Registration for Webinar on Facebook Content optimization Ongoing [Worldwide]

Journalists, marketers and social media managers who want to have a better understanding of how their content might succeed on Facebook can attend this webinar.

News University, the e-learning arm of the Poynter Institute, will host the webinar "Facebook for journalists and publishers" at 2 p.m. EST on Nov. 30.

Topics include how to optimize content for Facebook, what Facebook analytics measure and how to use them, a basic understanding of the Facebook algorithm and how to use Facebook groups to best advantage.

The course instructor is Daniel Scapusio, social media manager for The Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

The webinar costs US$29.95 to attend. Registration is ongoing.

For more information, click here.

Training on infographics, data visualization open [Spain]

Journalists can register for this workshop.

The UAM/El País School of Journalism organizes an intense training on infographic and data visualization for journalists Jan. 27, 2018 in Madrid.

Participants will learn the basics of simple and complex graphics, when it is appropriate to incorporate visualizations and what are the most common errors in doing so, among other topics.

The instructors are Rodrigo Silva and Antonio Alonso.

Registration is ongoing until spaces are filled. The cost is EUR100.

For more information (in Spanish), click here.

HKDI offers Seed Grants to filmmakers [China]

Emerging documentary filmmakers who are interested in Hong Kong issues can apply for this program.

The Hong Kong Documentary Initiative offers a Seed Grants Program to support filmmakers with cash grants and mentorship.

Successful applicants will receive up to HKD150,000, one-on-one coaching, nine months of residency at the Journalism and Media Studies Center at the University of Hong Kong and free admission to classes by award-winning experts.

Projects, including both short and feature-length documentary films, need to be related to Hong Kong. 

Priority is given to Hong Kong permanent residents who have previously produced at least one documentary film of not less than 15 minutes.

The deadline is Jan. 2, 2018.

For more information, click here.