Training Tracks is a periodic column about professional development for newspaper journalists. Steve Buttry, director of tailored programs for the American Press Institute, is the primary columnist. Columns will cover programs, issues and people in newsroom training and professional development advice for journalists. To comment on columns, ask a training-related question, suggest a column or propose a column that you would write, contact Steve Buttry at sbuttry@americanpressinstitute.org.