In response to demand, the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute will expand its fee-based training programs next year in Nashville, Tenn., and offer at least five multimedia boot camps for journalism educators and professionals.

Registration is available immediately and on a first-come, first-served basis for all classes scheduled in 2010. However, the January and February classes already are starting to fill.

The multimedia training is tailored for journalists but open to anyone with an interest… Continue

It has been just over five years since a phone call changed my life. The call came from Chris Stanfield, a board member for the Associated Press Photo Managers.

Chris asked if I would run for a spot on the board for an organization I knew little about. “It was the opportunity of a lifetime,” I think he said. I was a new member of APPM and had planned on attending their annual conference in Louisville, so I guess I was an easy target. But I really didn’t know much about the group or what I was g… Continue

Last week in St. Louis I mentioned RSS feeds during my APPM session on Free and Cheap. I use Google Reader to manage my RSS feeds from the 30 or more blogs I track. For those of you who have yet to set up an RSS or blog reader here is a link to a 10,000 Words article on how to set up RSS:

http://www.10000words.net/2009/11/beginners-guide-to-rss.html

Let me suggest a few blogs to start with; 10,000 Words… Continue

The results are in!

For the large circulation category the winner is Sonja Foster of USA Today.

For the middle circulation category the winners are Jeff Knox of the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, IL and Mark Pynes of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, PA. Jeff will be the new secretary.

For the small circulation category the winners are Jim Preston of the Cape Cod Times in Hyannis MA and Mike Heinz of The Journal & Courier in Lafayette, IN.

In the at-large category the winners are Barry… Continue

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