A tutorial on Web searching: strategy and syntax
A tutorial from Power Reporting. What's the best search engine? The one you learn to use well. Search engines can help you find information on the World Wide Web, but you'll get more chaff than wheat unless you learn general search strategies and the particular search syntax for your favorite search engine.

American Press Institute
API offers seminars in advertising, general management, news/editorial, circulation, marketing, weeklies and new media.

Bookshelf on Computer-Assisted Reporting
An annotated bookshelf on computer-assisted reporting, from Power Reporting. Includes online research, public records, numeracy, and statistics.

CAR in Canada
Tips for Canadian journalists using databases, electronic access to public records, and other tools of computer-assisted reporting. Refers to data sources for Canada, and stories that rely on public records.

Case Studies by PEJ
Case studies in journalistic decision-making. From the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Chips Quinn Scholars
Provides training for minority journalism students. A program of the Freedom Forum (formerly the Gannett Foundation).

City Council reporting simulation
Newsgathering simulation for newswriting courses. Students gather information about "last night's" city council meeting to write a story about it. Available are the agenda and notes taken during the meeting. Students may also "call" key sources from the meeting and interview them for quotes to use in the story. This simulation was originally available only on the Macintosh. It has now been redone for the Web. By Rich Cameron.

College syllabi on CAR and News Research
See the variety of CAR skills and methods in college syllabi. From Power Reporting.

Computer Literacy in the Newsroom
In this paper, Bruce Garrison of the University of Miami suggests a model for attaining literacy in a newsroom -- literacy with computers necessary for survival.

Deadline Online
Links and training from veteran Washington journalist Alan Schlein.

European Journalism Centre
The European Journalism Centre is an independent, non-profit institute for further training, a forum for journalists, media executives and journalism educators. Sends daily updates by E-mail on media news from Europe.

Inland Press Association
Newspaper trade organization emphasizing training.

Interactive SQL Tutorial
Practice your SQL skills. Learn online.

International Journalists' Network
From the International Center for Journalists, "media assistance news, journalism training opportunities, reports on the state of the media around the world, and valuable media directories." First, choose a region to see a menu.

Investigative Reporters and Editors
The best conferences for journalists doing serious reporting.

JournalismTraining.org
Searchable database of local, regional and national journalism training programs.

Journalist's Primer
A new interactive training tool on CD-ROM for journalism students and professionals who need a refresher on the rules of grammar, punctuation and style. Includes an hour-long review/exam. Cost is $79 per newsroom. A project of the Minnesota Newspaper Foundation. See the demo.

Managing Computer-Assisted Reporting
A 10-step generic plan for a newsroom, from Power Reporting.

Minorities in Broadcasting
Minorities in Broadcasting / Broadcasting Training Program offers online/audio training, a job bank, and other services for minorities.

Mission Critical Introduction to logic
Count the fallacies in your newspaper's editorial today. Start with Mission: Critical, an "interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets of instructions and exercises." Ignore the goofy graphics.

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
Boot camps in computer-assisted reporting, from Investigative Reporters and Editors and its National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. Excellent publications and links.

NewsLab
Training and advice for TV stations, especially on new ways of telling complex stories. And media biz headlines. Funded by the Park Foundation and affiliated with the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Newsroom guidelines on Internet use
Sample guidelines for a newsroom, from Power Reporting.

Periodistas de Investigacion
Association for investigative reporting in Mexico. Assisted by Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Power Reporting broadcast seminars
For producers, reporters, researchers and bookers. Power Reporting workshops are hands-on, practical training for journalists, focusing on daily and deadline reporting.

Power Reporting campus seminars
For faculty and students. Power Reporting workshops are hands-on, practical training for journalists, focusing on daily and deadline reporting.

Power Reporting newsroom seminars
For reporters and editors. Power Reporting workshops are hands-on, practical training for journalists, focusing on daily and deadline reporting.

Power Reporting sample data files
Arts grants, coaches' salaries, drug searches -- and other sample files, for spreadsheets and databases. From Power Reporting.

Reporting Census 2000
Created by Stephen K. Doig, formerly of The Miami Herald, now in the Knight Chair in Journalism. His book Reporting Census 2000 is the best introduction to the new census, written by a journalist for journalists.

Ryerson Institute for CAR in Canada
Promoting the growth of CAR in Canada. Compiling a database of databases in Canada. From the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute.

The Poynter Institute
Technically a journalism school, Poynter promotes "Everything You Need To Be A Better Journalist."

Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
Funded by the Knight Foundation, we provide short, intense seminars for up to 25 professional journalists on timely topics.

Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists is a five-day program that has provided nearly 2,000 members of the media insight from Wharton faculty into topics such as financial markets, accounting principles, corporate strategy, and the global economy. Note the list of sponsors. "The Wharton School and generous corporate and foundation sponsors underwrite honoraria for faculty as well as the costs of classroom facilities, materials, and meals."