Journalists who want to improve their basic knowledge of numbers, facts and figures can participate in the online seminar.

Poynter’s News University will offer the webinar «There’s Math In My Journalism! Solving Your Numbers Problems» at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4.

The one-hour course will be led by Neil Holdway, treasurer of the American Copy Editors Society. Topics include calculating percentages, rations and proportions, surveys and margins of error, and more.

Registration is ongoing and costs US$29.95. Access to an archived version of the webinar and bonus materials is included in the registration fee.

For more information, click here: http://www.newsu.org/courses/math-solutions-journalists