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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2006 CONTACT: Eight full fellowships to attend the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education's program for copy editors are available to journalists from small and medium size newspapers. The Editing Program runs from May 21 to July 1 at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. The program director is Addie Rimmer, a 1980 Editing Program graduate and a longtime newspaper editor who teaches at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. The fellowships cover tuition, room and group meals during the six-week program and include a travel stipend. The fellowships are underwritten by a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The six-week program immerses participants in everything from the basics of headline writing, grammar, page design and story organization to developing news judgment and the interpersonal skills that enable editors to work successfully with reporters and other editors. The curriculum includes classroom work, daily skills-building drills, evening seminars and practical experience at the local newspaper. Faculty members include top academics, veteran editors and experts in converging media. The program is ideal for copy editors who want more training, reporters who want to move to the copy desk, journalists who work on web sites, and design and graphics editors who want copy editing training. Fellowship applications are invited from journalists who work at newspapers with circulations of 50,000 and below. Like all Maynard programs, the Editing Program is open to people of all races, though the emphasis is on training people of color. For more information, visit http://www.maynardije.org/programs/editing/ or contact institute director of programs Evelyn Hsu at 703-620-1567 or at Ehsu@maynardije.org |