Press Room

  • Journalism Schools, Training Groups May Apply to Host a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute in 2013

    Workshop hosts receive funds from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to cover the costs of travel and teaching on critical topics for journalists

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Robert R. McCormick Foundation and the Poynter Institute today announce that applications are open for organizations to host a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute (SRI) in 2013.

    SRIs are intensive reporting workshops designed to provide subject-specific expertise and practical skills to working journalists. McCormick is funding seven SRI workshops in 2012.

  • McBride: Leak Legislation

    Journalists make a really good argument about how it is impossible to run a democracy if they don’t know what their government is doing,” Poynter’s Kelly McBride, told TVNewsCheck about legislation meant to stop intelligence leaks.

  • PolitiFact’s free Settle It! app will resolve dinner-table arguments

    New app is from Poynter-PolitiFact partnership; funded by Knight Foundation

    PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times, has released Settle It!, a free app designed to resolve political disagreements.

    The app is known as “PolitiFact’s Argument Ender” because it allows users to type names, keywords and subjects and instantly find relevant Truth-O-Meter™ ratings.

  • American Press Institute Announces “Transformation Tour”

    New Training Program Focuses on Game-Changing Strategies for Newspaper Executives and Managers in Partnership With Poynter

    Arlington, Va. – The “Transformation Tour,” presented by the American Press Institute with The Poynter Institute, kicks off this September to provide game-changing strategies for newspaper leaders to grow audience, develop content and drive revenue.

    Pioneers and practitioners of the newspaper industry – including Clark Gilbert of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Chuck Peters of The Gazette Co. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Christian A.

  • McBride: "Making Sense of the Media"

    Mugshot Websites - “But what happens next is a form of “highway robbery,” according to Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute’s Sense-making Project.” Decline of Newspapers - “McBride says the same economic forces are at play in other cities.

  • Poynter Digital Ethics Symposium to Be Held Oct. 23 in NYC; First Authors Commit to Day Funded by Craig Newmark

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Poynter Institute and craigconnnects, the Web-based initiative created by Craig Newmark, have teamed up with the Paley Center for Media to host the Poynter Digital Journalism Ethics Symposium.

  • RNC 2012, Poynter Events

    Conversation with Michael Kranish, co-author of “The Real Romney”

    The Poynter Institute is pleased to host a conversation with The Boston Globe’s Michael Kranish, co-author of “The Real Romney,” the definitive biography of the candidate, published in January to uniformly positive reviews as absorbing, informative and fair-minded.

    Kranish will highlight key findings of the book, just republished in a paperback edition with a new afterword.

  • Poynter Develops First App for Writers: “Help! For Writers” Available on iTunes

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Poynter Institute has developed a mobile app designed to help writers address their most pressing problems. Based on the groundbreaking work of Poynter Senior Scholar Roy Peter Clark, the “Help! For Writers” app divides the writing process into key steps, identifies the most common missteps and offers writers of all genres useful solutions to difficult problems. The app may be downloaded from iTunes for $1.99.

    “It’s like having a writing coach in your pocket,” said Clark, author of the book “Help!

  • Poynter to Host MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Team

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Poynter Institute will host a Luncheon and Community Conversation with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s popular “Morning Joe” show. The event, which is open to the public, will be held at noon on Tuesday, August 28, at the Hilton St. Petersburg, Carillon Park. Tickets are $100.

    “Our Community Conversations allow local residents to benefit from Poynter’s work,” said Poynter President Karen Dunlap.

  • Poynter, American Press Institute and Knight Foundation Team Up to Help Newspapers With Digital Tools Training

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. –The Poynter Institute, The American Press Institute (API) and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation are teaming up to provide a major public service at a critical time by launching a new program featuring ongoing training in the state-of-the-art digital tools that newspapers need to multiply their productivity and impact.