These organizations offer customized training programs for newsrooms. In most cases, the organizations will travel to your newsroom and provide training in a group setting. Read more about the organizations and the type of training available.

American Press Institute
API is the oldest training organization serving the newspaper industry. We offer cross-department training for leaders throughout the industry.

API offers multi-day seminars in its Reston, Va., headquarters and at selected locations around the country. Newsroom topics on the 2007 calendar include: Storytelling, Innovations, New Editors Survival Guide, New Products for Targeted Audiences, Leading the 24-7 Newsroom, Visual Storytelling and Managing Newsroom Change from the Middle. API also can come to your newsroom or organization conference to present tailored programs on-site, customized for your unique needs.

General Topics Covered: Leadership, innovation, ethics, writing, reporting, design, copy editing

Cost: Depends on service

For more information, contact: Steve Buttry, sbuttry@americanpressinstitute.org, 703-715-3300

Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families (CJC)
CJC inspires and recognizes exemplary reporting on children and families. Since 1993, thousands of print, broadcast and online journalists have attended our intensive training programs and relied on us for information and diverse resources. CJC is a nonprofit program of the Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park.

General Topics Covered: Child welfare; families and community; education; crime and trauma; economics, social programs and families; child health.

Cost: Varies; contact CJC for more information.

For more information, contact: Patrice Pascual, executive director,ppascual@cjc.umd.edu or 301-699.5133 or visit the Web site.

The Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute is a non-profit school for journalists, dedicated to the values, craft and leadership of journalism and journalists.

Poynter custom-tailors training for newsrooms. This can be done as Institute projects or through consulting by individual faculty members. For more information about Poynter programs and Poynter faculty members go to www.poynter.org.

General Topics Covered: Writing, editing, reporting, photojournalism, visual journalism, multi-media, leadership and management across a broad spectrum for print, broadcast and online news organizations and staff.

Cost: Vary by program.

For more information, contact: Paul Pohlman, adviser to the president, ppohlman@poynter.org or 727-821-9494; or Jill Geisler, group leader, leadership and management programs, jgeisler@poynter.org or 414-351-0604

Religion Newswriters Association
RNA is the nation's only trade association for journalists who cover religion in the general circulation news media. We help journalists cover religion with balance, accuracy and insight.

General Topics Covered: All aspects of religion and public life; for example, covering Islam; religion and politics; faith and pop culture. Beyond content, we also cover best practices, issues for reporters and editors, and copy editing.

Cost: Varies; contact RNA for information.

For more information, contact: Marcia Z. Nelson, training coordinator, nelson@rna.org, 630-892-9265

Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists is the nation's most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.

SPJ offers six training programs that can be delivered directly to your newsroom. Trainers work with newsroom leaders to tailor each program to your needs.

• Delivering on Deadline: How to Write Better Stories Faster
Better Broadcast Writing: Doing it Daily
• Writing that Works Online
• Targeting New Audiences: Including diverse perspectives in your everyday reporting and more effectively covering emerging populations
• Newsroom Ethics/Values
• Creating a Document-Driven Newsroom: An exploration of FOI

Cost: Varies, contact SPJ for more information.

For more information, contact: Chris Vachon, associate executive director, SPJ, at cvachon@spj.org or (317)927-8000 ext. 207 or write to spj@spj.org or visit www.spj.org

Editor's Note: For information about this list of newsroom training providers, or to add your organization, write to training@spj.org.