NewsTrain is a project of Associated Press Managing Editors and has been supported nationally in 2007 and 2008 by Associated Press, Associated Press Managing Editors Foundation, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, Gannett Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lee Newspapers, Missouri School of Journalism Knight Chair in Editing, GateHouse Media, Media General, McCormick Foundation, Scripps Howard Foundation and The Poynter Institute.

WHO WE ARE

Elaine Kramer

Elaine Kramer is a project manager for NewsTrain. She was managing editor of The Orlando Sentinel from 2001 to 2004. Before that, she was managing editor and then editor of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. She held various editing positions at The Hartford Courant in Connecticut over 12 years, and previously worked at The Louisville Courier-Journal; the Belleville, Ill., News-Democrat; and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone. Elaine graduated from Northwestern University in 1979. Elaine may be contacted at newstrain@comcast.net

Teresa Cooper

Teresa Cooper is the program assistant for NewsTrain. Previously she was the Manager of Human Resources for the University of Virginia Health Services Foundation, and an Administrator/Academic Advisor at Excelsior College. She received her BA in English from the State University of New York at Binghamton and her MBA from the University of Virginia. Teresa may be contacted at tgcooper@comcast.net