As the lead sponsor of the Institute’s “Lessons for Journalism’s Playbook: Covering the Field in 2013 & Beyond” Gala and Panel Discussion, AmerisourceBergen will fully fund two scholarships for journalists

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a leader in excellence in journalism and media innovation, has announced that AmerisourceBergen Corporation, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical service companies, has become the initial sponsor of a new scholarship program, which will allow journalists without the worry of cost to attend seminars at the Institute on subjects ranging from writing and editing to covering political controversies to telling better stories with multimedia tools. In addition to supporting the scholarship program, AmerisourceBergen is also the lead sponsor with a $50,000 donation for Poynter’s May 15 gala dinner and panel, Lessons for Journalism’s Playbook: Covering the Field in 2013 and Beyond, held at the Harvard Club of New York City.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. –The Poynter Institute’s e-learning project, News University (NewsU), announced today that it has registered its 250,000th user, marking a significant milestone for a program founded on the principles of flexible, focused and affordable journalism training.

Over the last eight years, Poynter has created an online learning environment that recognizes the need for ‘just-in-time’ training for diverse audiences. NewsU, with its more than 275 training modules in four languages, offers the world’s largest online journalism curriculum.

The Pew report, released last week on the State of the Media, probably came as no surprise to you.

A thread in five key findings pulls together a growing threat to news businesses and to an informed society. The report says:

• “Nearly one-third — 31% — of people say they have deserted a particular news outlet because it no longer provides the news and information they had grown accustomed to…”

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Poynter Institute, an international leader in journalism education, has announced two new Fellows: Multimedia storyteller and data journalist Anna Li becomes Poynter’s first Google Journalism Fellow while Northwestern University student Taylor Thomas has been selected as Poynter’s first Medill Journalism Resident.

“Fellows have brought excellent skills and new ideas to Poynter and Anna and Taylor have the tools to follow that tradition,” said Poynter President Karen Dunlap.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Poynter Institute, an international leader in journalism education, has announced it will partner with The McClatchy Company, the country’s third-largest newspaper publisher, on an innovative, multi-year training program that aims to deliver more training to more employees.

The Poynter Institute’s News University (https://www.newsu.org) announced today it has teamed up with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (http://nsvrc.org) to create a free, self-directed course for journalists, educators and the public on how to cover the complex topic of sexual violence.

Reporters and journalism professors can receive free travel and tuition to attend one of seven nationwide seminars.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (Feb. 13, 2013) — To ensure citizens benefit from the best possible reporting on critical issues, The Robert R. McCormick Foundation and The Poynter Institute for Media Studies today announced seven new issue-centered workshops for journalists in 2013.

The McCormick Specialized Reporting Institutes are free training seminars, focused on creating a strong democracy through an informed public. They are scheduled from Long Island to Chicago and El Paso, Texas, from April through October. The McCormick Foundation is funding the training (which also includes e-learning) through a $710,000, two-year grant to Poynter — an international media strategy center and school for journalists.

The seven topics and workshop hosts are:

• Covering Guns, April 1-3 in Chicago, organized by The Poynter Institute;
• Covering Medicare: Care, Costs, Control and Consequences, May 5-7 in St. Petersburg, Fla., organized by the Medicare NewsGroup;
• Grading the Teachers, May 8-10 in Detroit and in October in Chicago, organized by Michigan State University School of Journalism and the Education Trust-Midwest;

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Poynter, a school dedicated to teaching practitioners and teachers of journalism, announces the appointment of three new members to its National Advisory Board (NAB). The new NAB members, who will serve a term of four years, join a board of 10 and bring to the Institute experiences in traditional and new forms of journalism, as well as in academia and research.

Poynter has heard from some newsrooms that they are afraid of losing unspent training dollars when the budget year ends on Dec. 31.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Poynter Institute has named Christine Martin as President of the newly formed Poynter Foundation. Martin will work closely with Poynter President Karen B. Dunlap and Brian Tierney, Foundation Board Chair, to significantly increase philanthropic support for the 37 year-old Institute.