Reisner new training director

The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting has appointed Neil Reisner as training director to oversee seminars that train thousands of journalists annually. Reisner brings two decades of journalism experience and teaching credentials from Columbia University and Rutgers University.

The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting has appointed Neil Reisner as its training director. Reisner will be in charge of NICAR's on-the-road training seminars that last year provided training for more than 3,000 journalists throughout the country. He will report to Brant Houston, NICAR's managing director.

An award-winning journalist with two decades of experience and a journalism educator, Reisner most recently served as database editor with The Bergen Record of Hackensack, N.J. During six years there he served in The Record's statehouse bureau and as a regional reporter. Reisner previously worked at The Home News in New Brunswick, N.J. He has taught journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and at Rutgers University.