Deadline extended to Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
The Minority Fellowship program is celebrating its 33rd anniversary. It is designed to widen opportunities for ethnic minority professionals to enter or advance in newspaper management. Candidates should either be in management positions or demonstrate managerial potential. Supervisor recommendations play a key role in the selection process.
We will award 10 fellowships to events and seminars taking place from January to June 2012 at The Poynter Institute.
Fellowships cover event/seminar registration fees and, where applicable, travel, meals and hotel expenses.
Applications must be received by no later than January 10, 2012. They must be accompanied by a signed supervisor’s recommendation. Once fellowships have been awarded, recipients will be contacted by the NAA Foundation. Confirmation letters will be sent, with copies forwarded to fellows’ supervisors. Download an application.
For more information, contact Jeanne Fox-Alston at (571) 366-1005 or jeanne.foxalston@naa.org.
EVENTS/SEMINARS FOR JANUARY-JUNE 2012
The American Press Institute has not finalized its seminar schedule for spring 2012. Additional fellowships may be offered once that information is available.
DIGITAL
Developing a Smarter Mobile Strategy
Feb. 6-10
The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
For anyone responsible for the distribution of content on mobile devices.
Learn to create mobile news content and revenue strategies. Gain insight into working with vendors and understanding metrics. Learn how to sort through the options of creating apps versus using the mobile Web. Deepen your understanding of the journalistic power of mobile and how the public consumes information on hand-held devices.
EDITORIAL
The Multidimensional Journalist
(two fellowships available)
March 3-9
The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
For print and online journalists at news organizations.
Learn essential skills to produce deadline stories across multiple platforms. Find out how to use social media tools, including Twitter and Facebook, to cover breaking news. The goal is to help participants become more effective multidimensional journalists – reporting, writing and editing across print and digital platforms, including blogs, websites and tablets.
Essentials Skills for New Managers
April 15-20
The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
For new managers in print or online newsrooms who want to learn tools for effectively leading a staff of journalists.
Learn how to how to build your team's performance, improve quality and meet your organization’s goals. You’ll receive personalized feedback from your newsroom about your strengths and challenges, as well as customized coaching.
EDITORIAL/ONLINE
The Poynter Institute’s News University Online Group Seminars
Much like a traditional class, an online group seminar has readings, assignments, due dates and discussion forums. A faculty member guides the group through new material, moderates discussions and provides individual feedback. Participants can complete most of the course on a schedule that works for them. The minimum time commitment each week is three or four hours. Two fellowships are available for each seminar.
Writing Better Online Headlines and SEO Essentials
Feb. 8-22
For editors, web producers, reporters and anyone who posts content with headlines to the Web.
This course focuses on considerations unique to the Web. Learn the principles of good headline writing, regardless of platform; how search engines work and the elements that contribute to the “find-ability” of a Web page; the elements that should (and should not) be included in a good Web headline; and how to use tools to track what people look for and how they search for it.
Elements of Design
Feb. 27-March 23
For producers, writers, editors and others with little or no design education or background who make decisions about design in print, online and on mobile devices.
Whether you publish online, in print or on a mobile platform, content is the driving force behind every design decision you make. Explore the fundamentals of how words and images work together, how typography can enhance the meaning of a story, how the use of proportion and the grid can help the pacing of a story, and how color palettes can create a consistent look for your entire publication. Find out how content drives design choices. Learn to: make decisions using proportion and the grid, typography and color; select words and images that work together; and use fact boxes and other graphic devices to draw readers into a story.
Reporters Without Editors: How to Edit Your Own Writing
April 23-May 11
For writers and editors who want to look critically at their work in a way that avoids typos, errors in logic, flow or organization, or other flaws that lead to miscommunication.
In a world where speed is of the essence, there's less time for the many layers of editing that have traditionally stood between writers and readers. In this course, gain the skills you need to polish your own prose. Learn to: overcome pitfalls of editing work that you have created; check your work for clarity, organization and understanding; find more errors in copy, whether of style, grammar, punctuation or flow; and correct errors more efficiently and effectively.