Tampa Bay Business JournalPublished: 9/06/2006
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News University has reached a milestone of 20,000 registered users.
Launched in April 2005, NewsU offers newsroom training to
journalists and journalism students through its interactive e-learning
program and links to other journalism education and training
opportunities.
The program is a project of St. Petersburg-based The Poynter Institute and is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
This grant is part of the foundation's Newsroom Training Initiative,
which aims to increase both journalism education and news industry
investment in training, the NewsU Web site said.
Most courses are available at no cost to the students.
"NewsU is a bold initiative that aims to make quality training
accessible to all journalists. It helps us deliver training across the
continuum," said Karen Brown Dunlap, president of The Poynter
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