Resources for TPA members

Webinars, online and in-person workshops and other training opportunities for staffs of Texas Newspapers:

DIGIVERSITY
Texas Press Association has entered an agreement with Digiversity.tv to co-sponsor the subscription fee for employees of member newspapers to access training sessions on publishing tools.
Digiversity.tv Host Russell Viers invites TPA members to visit the newly revamped www.digiversity.tv training site and “snoop around a bit” to see the new website in the making. The site is a storefront for a growing library of training videos.
Sorted into various series, the episodes are focused on specific tools, features, functions or other topics that allow viewers to learn quickly, then get back to work.
Members who want to subscribe through TPA should submit email addresses for all employees wanting to view the sessions and the name of the newspaper where they are employed to Mike Hodges at mhodges@texaspress.com. Once entered into the Digiversity.tv database, each employee will receive an invitation to join and will have access to register on the site directly.
For more information about this new training program, contact Hodges at 512-477-6755 or mhodges@texaspress.com.

TEXAS CENTER FOR COMMUNITY JOURNALISM
Writing coach traveling workshops
TCCJ has a new traveling writing coach program for community newspapers. 
Communications practitioner Robert Bohler, former student media advisor and student publications director at Texas Christian University, and TCCJ Director Austin Lewter have taken workshops to several newsrooms since the program launched this fall.
For more information, or to set up coaching for your staff, contact Austin Lewter at TCCJ, alewter@tarleton,edu.

In-person workshops at Tarleton University
Following the success of “Eye on Design,” TCCJ’s first in-person workshop in two years, the center is planning two sessions in the spring: a newspaper management bootcamp and a community news symposium. Details and registration information will be posted on the TCCJ Facebook page.

ONLINE MEDIA CAMPUS
Texas Press Association has purchased access to the Online Media Campus so that TPA members have free access to all webinars and training sessions.  
Online Media Campus has been focused on providing training webinars for the newspaper industry for many years. The list of current programs is available on the website, www.onlinemedia.com. Through a partnership with America’s Newspapers, press associations may subscribe to Online Media Campus and provide their membership free access. To register for a webinar members may obtain the code number by contacting Mike Hodges, mhodges@texaspress.com, or Candace Velvin, cvelvin@texaspress.com, or call 512-477-6755.
Upcoming webinars:
• 7 Ways to Get 25% More From Every Advertiser: Compare, Contrast, Close!
1 p.m. Dec. 9; Cost: FREE with code from TPA
Ad sales expert Ryan Dohrn offers tips for getting past objections and inventive ways to ethically share what competitive advertisers are doing in the market.
• Mastering the Top Ten Critical Sales Questions
1 p.m. Jan. 7; Cost: FREE with code from TPA
We all know we need to ask questions to understand our client’s goals, but what are the best questions to ask? Ryan Dohrn will break down the 10 critical questions and explain the purpose behind each one in vivid detail.
• Webinar Library 
Live webinars are recorded and offered as archives available at any time. Register for the archive with code from TPA as you would for a live program and you will receive a web link to play the archive.

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 
Local Journalists Initiative
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Local Journalists Initiative, www.cfr.org/localjournalists, is dedicated to helping print, broadcast, and digital native journalists working for regional publications and media outlets draw connections between the local issues they cover and national and international dynamics. 
Programming includes an interactive webinar series with CFR fellows and other subject experts tailored to the needs of local journalists and an annual workshop, featuring expert briefings on global issues and a forum for journalists to share best practices on connecting the local to the global. Participants in the programs gain direct access to area specialists, suggestions for useful information and data sources and meet a professional network of peers from across the country.  
For more information about attending one or both of the upcoming CFR programs, email your name, professional title, and media affiliation to localjournalists@cfr.org 
• CFR Local Journalists webinar Dec. 14 at Noon (CST)
Topic: Supply chains, inflation and trade 
To see past webinars click here. 
• CFR Local Journalists Workshop March 24 and 25, 2022
To see past workshop sessions click here.
The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. CFR takes no institutional stances on policy, nor accepts government funding. To learn more visit the website.