New Public Relations program at FNTI...

Indigenous Communications at First Nations Technical Institute on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, east of Belleville, Ont. and west of Deseronto is changing its three-year journalism diploma program and, in September, adding a new one-year public relations program.

“Both programs are about telling our own stories,” says new coordinator Dan David. “Both will have a strong new emphasis on delivering those stories on-line. As always, we’ll emphasize excellence and encourage students to take stories rooted in their own communities to the world at large.”

David says, “If you know prospective students…working adults who need credentials, or recent high school grads… who want hands-on Aboriginal journalism or public relations training with lots of internship time in real world media jobs…send them to us.”

Graduates receive credentials from FNTI’s partner institutions, a Journalism-Aboriginal Profile diploma from Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, or a Public Relations certificate from Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology.

“Our full-time programs, in which intensive class sessions alternate with internship placements, are ideal for people who don’t want to leave their home communities for a year or three at a time,” says David, whose background includes APTN, CBC and a wide variety of both public relations and reporting work.

Call Wendy Sero at 1-800-267-0637, ext. 160 or email wendyr@fnti.net to receive brochures for both programs and application forms. Prospective students are encouraged to check out Indigenous Communications at FNTI on line at www.fnti.net