Learn how to engage your underserved audiences. Join us Friday, April 19 at the Peoria Riverfront Museum from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
MPI Presents: Engaging your underserved audiences
MPI Weekly: Free tickets, foster care in your state, and newsletters for engagement
Limited number of free tickets for MPI Members | People-Powered Publishing Conference Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 Chicago. There are a limited number of free tickets for Mid-America Press Institute members to the upcoming People Powered Publishing Conference by Illinois Humanities in Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 15 and Friday, Nov. 16. Speakers from CNN, ProPublica, Alaska... Continue Reading →
MobileMe&You 2018: Session Recap
MobileMe&You is a journalism and technology conference focused on new and innovative tools and best practices for newsgathering and storytelling on mobile media. It introduces you to the latest technologies affecting the journalism industry. Check out this year’s sessions from MobileMe&You 2018 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus below and watch the video recap.
MPI Presents: Google Tools For Your Newsroom
Join us for this one-day workshop to learn how all of the free Google tools can help your newsroom build interactive charts, maps, visualizations and more.
MPI Presents: Great Bosses Boot Camp
Join the Mid-America Press Institute on Saturday March 24 for a workshop on how to be a great newsroom boss. Lead by management expert Jill Geisler, this one-day interactive event will cover key topics from managing change, tough conversations, workplace integrity and creating an audience-focused culture.
Free online training: Building news bots
Join the Knight Center at the University of Texas for this free online training course. Building Bots for Journalism: Software You Talk With. News organizations from around the world have been experimenting with news bots. You can register early here for the free online course “Building Bots for Journalism: Software You Talk With,” taught by... Continue Reading →
National computer-assisted reporting conference to be hosted in Chicago
Join Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting in Chicago for our annual conference devoted to data journalism, March 8-11, 2018 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. Come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers, viewers and your online audience the information they're demanding.... Continue Reading →
Bots, drones, augmented reality to be featured at national mobile journalism conference
Top digital journalists, innovators and researchers from universities and news organizations across the nation will lead this year’s MobileMe&You conference, which is set for Oct. 20 and 21 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MPI members save big! Register online at bit.ly/MMY17-MPI MobileMe&You 2017 is a journalism and technology conference focused on storytelling on... Continue Reading →
IRE: 2017 Des Moines Watchdog Workshop
IRE will bring its acclaimed Watchdog Workshop series to Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Sept. 30 hosted by the Des Moines Register. Get a free one-year membership and all-day training on how to dig deeper.
MPI Presents: News Literacy, Fake News and the First Amendment
Join us Sept. 20 for a one-day seminar on increasing your news literacy to better report stories for your audiences. The one-day seminar — “News Literacy, Fake News and the First Amendment” — will cover how to recognize and verify news, the role of the First Amendment and how to combat fake news.