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March 27-28, 2020: Fresno NewsTrain, hosted by California State University, Fresno.

April 4, 2020: Lincoln NewsTrain, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

April 18, 2020: Austin NewsTrain, hosted by the Austin American-Statesman and GateHouse Media LLC

Sept. 25-26, 2020: Rochester NewsTrain, hosted by the Democrat and Chronicle

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Register now for $75 for 1½ days of digital training at Fresno NewsTrain on March 27-28

NewsTrain is bringing affordable training in digital-journalism skills to Fresno on March 27-28.

Register by Feb. 27 to get the early-bird rate of $75 for 1½ days of training in data, video, social, mobile, podcasting, analytics and verification.

Sessions at California State University, Fresno, will include:

• So, you think you have an idea for a podcast?
• Using social media as powerful reporting tools,
• Storytelling on small screens: making smart choices for mobile audiences,
• Becoming a verification ninja,
• Shooting smarter video with your smartphone,
• Mobile newsgathering: better reporting with your smartphone
• Developing a data mindset to improve stories every day, and
• Maximizing audience analytics to produce better journalism.

Experience NewsTrain’s highly rated training; attendees regularly judge sessions as 4.5, with 5 as highly useful and highly effective. Daily Camera reporter Katie Langford praised the “excellent training sessions” at the recent Denver NewsTrain. She tweeted that she “learned tangible skills that will expand and improve my reporting immediately.”

The early-bird rate of $75 includes two light meals.

Journalists, journalism educators and journalism students from diverse backgrounds are invited to apply for competitive scholarships, which cover their registration, by Feb. 13.

#FresnoNewsTrain will be the site of the 96^thNewsTrain, designed in collaboration with a host committee of local journalists. The host committee for Fresno is led by California State University, Fresno.

Started by the nonprofit Associated Press Media Editors (APME) in 2003, NewsTrain has trained more than 7,500 journalists across the United States and Canada. APME merged with the American Society of News Editors to form the News Leaders Association in 2019.

Questions?EmailLaura Sellers-Earl, NewsTrain project co-director.

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER:bit.ly/FresnoNewsTrain.

Train in data, video, social, mobile and verification at Lincoln NewsTrain on April 4, 2020

Join us for a full day of affordable digital training at Lincoln NewsTrain on April 4, 2020, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Training Sessions Include:

• Using social media as powerful reporting tools,
• Storytelling on mobile: making smart choices,
• Becoming a verification ninja,
• Edit smarter video on your smartphone, and
• Mining data for enterprise off any beat.

Early-bird registration is $75through March 4; the rate increases to $85 on March 5.

For Lincoln NewsTrain, competitive diversity scholarships are available for journalists, journalism students and journalism educators from diverse backgrounds; please see the information to the right for how to apply by Feb. 19.

Your Trainers

• Geoff Roth, a self-described "#MobileJournalism evangelist," who built thefirst iPhone-based TV newsroom in the U.S.

Stay tuned please. We will be announcing soon additional accomplished journalists who will be your trainers for Lincoln NewsTrain.

You Will Learn How To:

• Use social media to locate diverse expert and “real people” sources, listen to your community and identify news stories, crowdsource using Google Forms and call-outs, and create a social dossier on a person in the news.
• Edit short news videos using an app on your smartphone,
• Verify user-generated images and other content on social mediaon deadline,
• Make smart choices among alternative ways to tell a story on mobile to get the maximum audience impact with the least expenditure of time, energy and effort.
• Identify five ways to find relevant databases and formulate questions to identify stories in the data. Leave with at least one story idea using data that you can do now.

Agenda

(DOWNLOAD a PDF of the AGENDA.)

The blue and green tracks on the agenda allow for smaller class sizes. All attendees receive the same instruction, just at different times.

REGISTER HERE

Register now for $75 for two days of digital training at Rochester NewsTrain on Sept. 25-26

NewsTrain is bringing affordable training in digital-journalism skills to suburban Rochester on Sept. 25-26. 

Register by Aug. 25 to get the early-bird rate of $75 for two full days of training in data, video, social, mobile, podcasting and more.

