News Training

Congratulations to the #NPRKnight Twitter scavenger hunt contest winners! 

(Read more about the tasks in the scavenger hunt and how the winners were selected in "How the #NPRKnight Scavenger Hunt Contest Works.")

Drum roll, please...

People involved in public media share how they wade through the digital news deluge. This month we spoke with Keith Jenkins, supervising senior producer for multimedia at NPR.

Ahh May, the month of mothers, flowers, World Press Freedom, the Kentucky Derby and… of course news training. We love hearing about your adventures in digital storytelling. Since sharing is caring, send us an email about your endeavors, and we may feature you in a future newsletter.

WABE’s latest pledge drive resulted in 15,393 pledges and $2 million. The results weren’t a coincidence – WABE’s staff tried some new things and had a smart plan to get their listeners and readers pledging away. After noting their huge success, we asked Jason Parker, WABE digital media strategist, how it all happened. Here are five (ok six) lessons Jason shared.*