any way you look at it,
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Convention to include old favorites, new schedule
Photo creditsTop: Brenda Saucedo, Bowie HS. Above: Syeda Gilani, Stony Point HS. Left: Abby Huckelbury, McKinney Boyd HS.
Any way you look at it, Fall Fiesta is the place to be
The annual Texas Association of Journalism Educators’ Fall Fiesta convention will be held Oct. 15-17 at the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio.
The convention has changes in store for you and your students.
One change is the addition of a special inten-sive writing session taught by David Knight and Scott Winter on Saturday afternoon.
The results of a survey led to another change. Most advisers asked for a schedule change, and that change is indicated in the tentative schedule on the left. Please be aware of all time changes, especially for contests.
Students in contests will be allowed to use computers. Some printers will be available, but students may want to bring their own printers. Design contestants will carry in entries as at the national JEA/NSPA conventions. Please check the Write-Off Rules for more information and for any other rule changes.
Sunday’s sessions will cover all aspects of scho-lastic journalism. On-site critiques will also be Sunday. The convention will conclude Monday morning with the awards ceremony.
Fun is also on the agenda. San Antonio has much to offer, including the Alamo, Sea World, El Mercado, Six Flags Fiesta Texas and the Riverwalk.
For a chance to learn and to have fun, plan now to attend the TAJE Fall Fiesta.
2016tentative scheduleSaturday, Oct. 1510 a.m. - 1 p.m.Registration
1 p.m.Welcome AssemblyKeynote SpeakerScott Winter, Bethel University
3-5 p.m.Special Intensive Writing SessionDavid Knight & Scott Winter
2:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.Write-off, Photography, Online and BroadcastOn-Site Competitions
Evening on the Town
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.Advisers coffeehosted by Jostens
8 - 10 a.m.Late Registration
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.Exhibits
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.Class Sessions
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.LunchAdvisers lunchhosted byBalfour Publishing
1:30 - 4:20 p.m.Class Sessions
Evening on the Town
9 a.m.Awards Ceremony
Sunday, Oct. 16
Monday, Oct. 17
FALL
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in length on May 30, 2009 with the opening of the Museum Reach – Ur-ban Segment. The 1.3 mile stretch of new walkways, landscaping, parks and public art along the meander-ing San Antonio River links several downtown historic, commercial and cultural institutions, including the San Antonio Museum of Art, Pearl (a restored former brewery and stables) and VFW Post 76, which is the oldest VFW Post in Texas.
Briscoe Western Art Museum The Briscoe Western Art Museum is housed in the restored historic1930s art deco/neo classical former San Antonio Public Library. Today the Briscoe features nine galleries on three levels including the new, three-story Jack Guenther Pavilion which was designed by nationally recog-nized architecture firm Lake|Flato.
“San Antonio|The Saga” A video collage by world renowned French artist Xavier de Richemont,” the saga is a 24-minute collage of im-ages as a tribute to the local culture and history which is set to music and is projected onto the facade of San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main
San Antonio is full of activities for everyone to enjoy. The following is a partial list of locations you can visit during your stay.
The Alamo 300 Alamo Plaza - Mission San Anto-nio de Valero was established in 1718 as the city’s first mission. The chapel, one of the most photographed facades in the nation, is all that remains of the original fort. Near the Chapel is the Long Barracks Museum and Library. The museum contains relics and me-mentos from the Republic of Texas and is highlighted by narrations on the fall of the Alamo. Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Free.
Battle for Texas Alamo Plaza at Blum Street(210) 413-4548The Experience is a fully immersive and interactive adventure showcasing the world’s most historically signifi-cant Alamo artifacts and connecting them through heart-racing multime-dia re-enactments to the past they left behind. Guests will journey back in time as they experience the daily lives of early Texas settlers, the tensions leading up to the Texas Revolution, and the climactic battle in which the Alamo defenders sacrificed their lives for the cause of freedom.For the first time, artifacts including Santa Anna’s uniform, Bowie knives, and items owned by Davy Crockett will be displayed together in a the-matic environment. Presented from both Texan and Mexican perspectives, visitors will experience what it was like to have been at The Alamo in a setting that captures the spectacle, heroism, and ultimate sacrifice of those who gave their lives for a cause they believed in.Located adjacent to Alamo Plaza in the newly renovated Rivercenter Mall
Riverwalk San Antonio’s world-renowned River Walk, a top tourist destina-tion in the state of Texas, doubled
Places to go, things to do
Plaza. Weather permitting, showings are at 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Other sites• Buckhorn Museum & The Texas Ranger Museum318 E Houston St. • (210) 247-4000• San Antonio Children’s Museum – The DoSeum2800 Broadway St. • (210) 212-4453• San Antonio Museum Of Art200 W. Jones Ave. • (210) 978-8100• San Antonio Zoo3903 N. St. Mary’s St. • (210) 734-7184For more places to visit, go to www.visitsanantonio.com.2
Above: Bethany Melendez, Ronald Reagan HS. Right: Mackenzie Wal-lace, Madison HS.
