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.

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.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —The one-year-old initiative launched by craigslist founder Craig Newmark, craigconnects, is teaming up with The Poynter Institute to host an ethics symposium in New York City in the Fall of 2012. The symposium will lead to creation of a new set of guiding principles for journalists and other content creators concerned with democratic standards of truth in the digital age.

Twenty-five years ago, Poynter created the Guiding Principles for Journalists as a tool for steering ethical choices and policies.

By Karen Dunlap, Poynter President

The merger of the Newspaper Association of America Foundation with the American Press Institute and staff cuts that followed caused me to think about my time at API and about friends and colleagues who served there. I remember working into the night with a committed and innovative group of journalists in Reston. Many others around the nation and the world have similar memories.

The announcement didn’t come as a surprise since I was member of the NAAF Board that approved merger. More …

National Reports indicate Pinellas County, Florida, has one of the highest drop-out rates in the country. African-American boys are most at risk: Approximately one in five will graduate from our school system. The Poynter Institute, one of the world’s premier journalism schools, and the Tampa Bay Rays have decided to act by joining with local schools, law enforcement, businesses and community groups to create The Write Field.

The Write Field is a dynamic new mentoring program designed to improve the academic performance and life skills of selected middle school boys.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 26, 2012) –The Poynter Institute’s News University (NewsU) and the European Journalism Centre (EJC) jointly announced the launch of “Reporting & Writing About Development in the World,” an innovative three-month e-learning course for 40 journalism students from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The course introduces students to the fundamentals of covering international development and is funded by the European Commission’s V4Aid project, which promotes awareness of development issues in the European Union’s new member states.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (February 23, 2012) –The Poynter Institute’s e-learning project, News University (NewsU), today announced the winners of its second Stories Campaign. For the contest, NewsU asked users to share stories about how the online journalism training site transformed their lives. From more than 100 entries, seven winners were selected including one grand prize, one honorable mention and five merit winners.

Poynter NewsU first ran the Stories Campaign in 2008 to celebrate the site’s third anniversary.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When can you trust a poll? Why do polls sometimes disagree? When is a candidate really ahead in an election race? How can you go beyond the “horse race” numbers and understand real motivations of voters?

The public, press and politicians face a daily barrage of public opinion polls asserting what the public believes, desires and how they will vote.

Jan. 2, 2012

The Poynter Institute and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University have formed an alliance to improve the teaching and training of journalists in the digital media age.

The first phase of the new partnership will consist of a faculty exchange, with members of the Poynter faculty visiting the Cronkite School in Phoenix several times a semester to give lectures, visit classes and meet with faculty and students.

Extended Offer From Poynter for Members of AAJA, NAJA, NLGJA, JAWS and IPI

In 2012, The Poynter Institute will continue offering members of the Asian American Journalism Association, Native American Journalism Association, National Lesbian and Gay Journalism Association, the Journalism & Women Symposium and the International Press Institute a 20% tuition discount for On-site Seminars here in St. Petersburg, Florida. This offer will also apply to Online Group Seminars on News University, our e-learning site.