Al Tompkins

Al Tompkins is one of America s best-known and most-requested journalism trainers. Tompkins has taught professional journalists at conferences, conventions, seminars and newsrooms in 46 states and five countries. Tompkins is the Broadcast and Online Group Leader for The Poynter Institute and has been awarded most of broadcast journalism s top honors, including The National Emmy, The Peabody, two Robert F. Kennedy Awards, and The American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for legal reporting.

Al Tompkins is one of America s best-known and most-requested journalism trainers. Tompkins has taught professional journalists at conferences, conventions, seminars and newsrooms in 46 states and five countries. Tompkins is the Broadcast and Online Group Leader for The Poynter Institute and has been awarded most of broadcast journalism s top honors, including The National Emmy, The Peabody, two Robert F. Kennedy Awards, and The American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for legal reporting. See less