1. Free and Low-Cost
Training for Journalists
By Ju-Don Marshall Roberts

2. Training Sources
☞Who Provides Training?
 Journalism organizations
 Media brands
 Universities
 Individuals
☞Where to find training?
 Journalism organizations’ web sites
 Social media platforms
 In-person events

3. ☞Serves media companies and journalists
 Free in-person and remote training bit.ly/CCMevents
 Free or low-cost conferences
 Online training resources bit.ly/CCMtraining
☞Sample training topics
 Training for news entrepreneurs
 Data mapping
 Video for busy editors
 Investigative reporting training
 Intermediate social media training

4. ☞Organization serves business journalists
 Open to journalists beyond their membership
 Teletraining is usually free and archives are available at
http://sabew.org/resources/resources/
 In-person conferences as low as $25 for nonmembers
http://sabew.org/events/
☞Sample training topics
 How to use and analyze economic reports
 How to ace video appearances
 Freelance training secrets
 Turning your beat reporting into a book
 Fresh ideas for covering retail during the holiday season

5. ☞Comprehensive online training options
 Many NewsU courses are made available at no cost
to the participants http://www.newsu.org/courses
☞ Sample training topics
 Cleaning your copy; grammar, style and more
 Content curation with Spundge
 Effective news videos with Videolicious
 Core skills for the 21st century journalist
 Document mining with Overview

6. ☞Another organization for business journalists
 Free in-person workshops and online training
http://businessjournalism.org/category/workshops/
 Great archive of self-guided trainings and resources
http://businessjournalism.org/category/workshops/self-guided-training-
tools/
☞Sample training topics
 Nearly 20 comprehensive guides on covering specific
business beats
 23 ways to succeed with viral business writing
 Unraveling political nonprofits’ “shadow money”
 Data journalism basics
 Social media ethics for journalists

7. ☞Focused on helping journalists cover
complex topics
 Fellowships for in-depth training; and webinars
http://nationalpress.org/programs-and-resources
☞Sample training topics
 Legal issues for U.S. journalists
 How-to on Google Crisis Response tools
 Effectively reporting on risk
 Immigration issues

8. ☞ Search for training
events near you
 Find events by
category
 Find events by
location
 See events that your
friends are attending

9. ☞ Fantastic resource for
journalism training and
lecture videos
 YouTube autogenerated
channel
‒ bit.ly/YTjournalism
 Training and Lecture Videos
from Brands
‒ bit.ly/YCstartup
‒ bit.ly/ONAvideos
‒ bit.ly/ColumbiaUvideo
‒ bit.ly/TowKnightvideos
‒ bit.ly/Reuterstraining
 Handpick videos to create
your own training playlists

10. ☞ Find and/or start local
groups
 Members determine
training opportunities
 Larger groups can
attract “start”
presenters
 Listserv is valuable
☞ Sample Groups
 ONA local meetups
 Hack and Hackers
 Blacks in Technology

11. ☞ Build podcast
courses
☞Sample topics
 Journalism
 Entrepreneurism
 Business
 Expert interviews

12. MOOCs
and Misc.
☞ Free online university
courses
 Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
 Knight Center for
Journalism in the
Americas
 Data Journalism Course
 Coursera
 Dash by General
Assembly
☞ Sign up for mooc-list.com
to learn about other
learning opportunities

13. ☞ Build podcast
courses
☞Sample topics
 Journalism
 Entrepreneurism
 Business
 Expert interviews

14. Additional Tips
☞ Sign up for newsletters from organizations that
provide training
☞ Follow Twitter #hashtag conversations and themes
relevant to your journalism interests
☞ Follow non-media personalities and companies
who offer media insights on sites such as Twitter,
Linkedin, Medium and Forbes: technologists,
marketers, data scientists, researchers, etc.
This presentation is available at bit.ly/JMRfreetraining

15. Thank You!
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