Free Training for Journalists at Seven Workshops Across the USA

A $710,000 grant to The Poynter Institute will fund seminars, Webinars, live chats and new online resources over two years for journalists, bloggers, educators and others.

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation announced that a $710,000 grant to The Poynter Institute will fund journalism training workshops, or Specialized Reporting Institutes (SRIs), as well as Webinars and other online resources for reporters over the next two years.

Poynter administers this training program for McCormick, and the two organizations have selected SRI hosts for this year to carry out training on these topics:

The Poynter Institute will host the seventh workshop funded by the grant, on a topic to be determined later.

Each workshop host also will conduct a Webinar on the topic on Poynter's e-learning site, News University ( www.NewsU.org ), create a page of reporting resources for NewsU and host a live chat on Poynter's website ( www.Poynter.org ). McCormick and Poynter will accept applications this fall for training hosts and topics for 2013.

Poynter and the SRI hosts will announce dates, locations and application instructions for each workshop as they become available. Participants attend for free, with grant funds paying their hotel and travel costs.