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Feb. 15, 2007 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. Fellowship applications are invited from journalists who work at newspapers with circulation of 50,000 and below. Journalists from both the print and the online editions are welcome to apply. Deadline to apply is March 10. Extensions granted on request. The Editing Program runs from June 1 - July 12 at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. It will train copy editors to work in both print and online newsrooms. The program director is Kenneth J. Cooper, a veteran journalist who has worked at the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. 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 the basics of headline writing, page design, line and content editing, story organization and news judgment as well as interpersonal skills that help editors work successfully with others. 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. Since 1979, the Maynard Institute's Editing Program has trained journalists of color to become copy editors and Web site editors, helped assignment editors improve their copy-editing skills, and prepared news professionals for supervisory roles. The Editing Program produces effective newsroom leaders of all races who can promote team work, introduce and manage change, and improve the quality of journalism. Like all Maynard programs, the Editing Program is open to people of all races. |