[CW:MONTHLY] The Round Up

Online Trainings

Cleaning Your Copy
News University

HD Radio Workshop Webcast
National Association of Broadcasters

International Reporting Basics
News University

Journalism 2.0: How to Survive & Thrive
J-Lab

Math for Journalists
News University

Raising Hell: A Citizens Guide to the Fine Art of Investigation
Center for Investigative Reporting

Courses & Seminars

Mapping Data for News Stories
January 11-13, Columbia, MO
Investigative Reporters and Editors

Leadership for New Managers
January 13-18, St. Petersburg, FL
Poynter Institute

Media Academy
January 13-18, Cambridge, MA
Maynard Institute

Online Storytelling with Audio & Images
January 13-17, St. Petersburg, FL
Poynter Institute

Investigative Journalism 101
January 16, West Hollywood, CA
Mediabistro.com

Back to Basics: Editorial Workshop
January 17, Mobile, AL
Alabama Press Association

Feature Writing for Magazines
January 17, New York, NY
Mediabistro.com

Take the Byte Out of Technology
January 17-19, Dallas, TX
Texas Press Association

WPA Winter Convention
January 17-19, Caper, WY
Wyoming Press Association

Audio & Video Quick Course
January 18-19, Cerritos, CA
Society for News Design

Story Forms Boot Camp
January 18-19, St. Petersburg, FL
Society for News Design

Rocky Talk: The Art of Conversation
January 22, Denver, CO
SPJ-Colorado Pro Chapter

Governmental Affairs Day
January 23, Sacramento, CA
California Newspaper Publishers Association

Online Writing: Words that Click
January 27-30, St. Petersburg, FL
Poynter Institute

Award & Fellowship Programs

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary in Cyberspace
Deadline, February 1, 2008
Fellowship applications are now being taken for this special seminar in which the National Conference of Editorial Writers joins with the Knight Digital Media Center to explore interactive models for community opinion. Participating journalists will seek to identify models for online commentary and opinion that promote civic engagement. The conference will be held at the Knight Digital Media Center , USC Annenberg School for Communication, Los Angeles , CA.

Call for Entries: Religion Reporting Awards
Deadline: February 1, 2008
The Religion Newswriters Association invites journalists to enter its contests recognizing excellence in religion reporting in the news media. Nearly $10,000 in prizes is awarded in eight contest categories.

Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers
Deadline: January 18, 2008
The award, which carries a $10,000 prize, was established through gifts for an endowment by members of the Taylor family, who published The Boston Globe from 1872 to 1999. For the first time, second and third place finalists will receive $1,000 each. The purpose of the award, which is administered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University , is to encourage fairness in news coverage by America ’s daily newspapers.

Fellowship for Education Reporting
Deadline: January 31, 2008
The fellowship is open to journalists, educators, and education policy researchers who are interested in creating significant works of long-form education journalism. The fellowship combines course work in residence at Columbia University with intense individual help with each fellow’s project on some aspect of education in the United States.

Knight Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2008
The Knight Fellowships is accepting applications for its 2008-2009 fellowships program. Fellowships are granted to 12 U.S. journalists who have already accomplished a lot and are ambitious to do more. Candidates must have seven years professional experience and be currently working full-time as journalists. Fellows receive a stipend of $60,000, plus Stanford tuition and supplements for housing, child care, health insurance and books. All activities of the program are open to spouses and partners of Fellows. Fellowships include a stipend of $60,000 and Stanford tuition.

California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships
Deadline: February 13, 2008
Program participants will learn about health trends, policy innovations and political conflicts involving health care. Fellows will emerge with a broader and more nuanced awareness of immigrant health, health disparities, access to care, farm worker health and the nation’s frayed safety net.

Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting
Deadline: March 18, 2008
The Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting are offered to five traditionally under-represented minority journalists with U.S. citizenship interested in studying marine and environmental science and developing environmental reporting skills. Participants partake in a one-month independent study at the University of Rhode Island with a nine-month reporting assignment covering environmental and science-based news at one of five news outlets. The Diversity Fellowships, which are intended to increase quality environmental reporting and diversity in newsrooms around the country, are supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and each includes a $34,000 stipend and limited travel reimbursement.