A New U. - Online Training for Journalists

News University (NewsU) is a project of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. NewsU is committed to providing interactive, inexpensive courses that appeal to journalists at all levels of experience and in all types of media. The portal just opened for business and offers an innovative approach to helping journalists enhance their skills.

NewsU is part of the Knight Foundation's $10 million newsroom training initiative aimed at increasing both existing training and industry investment in professional development. Here are six key investments made in 2003 and 2004:

1. NewsTrain, traveling training for middle managers by APME and RTNDA.
2. The Learning Newsroom, a newspaper project of API and ASNE.
3. A 'Traveling Curriculum' standard-setting seminars for print and broadcast by Committee of Concerned Journalists will reach 4,200 journalists.
4.Traveling Campus, a perpetual skills and topic training program offered by the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
5. NewsU