Breaking new ground in media training
For those interested in the converged newsroom,
Ifra Newsplex's seminar program should make interesting reading. While US-based, and thus out of the reach of most, the program is a guide to where converged newsrooms are going and what the changed staff roles encompass. For example, Martha Stone, Director of Training, IFRA Newsplex has this to say: 'Among the new roles in this newsroom, we believe, is the
News Resourcer, or the informatic journalist, who wields all of the tools on the information landscape by accessing information through databases, computer-assisted reporting, story contextualization and deep researching, and functions as the newsroom chief information officer." I couldn't agree more - newsrooms need such people. Details are at
http://www.newsplex.org/program/training.shtml.
Posted by journoz at April 9, 2003 02:07 PM