Minnesota jobs program to give funds to two papers, j-school

The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership, an organization that brings together schools and businesses in order to train members of the workforce, has turned its attention to the newspaper industry, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

For the first time in Minnesota — and perhaps in the nation — a journalism school has received a grant to help two daily newspapers adapt their products to an increasingly Internet-based industry.
The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership program has given the Duluth News Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication a total of $238,000 to help retrain the newspaper staffs.

According to the article, News Tribune Executive Editor Rob Karwath expects the money to be used to help rethink how news and ads are delivered to the news audience.
One of the expectations of the MJSP board was that the papers and school use the funds for innovation in the industry.

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