Abstract: Editorial school-based training is a kind of campus in-service training which is appropriate for the need of journal editorial department training. It is required from the media convergence that the journal editors should be familiar with knowledge and technology of digital publishing, have strong ability of innovative thinking and learning, new media literacy, information attainment and expansively international vision. The training has the advantage of self-organizing, distinct referring, and high pertinency, flexible training methods as well as superiority of small contradiction between working and learning, and good benefits of training so as to enhance the editors’ quality effectively.For journal editorial school-based training a potent leading organization should be established which will set a practical training goal, develop training courses that meet the journal’s actual need, make use of all kinds of training to train teachers, create new training forms, carry out training works down-to-earthly, and improve the editors’ quality effectively.

Key words: university journals, editorial staff, career development, school-based training, system construction