The early bird deadline for the April 6-7 APME NewsTrain workshop in Phoenix is March 6. That’s $75 for a day and a half of digital training at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
After that, it’s $85. Discounted hotel rooms at $129 a night are available through March 12. And as an added incentive, the first 22 to sign up will receive a free AP Stylebook, a $22.95 value.
Attendees regularly rate NewsTrain as 4.5, with 5 as highly useful and highly effective. Note: The NewsTrain last November in Seattle filled up early.
Phoenix sessions, taught by expert instructors, will include:
- Mining data for enterprise stories off any beat, with Cronkite’s Sarah Cohen
- 10 habits of highly effective open-records users, with the University of Arizona’s David Cuillier
- Storytelling on mobile: making smart choices, with USC’s Laura E. Davis
- Creating simple graphics for mobile, with KNXV-ABC15’s Courtland Jeffrey
- Getting your story read: maximizing and measuring social media for branding and audience engagement, with Cronkite’s Jessica Pucci
- What’s missing in border and immigration coverage, with Cronkite’s Fernanda Santos
- How to write short AND well, with Santos
- Meet the best digital reporting tools, with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting’s Jim Small and Evan Wyloge
Register by March 6 at bit.ly/PhoenixNewsTrain to get the early-bird rate of $75, including meals.
