Posted By Mark Scarp

By KELLY CARR, Reynolds Center staff

Are you grappling to understand what’s next for your local economy ? Or maybe you’re ready to take the full plunge into dissecting mounds of data or producing your own video, but are unsure where to begin.

The Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism’s fall and winter training schedule may be the answer you’ve been looking for. The lineup of free regional and online workshops covers a mix of topics.

They include forward-thinking tactics to enhance your coverage, such as engaging readers through social media and crowdsourcing, utilizing SEO to get more eyes on your stories and writing business stories for the Web with insights from Pulitzer winner Jacqui Banaszynski.

The schedule also includes sessions to beef up your knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and business databases for reporting, techniques for producing videos stories and tips for understanding your local economy. Webinars also will address how to find business stories on all beats.

For more information and to register for any of the following, click here.

Free Webinars – learn in one hour a day:

·        ”Develop Business Angles on Any Beat”: Sept. 14

·        ”Think Like Google – What You Need to Know about SEO”: Oct. 19

·        ”Covering the Green Economy – The Future of Energy”: Nov. 16

·        ”Writing Business News for the Web”: Dec. 1-2, with Pulitzer winner Jacqui Banaszynski.

Free workshops:

·        ”Engage Your Community to Power Your Business Coverage”: Sept. 1, San Francisco, with former BusinessWeek.com editor-in-chief John A. Byrne and Spot.Us founder David Cohn.

·        ”Produce a Business News Video in a Day”: Oct. 2, New York

·        ”Be a Better Business Watchdog — CAR for Business Journalists”: Oct. 11, Atlanta, and Nov. 9, Milwaukee, co-presented with IRE.

·        What’s Next for the Economy in Your Town?: Oct. 27, Washington, with Ezra Klein of The Washington Post’s Wonkbook

All-expenses-paid seminars:

Deadline to apply: Nov. 1

·        Strictly Financials, Jan. 4-7, Phoenix

·        Business Journalism Professors, Jan. 4-7, Phoenix