Storytelling through photojournalism has never been a more essential skill. In a multimedia newsroom, it’s critical to know how to find and present photographic narratives. Here’s an opportunity to sharpen your skills at capturing the “decisive moment” with the camera and produce more compelling stories.

Don’t miss Photojournalism With a Difference, February 22-27. Seats are limited; send online applications by Jan. 21 to ensure consideration.

Join Poynter’s Visual Journalism Group Leader and Director of Diversity, Kenny Irby, as he helps you explore innovative ways of telling the story behind the image. Learn how to gain access to under-covered communities and the untold stories that can be found there.

Other faculty include Poynter’s Regina McCombs, faculty for virtual teaching, and Mona Reeder, staff photographer with The Dallas Morning News. Invited faculty include David Gilkey, photojournalist/video producer at NPR.

Among the things you’ll learn:

• To identify good ideas, develop meaningful documentary stories and publish them across platforms
•To develop your ability to spot photographic potential in every news story
•To build skills essential for finding authentic voices in your photographic coverage
•The many ways that still documentary photography is being produced and presented in the digital age
This seminar is ideal for print and online photojournalists, visual editors, writers, designers, producers and reporters involved with photographic reporting. Tuition for this seminar is $995. For more information or to apply, visit www.poynter.org/09PhotoDifference.