WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 15, 2023) — Poynter and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Program.
This nine-month fellowship, funded by CPB and developed and administered by Poynter, will train two cohorts of fellows — 25 in each group. The program’s goal is to develop a coalition of public media news leaders who understand the importance of acting with integrity, and who are committed to strengthening the field through mentorship and collaboration.
Selected participants will attend a one-week, in-person training at Poynter in St. Petersburg, Florida, in September before convening online over the course of the next several months for workshops, peer group meetings and one-on-one coaching sessions.
The first iteration of the program, also funded by CPB, trained 100 public media newsroom leaders in 2019 and 2020 at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
“Skilled, effective editors are vital to ensure the editorial integrity, rigor and relevance of public media journalism,” said Kathy Merritt, CPB’s senior vice president of journalism, radio and community service grant services. “Today, newsrooms are at the front lines of helping the public navigate broad societal challenges, including online polarization and active disinformation efforts.”
This program builds on CPB’s longtime commitment to ensure trust in public media, Poynter leaders said.
“Public media is a crucial element in the news landscape and continues to expand its scope, reach and impact,” said Kelly McBride, Poynter’s senior vice president and chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership. “The Poynter Institute is proud to work with CPB to help newsroom leaders hone ethical decision-making and strengthen the work of their journalists to better serve their communities.”
Participants for the first cohort will be notified in June. A second cohort application will launch in early 2024 and convene in September 2024. Applicants who aren’t selected for the first cohort can apply again for the second one.
Applications for the first round of fellows for the Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative are due May 15. Apply now.
About CPB
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About The Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a global leader in journalism education and a strategy center that stands for uncompromising excellence in journalism, media, and 21st-century public discourse. Poynter faculty teach seminars and workshops at the Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, and at newsrooms, conferences, and organizations around the world. Its e-learning division, News University, offers the world’s largest online journalism curriculum, with hundreds of interactive courses and tens of thousands of registered international users. The Institute’s website produces 24-hour coverage about media, ethics, technology, and the business of news. Poynter is the home of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership, the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact, the International Fact-Checking Network and MediaWise, a digital information literacy project for young people, first-time voters, and senior citizens. The world’s top journalists and media innovators rely on Poynter to learn and teach new generations of reporters, storytellers, media inventors, designers, visual journalists, documentarians, and broadcasters. This work builds public awareness about journalism, media, the First Amendment, and discourse that serves democracy and the public good. Learn more at poynter.org.
