[CW:MONTHLY] The Round Up

Online Trainings

Covering Hospitals
Association of Health Care Journalists

Advice for the Newly Named News Director
News University

Covering Foster Care: A Seminar Snapshot
News University

Covering Islam & Politics
Religion Newswriters Association

Courses & Seminars

From Blogs to Multimedia to Round-the-Clock News
March 18, Dallas, TX
Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism @ API

Law & Media Day
March 19, Cincinnati, OH
SPJ-Cincinnati Pro Chapter

The Indispensable Copy Editor
March 20, East Brunswick, NJ
New Jersey Press Association

Crisis Communications & Media Relations
March 24, Cleveland, OH
Press Club of Cleveland

Digital Photo Editing: Print to Motion/Motion to Print
March 25-29, St. Petersburg, FL
Poynter Institute

The Internet's Impact on Journalism Education
March 27-28, Chapel Hill, NC
Office of Distance & Exec. Education, School of Journalism & Mass Comm., UNC Chapel Hill

Health Journalism 2008
March 27-30, Washington, DC
Association of Health Care Journalists

Adobe Illustrator for Beginners
March 28, East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University's School of Journalism

Creating a Document-Driven Newsroom: Ethnic Media
March 29, Los Angeles, CA
Society of Professional Journalists

Story Forms Boot Camp
March 29-30, Nashville, TN
Society for News Design

Women's Magazine Writing Boot Camp
Wednesdays, April 2-May 21, New York, NY
Mediabistro.com

Award & Fellowship Programs

Knight Digital Media Center Workshop Fellowships
Deadline: March 28
The Knight Digital Media Center Multimedia Training Program is accepting applications for 20 fellowships per workshop for journalists to attend seminars that combine practical instruction in multimedia reporting with in-depth exploration of issues in online publishing. Participants will receive six days of intense hands-on instruction on how to do multimedia stories for the Web.

International Reporting Project 2008 Fellowships
Deadline: April 1
April 1 is the deadline for journalists to apply for the fall 2008 IRP Fellowships, including the first-ever partnership between the International Reporting Project (IRP) and the PBS program "FRONTLINE/World," for overseas reporting opportunities. The new IRP-FRONTLINE/World Fellowship is being offered for the first time as part of the IRP lineup of opportunities for U.S. journalists to do an international story this fall.

IRP Fellowships in International Journalism
Deadline: April 1
The IRP Fellowships aim to strengthen the U.S. public's understanding of key international topics by helping to educate U.S. journalists by providing them with access to leading international experts in the United States, and offering them opportunities to do reporting projects overseas.

Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
Deadline: April 28
The Carter Center in Atlanta, GA provides six one-year fellowships for journalists to report on a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illnesses. Each journalist awarded will receive a $10,000 stipend. Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience in journalism and submit an application packet (packet found online).