Online communications courses for professionals

Learn AP style straight from the source. LIMITED-TIME OFFER: Sign up for both AP Stylebook Workshops to learn about both content and mechanics. Special pricing applies only when the same participant joins us for both workshops.

Refine Your Content, Oct 7-28, 2026, 2-3 p.m. EDT

Master the Mechanics, Feb. 10-March 3, 2027, 11am-12 p.m. EST

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A three-week online course with live sessions on Wednesdays, Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 2027 from 2 – 3:30 p.m. EST.

In this course, we’ll cover the current state of the digital landscape, including the impact of AI, the importance of investing in loyal audiences and how to nurture the communities you create.

Join us for this educational series of discussions and strategic planning sessions.

A two-week online course with live sessions on Thursdays, Feb. 25-March 4, 2027 from 2 – 3:15 p.m. EST.

This course introduces you to the evolution of media from analog formats to contemporary digital workflows. Through hands-on exercises and practical examples, you will explore legacy film, video and audio formats. Learn how analog media is preserved through digitization and understand the archival practices that support long-term access.

A two-part online course with live sessions on Tuesday and Thursday, March 9 and 11, 2027 from 2 – 3:30 p.m. EST.

Learn techniques to tell clear, emotional stories in visual, multimedia and interactive formats. Join journalists who specialize in data visualization, video storytelling, and investigative work in this new online course from AP Learning. Live sessions will showcase examples of interactive, visual storytelling and the people and organizations who created them.

A four-week online course with live sessions on Tuesdays, March 16-April 6, 2027 from 2 – 3 p.m. EDT.

Master a core journalism skill each week to expand your professional capabilities, no matter your field.

• Investigative journalism techniques to deepen your content
• Writing leads and prose to hook your readers
• Broadcast journalism skills to improve your social posts
• Video journalism techniques to upgrade your daily mobile phone video content

A four-week online course with live sessions on Tuesdays, April 20-May 11, 2027 from 11 a.m.- 12p.m. EDT.

In this four-part online course, top writers and editors from The Associated Press show you how effective writing – and the things that go into it – can point the way toward better outcomes in your own writing.

A two-week online course with live sessions on Tuesdays, May 11 and 18, 2027 from 2- 3p.m. EDT.

The AP Stylebook includes thousands of entries, but it can’t address everything that matters to you and your audience. Creating your own custom style guide captures the specific guidance that applies to your organization, region or specialty, and helps everyone in your group make consistent style choices.

Learn to navigate media for documentary, content creation and news storytelling at your own pace with on-demand sessions.

You’ll learn how to research archival material and apply core journalistic investigative practices, and you’ll gain an understanding of why primary sourcing is the gold standard. This course will present key legal considerations around fair use and copyright and will teach you best practices for verifying sources to avoid deepfakes, misinformation and other credibility risks.