WORKSHOPS

NewsLab's executive director, Deborah Potter, conducts journalism workshops in a variety of settings. We offer newsroom training on writing, storytelling, ethical decision-making, and other topics. Workshops range from an hour or two to half-day, full-day or multiple day sessions. We often provide training at state, regional and national journalism conferences, and we can work directly with your newsroom to develop specialized training. Here's the current schedule, and a brief list of partner organizations. Among other issues, we have recently led workshops on:

• Telling the non-visual story
• Writing to pictures
• Better broadcast writing and storytelling
• Writing for the Web
• Podcasting for print people
• On camera training for print reporters
• Disaster preparation
• Standups and live shots
• Reporting under pressure (crisis coverage)
• Journalism ethics
• Training for journalism trainers
• Time management
• Assignment desk management

We are an independent non-profit, and provide training for a reasonable fee. to learn more. To see where we've been in the past, click here or browse the map. [Zoom out to see where we've done training around the world.]

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2008 SCHEDULE

January 18, 2008
Washington, DC
Communicating climate change symposium

January 21-February 12, 2008
New Delhi, India
Workshops for NDTV

February 14-19, 2008
Amman, Jordan
Workshops for JTV and LBC

March 1-2, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
California Health Journalism Fellows workshop

March 13, 2008
Tampa, FL
News and terrorism workshop

March 16-23, 2008
Istanbul, Adana and Mersin, Turkey
Lectures and workshops

March 26, 2008
Washington, DC
Friendly Fellows

March 27-28, 2008
Chapel Hill, NC
Phil Meyer symposium

April 16, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
"Managing millennials" panel, RTNDA

April 19, 2008
Springfield, IL
Illinois News Broadcasters Assn.

May 11-12, 2008
Washington, DC
Disaster coverage workshop, ICFJ

May 27-28, 2008
Lancaster, PA
Workshops for WGAL-TV

June 1-4, 2008
Wheaton, IL
RTNDF/McCormick Foundation "future of news" conference

June 10, 2008
Washington, DC
Ethics workshop, ICFJ

June 11, 2008
Washington, DC
Knight Fellows training, ICFJ

June 15-27, 2008
Mumbai, India
Workshops for NDTV

August 22, 2008
Washington, DC
Future of news panel, NLGJA convention

September 5, 2008
Atlanta, GA
Society of Professional Journalists workshop

October 4, 2008
Syracuse, NY
AP-NY State journalism seminar

October 17-19, 2008
Wichita, KS and Portland, OR
NPPA Airborne TV workshops

PARTICIPATING GROUPS AND PARTNERS (1998-2007)
This is an abbreviated list; check the full calendar to see all partners.

Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
AP/RTNDA of New England
Asian American Journalists Association
Association of Health Care Journalists
Ball State University/AP/RTNDA Conference
Belo Broadcasting
Best Practices in Journalism
Canadian Association of Journalists
Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families
Center for Community Journalism
Committee of Concerned Journalists
Dispatch Broadcast Group
Electronic News Association of the Carolinas
Hawaii Association of Broadcasters
Hearst-Argyle Television
Illinois News Broadcasters Association
International Center for Journalists
Institute for New Media Studies, U. of Minnesota
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
Knight International Press Fellowships
KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA
KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA
Maine Association of Broadcasters
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Mississippi Association of Broadcasters
National Press Club
National Press Photographers Association
News Press & Gazette Broadcasting
North Carolina Press Association
Northern California RTNDA
Northwest Broadcast News Association
New York State AP Broadcast
Ohio AP Broadcast
Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters
Omaha Press Club
Pennsylvania AP Broadcast
Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Radio-Television News Directors Association
Reliable Resources for Broadcast Political Coverage
Retirement Living TV
RTNDA Canada
Society of Professional Journalists
Texas Association of Broadcasters
The Poynter Institute
Unity '99
Univision
Virginia Association of Broadcasters
West Virginia Association of Broadcasters
Western Knight Center
KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA
WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA
WKYT-TV, Lexington, KY
WSYR-TV, Syracuse, NY
WTSP-TV, St. Petersburg, FL
WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, MI
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association