teaming up with Poynter Institute’s News University to offer four training Webinars for writers interested in updating their skills. The first is a class on semantic Web specifically tailored to journalists and it’s free to ONA members. Non-members pay $29.95. Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web will take place [...]

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Posted in Blogs, Online news, Technology, Web 2.0, Writing | Tagged Diane Burley, News University, Online News Association, Semantic Web | 1 Response

Poynter offers Sept. 25 Webinar on reporting with video

By Michelle V. Rafter on September 18, 2008 | 1 Response

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Most freelancers I know have a print background and little to no training using video to tell stories, myself included. But as the media business goes online, video is showing up on more news and magazine Websites. It seems like a good idea to at least learn the basics of using video to report stories, [...]

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Posted in Online news, Technology, Writing | Tagged multimedia skills for writers, News University, Poynter Institute, Regina McCombs, reporting with video | 1 Response

Best of WordCount: Career development for freelancers

By Michelle V. Rafter on August 8, 2008 | 3 Responses

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WordCount is taking a break this week while I’m on vacation, so I’m rerunning some of WordCount’s most popular posts ever on a variety of topics. Today: Career development for freelancers Freelancers’ strategies for prospering in bad times – Suggestions from established freelancers with a variety of backgrounds and business plans, including tips for maintaining [...]

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Posted in Careers, Freelancing, Writing | Tagged building your freelance writing business, career development for freelancers, classes for freelance writers, News University, Susan Johnston, The Urban Muse | 3 Responses

News University offers online courses and Webinars

By Michelle V. Rafter on June 3, 2008 | 1 Response

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I’ve written before about online resources that freelancers can use or classes they can take to improve their writing or multimedia skills or learn new ones. One of the biggest sources of online classes is News University, a project of The Poynter Institute funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Since it [...]

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Posted in Careers, Freelancing, Online news, Writing | Tagged Dan Ferber, freelance writers, News University, online classes for freelancers, online classes for writers, training for journalists | 1 Response

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