NLA | September 26, 2019 | Issue 9
Train in data, data viz, social, mobile and ethics at Albuquerque NewsTrain on Oct. 25-26, 2019
Diversity scholarships still available here .

Albuquerque NewsTrain will offer a day and a half of digital training on Oct. 25 and 26, 2019, in conjunction with the New Mexico Press Association Convention and hosted by the University of New Mexico. Learn more here.

Training Sessions Include:

  • Getting your story read: maximizing and measuring social media for branding and audience engagement
  • Driving daily enterprise coverage with documents and data
  • Creating data visualizations to tell better stories
  • Mobile newsgathering: better storytelling with your smartphone
  • Turbocharge your reporting using online tools
  • Promoting ethics, trust and transparency in your daily work
  • Paradigm shifts in New Mexico journalism

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

Members of the New Mexico Press Association (NMPA) should not register on this page. If your news organization is a member of NMPA, register for NewsTrain and the New Mexico Press Association Convention here.

For Albuquerque 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 Sept. 30.

Just a few seats left; one day left to sign up !
Train in data, mobile newsgathering, smart storytelling, podcasting, analytics and management approaches at Milwaukee NewsTrain on Sept. 27, 2019
Milwaukee NewsTrain will offer a full day of digital training on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 333 W. State; Milwaukee, WI 53203. New, two separate management-track courses are available in the morning.

NewsTrain sessions include:
  • Developing a data mindset and use it to improve daily work 
  • Mobile newsgathering with your smartphone 
  • Making the smart choices in how to pitch and tell a story
  • So, you have an idea for a podcast
  • Using audience analytics to get your story read

Morning management track sessions include:
  • Having difficult conversations 
  • Managing tension between generations (particularly millennials entering leadership positions)


Wisconsin Newspaper Association members can  apply for a $50 stipend  by being one of the first WPA members to  sign up here .

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