<blockquote>Poynter is a school that exists to ensure that our communities have access to excellent journalism—the kind of journalism that enables us to participate fully and effectively in our democracy.

<strong>What we do</strong>

To that end, we teach those who manage, edit, produce, program, report, write, blog, photograph and design, whether they belong to news organizations or work as independent entrepreneurs. We teach those who teach, as well as students in middle school, high school and college—the journalists of tomorrow. And we teach members of the public, helping them better understand how journalism is produced and how to tell for themselves whether it’s credible.
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	<li>We teach in seminar rooms on our main campus in St. Petersburg.</li>
	<li>We teach in newsrooms all over the world.</li>
	<li>We teach online, allowing those in search of training to choose from hundreds of self-directed courses, online group seminars, Webinars, online chats, podcasts and video tutorials.</li>
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We teach management, ethical decision-making and the power of diversity; we teach editing, writing, reporting and new media skills; we teach those in broadcast, print and the Web; we teach those trying to remake their organizations and those trying to remake their journalistic skills set." <strong>Source: </strong><a href="http://about.poynter.org/about-us/mission-history" target="_blank">The Poynter Institute</a></blockquote>