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Election 2020: “What if?” workshop
The November elections will be among the most consequential presidential contests in living memory, while also posing myriad challenges to voters seeking to cast a ballot. Now more than ever, reporters are feeling a civic imperative to produce timely, nuanced watchdog journalism so that the American public is equipped with the information it needs to press for a free and fair voting process and vote tabulation. But how do you prepare for the unpredictable? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s “What if” workshop, which will bring journalists together with experts to generate…
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Free press under attack: Protecting investigative journalism
Investigative journalism requires digging for information that someone wants hidden. Powerful forces seek to prevent access, from government officials to private citizens avoiding accountability for wrongdoing. But breaking through those barriers has long been part of the job for investigative journalists. What’s changed is that the threats to free information and a free press have accelerated and intensified dangerously in the U.S. and abroad. From the smallest newsrooms to the largest news organizations, at protests and political press conferences, journalists face dire threats as they…
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Equity and community in local news: Lessons learned in 2020
As news organizations and the nation have responded to the coronavirus pandemic and the protests following the murder by police of George Floyd, journalists have increasingly confronted the need for newsroom equity and a truer relationship with the communities they serve. On August 12, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and PEN America will co-host a program on “Equity and community in local news: Lessons learned in 2020” to identify and share takeaways from pandemic and protest coverage and to look ahead toward election coverage. Registration is…
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Writing Through: Grieving Together, Alone
Join us to explore writing about personal loss in a time of collective grief. Keith Woods, NPR’s chief diversity officer, and Tom Huang, The Dallas Morning News assistant managing editor for journalism initiatives, will discuss their experiences with “Grieving together, alone” and take questions from 11:30 a.m. to noon Friday, April 17, on Zoom. Registration is open. Both journalists have written about the loss of a parent at a time of collective grieving. The first part of this program will be a 15-minute conversation between them, connecting the writing process and the grieving process…
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Newsrooms after the summer of protest: Has anything really changed?
After a summer of protests about police brutality and racial injustice, news organizations vowed to improve coverage of diverse communities and to step up their own long-promised efforts to diversify newsrooms and leadership. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Club Communicators Committee for a candid conversation with Amanda Barrett, deputy managing editor at AP; Rene Sanchez, editor and senior vice president at the Star Tribune; and Dorothy Tucker, president of the National Association of Black Journalists. Michael McCarter, USA Today managing editor of…
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Reporting on yourself: How memoir can transform trauma into healing
In a departure from her typical beat as a New York Times journalist, Sarah Maslin Nir has turned her reporter’s eye on herself in her new book, “Horse Crazy, the story of a woman and a world in love with an animal” which upacks her and others’ obsession with horses. Nir began riding horses as a two-year-old but it wasn’t until she started writing a memoir about her passion that she realized the role they played in helping her heal from trauma. “As a Jew, a daughter of immigrants, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, growing up in New York City, I came to the sport as an outsider, and that…
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Design hacks: How to create visuals when it’s not usually your job
In our scroll and skim culture, dynamic visuals can make the difference in whether a reader engages with a story. But not every story can attract a graphic design professional’s time in the newsroom, especially in the continuing pandemic news cycle. If you’re a reporter, editor, social media manager now handling (or who wants to handle) quick-turn graphics, get a head start with our hacks for designing visuals when it’s not usually part of your job. Beth Francesco, the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s senior director, will share best practices, tools you have you have at your…
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Find untold stories: How to use PACER
Court records are filled with untold stories, but PACER, the federal court records system, is antiquated and hard to navigate. In this deep dive workshop, Seamus Hughes will share skills he developed helping the media break national stories about topics ranging from terrorism and public corruption to corporate espionage. Seamus will give reporters tips and suggestions on how to use PACER to find and tell important stories. Seats will be limited and this session will not be recorded, so grab a spot while you can. Registration is open for this program, which will take place June 10 from 11:30am…
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POSTPONED: Seeing through: Photography & healing
Images take us into hospitals, grocery stores, even empty spaces to show us the impact of coronavirus on the people and places affected by the pandemic. Award-winning independent photojournalist Melissa Lyttle and documentary photographer Rosem Morton, who is also a nurse, will talk about photography, trauma, and healing, but this program was postponed and will no longer take place June 5 from 11:30am-12pm ET, on Zoom. A new date will be announced one it has been scheduled.
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Writing through: Focusing in short bursts
Many writers find themselves on deadline with limited time, space and attention during this unprecedented crisis. The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Association of Science Writers are partnering for a program that will offer tips for creating a writer-friendly physical space, finding your focus, and developing new tools to write in short bursts. Registration is open for this conversation, which will take place May 27 from 11:30am-12pm ET, on Zoom, with Lane DeGregory, a Pulitzer-Prize winning enterprise writer at the Tampa Bay Times; Deborah Netburn, a science and…
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