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  • Challenges in Foreign Policy - and a Changing Media World The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism invites applications from opinion writers for this seminar, December 1-4, 2009. Every day, the world is getting more complex and interconnected. The election of a U.S. president with global popularity and the draw-down of U.S. troops from Iraq have done nothing to change that. Twitter helps angry Iranians protest an election. Drug violence, the H1N1 virus and carbon emissions cross borders, challenging governments. President Obama has brought a new tone to U.S. foreign policy, but still faces a raft of challenges: nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, a struggling war in Afghanistan and new issues with rising powers like China and India.
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Poynter Seminars Whether you're a reporter or a newly-minted boss, a photo-journalist or a designer, a future journalist or a journalism teacher, Poynter can help you get better at your job.

National Writers Workshops NWWs are co-sponsored by The Poynter Institute and local newspapers.

API Seminar Schedule API seminars are developed for distinct professional tracks, e.g. News/Editorial, Weeklies and Digital/New Media.
API’s 2008 seminar schedule is now available. For more information please click here.  Questions?  Please contact Carol Ann Riordan.

Knight Center seminars The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism offers free top-quality seminars for reporters, editors and editorial writers. Print and broadcast journalists receive in-depth training in subjects related to their coverage. Fellowship participants meet like-minded colleagues, get grounded in a new assignment or rekindle enthusiasm for a long-time beat.

Knight Digital Media Center New feature: News Leadership 3.0 -- a blog we hope becomes "a place where newsroom leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities of transforming their news organizations and their staffs into adaptive, multi-platform engines of journalism and information." >> Visit the blog

Inland Press Association's newspaper training program schedule The Inland Press Association is a not-for-profit association specializing in high-quality, low-cost training options for all newspaper departments and producing industry standard research in newspaper costs and revenues, as well as newspaper compensation.

The Commonwealth Press Union An association whose members are newspaper groups (some with several hundred newspapers), newspapers and news agencies in 49 countries of the Commonwealth. The CPU's courses and workshops are designed to help working journalists improve their own standards and those of their newspaper.

The News Manual Online A free training resource for journalists.

Cleland Thom Journalism Training Services Journalism courses are available by distance learning from UK based Cleland Thom Journalism Training Services.

Lilly Scholarships in Religion for Journalists Journalists interested in taking college courses in religion or spirituality may apply for a new scholarship program offered by the Religion Newswriters Association.
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