April 30, 2021
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Making an impression on a potential employer starts long before an email or phone call. By then, your digital footprint has done the talking … don’t let it send someone walking.

“Career Connection: Defining your digital footprint” is a weeklong series of hands-on workshops to help you create and maintain the journalism/writing identity you want to showcase to sources, employers, and publishers.

The class will meet from noon to 1 p.m. ET daily, from Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14. Whether you’re a longtime professional looking to invigorate your digital connections or a new writer hoping to establish a foothold in the industry, you’ll leave this series of daily workshops with a refreshed outlook on the tools and content strategies that will set you apart.

Register here for one or all programs, which are now available at no cost. Registration includes access to the video recordings and resources referenced in all sessions.

Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, reminds leaders that employees have long memories.
Find motivation and some new tools for energizing your writing in this afternoon workshop.

After a year of working from home, journalists and communicators around the country are hitting reset on their routines as they consider life after vaccination. ​Add “Pro Tips: Writing refresh” to your toolkit as you reset

In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll get you motivated with:

  • Tips on energizing tired writing
  • Structuring stories with inclusivity at their core
  • Writing killer headlines that attract, rather than distract

The speakers will include Steve Padilla, Column One editor at Los Angeles Times; others to be announced soon.

Registration is open for this program, which will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. ET Friday, June 4, on Zoom. Tickets are $50 for general registration, and they are $40 for National Press Club members.
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This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Holly Butcher Grant and Julie Moos. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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