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Came across a great link today while clicking around on the Poynter Institute site. It’s called News University (or News U). Once you register as a member, you get access to all sort of free (yes, free) online seminars and live “webinars.” It’s aimed at journalists, but I think anyone who writes can get something out of many of the offered courses. I plan on registering for a few myself. With the constant blathering created by blogs (I include myself in this category), quality journalistic writing seems to be fast disappearing. Even if print newspapers go the way of the dinosaur over the next 10 years, that doesn’t mean we can forget how to write. Time to brush up on the basics.