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When training funds became imperiled in 2001, Poynter eliminated its tuition and housing fees for the last six months of the year.

Poynter's $400 fee for a 5-day seminar including housing covers less than half of the direct costs incurred by the school to provide training to an individual journalist. The hotel alone costs nearly $500 per participant.

"Poynter has given new meaning to the word nonprofit, " Naughton said, "but we can't afford to continue to subsidize our valuable training at this level."

Poynter has kept fees low over the years to make it easier for journalists to get training--even if it meant taking vacation time and using frequent flier miles.

But times, they are a changin'. And Poynter is tightening its belt in a way that will have the least impact on training opportunities.

Karen Dunlap, Poynter's dean, is optimistic that some of the canceled sessions can be added back to the schedule in the second half of 2002.

Meanwhile, Poynter will continue to look for ways to provide low-cost training for journalists and news leaders, including increased use of journalism websites such as Poynter.org, and will, as soon as possible, resume a full seminar schedule

"The important thing is not where you get training, but that you get it," Naughton said.

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