Poynter, Knight Launch Online Training Portal
It was a few months ago when I found out about NewsU. NewsU was in "Pilot Phase" when I joined it. Yesterday I received an email from NewsU, saying: News University officially launches ....
But what is NewsU?
NewsU is a project of The Poynter Institute For Media Studies funded by the Knight Foundation.
NewsU offers tightly focused, interactive courses for journalists at all levels of experience and in all types of media.
If you wish to know more about NewsU, have a look at the interview with Poynter's Howard Finberg about Poynter, Knight Online Training Portal.
Here's the list of NewsU's courses:
- The Interview; sharpening your interviewing skills.
- Language of the Image; understanding the elements of photojournalism.
- ONA Training Project Module; learning from the best online projects [with ONA].
- The Lead Lab; writing better leads.
- Cleaning Your Copy; the importance of style, grammar, and spelling.
- Beat Basics & Beyond; how to create and manage a beat.
