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A Survey on Daily Herald In-house Training The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL have just completed a survey regarding training in their newsroom. It is far from scientific, but worked, generally, for them, says Jim Slusher, Assistant Managing Editor/Staff Development at the Herald. Simple Clarity Jim Slusher, Assistant Managing Editor/Staff Development at The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL send this evaluation form they often use at the end of sessions to get some measure of their success. Career Development Survey Jane Nelson of the Tallahassee Democrat sent along this career development survey used in their newsroom. Editor's Performance Inventory Jack Hart, managing editor of The Oregonian, uses this questionnaire to gather information before coming to a newspaper for an editing workshop. Leaving traditional newsrooms for Internet jobs Newspapers are experiencing turnover as employees leave traditional newsrooms for Internet jobs. Sue Burzynski of the Detroit News surveyed newspaper editors and recruiters on this issue. Page last updated: September 4, 2002