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What is NewsTrain?
Editing and management training for frontline editors
Workshop Leaders
Faculty
Program Highlights
Agenda Outline
Payment
Program Questions
Major Funding
Sponsors
Register
What is NewsTrain?
- APME NewsTrain is a two-day workshop designed for middle managers. It was developed by journalists to provide practical advice to improve editing and management skills for frontline editors.
- In 2003 the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) received a three-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to create this national training program. The goal is to provide high-quality, low-cost training to frontline editors at 40 regional workshops around the nation.
- NewsTrain will help editors develop more expertise and grow in their careers, and help news organizations strengthen their newsrooms. With this program, we hope to help make training an essential part of the fabric of the newsroom.
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Editing and management training for frontline editors:
- Practical tips that busy editors can use on the job right away
- Nationally recognized trainers
- $35 fee for workshops and lunch
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Workshop Leaders:
- Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Editing Chair, University of Missouri
- Kristin Gilger, Director of Student Media, Arizona State University
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Faculty:
- Nora Paul, Director of Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota
- Gene Foreman, journalism professor, Penn State University
- Bobbi Bowman, Diversity Director, ASNE
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Program Highlights:
- Coaching the story
- Motivating your staff
- Organizing stories
- The online revolution
- Ethical decision-making
- Covering the new America
- FOIA tips
- Visual storytelling
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Agenda Outline
Wednesday, May 24
- 10:00 a.m.: Registration
- 10:30 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions
- 11:00 a.m.: Coaching Your Writers (Green Team) / Motivating Your Staff (Blue Team)
- 12:30 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:30 p.m.: Training: Get on Board
- 2:00 p.m. The five-minute editor (Green Team) / Situational Leadership (Blue Team)
- 3:00 p.m.: Coffee Break
- 3:15 p.m.: Coaching Your Writers (Blue Team) / Motivating Your Staff (Green Team)
- 4:45 p.m.: Coffee Break
- 5:00 p.m.: The five-minute editor (Blue Team) / Situational Leadership (Green Team)
- 6:00 p.m.: Reception
Thursday, May 25
- 8:30 a.m.: Continental breakfast available
- 9:00 a.m.: Welcome back & announcements
- 9:15 a.m.: Architecture of story organization (Blue Team) / Ethical decision-making (Green Team) and Covering the New America (Green Team)
- 11:15 a.m.: Secrets of mining FOIA for high-impact stories
- 12:15 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m.: Digital News for Newspaper Editors:
From Shovelware to Innovation Online
- 2:45 p.m.: Coffee Break
- 3:00 p.m.: Architecture of story organization (Green Team) / Ethical decision-making (Blue Team) and Covering the New America (Blue Team)
- 5:00 p.m.: Secrets of Visual Storytelling
- 5:45 p.m.: NewsTrain Caboose
- 6:00 p.m.: Workshop ends
For a more detailed agenda, please refer to the NewsTrain website.
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Payment:
- Write a check for $35 made payable to the University of Minnesota. Mail it to:
Minnesota Journalism Center
c/o Rachel Johnson
115 Murphy Hall
206 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Program Questions:
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Major Funding From:
- The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Sponsors:
- Associated Press Managing Editors
- The Associated Press
- Star Tribune
- Pioneer Press
- Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota
- St. Cloud Times
- Minnesota Newspaper Foundation
- Fowm Communications
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Register:
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For the full agenda and other information, please visit the NewsTrain website. |