Sessions at the RIT Inn & Conference Center in Henrietta, New York, will include:

• Developing a data mindset to improve stories every day,

• Shooting and editing smarter video on your smartphone,

• Using social media as powerful reporting tools,

• Maximizing Instagram Stories to build your brand and reach new audiences,

• Storytelling on small screens: making smart choices for mobile audiences,

• So, you think you have an idea for a podcast?

• Following demographic "fault lines" to improve accuracy and build trust, and

• The power of listening: what journalists can learn from community organizers.

Experience NewsTrain’s highly rated training; attendees regularly judge sessions as 4.5, with 5 as highly useful and highly effective. Daily Camera reporter Katie Langford praised the “excellent training sessions” at the recent Denver NewsTrain. She tweeted that she “learned tangible skills that will expand and improve my reporting immediately.”

The early-bird rate of $75 includes two light meals each day. 

Journalists, journalism educators and journalism students from diverse backgrounds are invited to apply by Aug. 11 for competitive scholarships, which cover their registration.

#RochesterNewsTrain will be the site of the 99th NewsTrain, designed in collaboration with a host committee of local journalists. The host committee for Rochester is led by the Democrat and Chronicle. 

Started by the nonprofit Associated Press Media Editors (APME) in 2003, NewsTrain has trained more than 7,500 journalists across the United States and Canada. APME merged with the American Society of News Editors to form the News Leaders Association in 2019.

Questions? Email Linda Austin, NewsTrain project co-director. 

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER: apme.com/page/RochesterNewsTrain. 

Wall Street Journal reporter Tawnell Hobbs (left) teaches data journalism at Denton NewsTrain in Texas in 2018. Photo by Hatch Visuals.

Lambie of The El Paso Times wins Member Photo of the Month for August

The APME Foundation has honored the photograph below as National Member Photo of the Month for August 2019. 

Thanks to John Walker, Ruby Wallau and Nic Antaya at Wicked Local/Gatehouse New England for judging this month. 

Here is what the judges had to say about the winning image:

“The picture has lots of news value and is emotional and intimate. The use of lens makes you feel like you are almost there.”

Below is the link to all images entered for Augustand the winner is slide #8.

http://apphotocontests.ap.org/APME_POM/APME_POM_august_2019/index.html

Walmart employees react after an active shooter opened fire at the store in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Dildine of WTOP wins Member Photo of the Month for July

The APME Foundation has honored the photograph below as National Member Photo of the Month for July 2019. 

Here is what the judge had to say about the winning image:

“I liked it for several reasons. Clearly this is not any kind of planned event. The photographer was in the middle of it as well – maybe he or she was standing on the roof too! There is a powerful sense of drama here – what will happen next? And a tinge of humor as one person is on his cell phone. I like it very much.”

Below is the link to all images entered forJulyand the winner is slide #17.

http://apphotocontests.ap.org/APME_POM/APME_POM_july_2019/index.html

Motorists are stranded on a flooded section of Canal Road in Washington during a heavy rainstorm, Monday, July 8, 2019. (Dave Dildine/WTOP via AP)

Editors on call: Would you like some advice from an experienced newsroom leader?

APME has put together a list of on-call editors willing to offer you strategic and practical advice on nearly two dozen different topics, from ethics to legal issues, to digital best practices, to upfront story coaching and newsroom budgeting.

We don’t want to replace the conversations you have in your own newsrooms, but we can be a resource when no one else is around to ask, when you need a second opinion, when you wonder if there’s another way or if you just need help framing the right questions.

The members of APME bring decades of journalism experience to the table.

We’ve spent years helping each other cope with a fast-changing industry, learning to produce and showcase our best journalism on multiple platforms. We’ve become adept at adapting while remaining committed to our watchdog role, to reflecting our diverse communities in our newsrooms and to ethical truth telling.

Now we want to broaden the circle and help develop newsroom leaders from coast to coast to strengthen journalism for all. You don’t need to be a member of APME; we’re here to help everyone.

Give our list of editors a look and connect.