Thursday, February 25, 2010

BreAnna Watterson-Website Diversity

Poynter Online is a website for the Poynter institute located in St. Petersburg, Fl.

The website offers something for everyone. It allows viewers to learn about the institute, read biographies about faculty members, view t latest jobs in the field of journalism and also offers the opportunity for full-time staff members of a news group and journalism educators to attend various seminars led by the institutes faculty members.

The seminars occur in person and are made up of about 16 participants. When discussing the seminars, Poynter Online states, “the seminars cover a range of topics to meet a growing set of journalism needs. Students in the Gaylord College of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma recently had the opportunity to listen to faculty member; Jill Geisler led an in-person discussion over “Women and the Path to Leadership.

The website also offers news and tips in the areas of: reporting and writing, ethics and diversity, leadership and business, visual journalism, online and technology, TV and radio and journalism education. Viewers can click on an area of interest and learn which faculty members are a part of that area, upcoming seminars and read various articles concerning different aspects of the particular area.

Poynter Online does a good job of informing viewers of the institute. It informs viewers of what they’re about and what they do. It also seeks to help people by offering seminars and informing viewers of the latest job openings in the field of jounalism.

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