111 East Pecan St.San Antonio, Texas 78205Phone reservations:(866) 764-8536Online reservations:https://resweb.passkey.com/go/TAJE2016Hotel Cutoff Date: Sept. 23, 2016Each room: $150 plus 16.75 occupancy tax (6% state, 10.75% city)*Remember to bring a state tax exempt form*
GUARANTEE - The hotel requires an advance deposit of one night stay plus 16.75 percent tax. You may apply this to your credit card or enclose a check. Reservations will not be honored unless guaranteed. Every effort will be made to honor your request for a specific room
Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk type; however, rooms are assigned on the day of arrival and types can-not be guaranteed. Reservations made after the cutoff date of Sept. 23, 2016, subject to the availability of rooms.
In the event of a cancellation, you must notify the hotel at least 72 hours in advance of your scheduled arrival and obtain a cancellation number. In turn, the hotel will re-lease your guarantee and refund your deposit. Deposits are forfeited on all no-shows and reservations cancelled within 72 hours prior to arrival.
Reservations will be accepted after the Sept. 23 cutoff, based on avail-ability. However, the block may sell out before that date, so make your reservations early.
Hotel InformationPARKINGTAJE discounted parking is $18 plus tax per vehicle, per day. There is very limited parking for oversized ve-hicles; 6’4” clearance into self-parking garage. City permits are needed to street park buses. Email Bar-bara Baird at [email protected], and she will send you information for the city. You can then make ar-rangements directly with the city and pay for the permit.Barbara will pick up the per-mit for you as a courtesy and have it at the front desk for your arrival.Do not wait until the last minute to do this.
Best Behavior
Charla HarrisTAJE President
of illegal drugs is absolutely prohibited.
5. All students, chaperones, ad-visers and staff members are expected to wear their conven-tion name badges at all times in the convention hotel.
6. TAJE officials reserve the right to declare all fees forfeited and to send delegates home at their own expense for violation of any or all of these rules of con-duct. Further, breaking of any rules may result in disquali-fication from all contests and forfeiture of any awards won.
cause disruptions. Rudeness to hotel guests or hotel employees will not be tolerated.
2. No students will be admitted without an adviser or chaper-one approved by the school. At least one chaperone/adviser is required for every 12 students. Advisers/chaperones assume responsibility for their students’ behavior and well-being during the convention.
3. Schools will be held liable for any damage done to hotel rooms or other facilities by students under their supervision.
4. Drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages or possession/use
ADVISERS AND STUDENTS:TAJE has worked hard to
make sure you have an enjoy-able and informative time while in San Antonio. To ensure that everyone’s time is equally en-joyable, we have established six rules of conduct which will be enforced during the convention by all advisers and hotel staff members. Violation of these rules will result in disciplinary action.1. Students should be in their
rooms making no excessive noise by midnight on Satur-day and 11 p.m. on Sunday. The hotel reserves the right to remove any hotel guests who
NEW SATURDAY SPECIAL INTENSIVE WRITING SESSION
David Knight and Scott Winter will present an Intensive Writing session 3-5 p.m. Saturday for stu-dents. New advisers and those with one year experience may also attend. Because of limited space, only the first 25 to sign up will be allowed to attend. Cost is $20 per person. Experienced advisers may sign up on a waiting list. Students will have priority for the session. If there are available spots after the deadline, other advisers may attend but must pay $20.Before the session, attendees must email either a feature story or column to [email protected], preferably a piece you are working on and not one you’ve already published. At the top of the story/column, put your name, email and school. Save it as lastname_column/feature in Word.Deadline to email features/columns is Oct. 5. This session is at the same time as write-off contests.Schools can send no more than four students to this session.
Name of school
Adviser name
Student name(s)
q new adviserq one-year experienceq please put me on waiting listq I will not attend
Number attending @ $20 per person = $ total payment
School
Adviser(s)
• Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2016, postmark. SCHOOLS THAT ENTER STUDENTS AFTER THEDEADLINE WILL HAVE TO PAY A LATE FEE OF $5 PER ENTRY.• Advisers must be TAJE members for students to participate in these contests.• Write-off contest time: 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel.• Pre-registration is required for write-off competitions. • Name substitutions will be allowed at registration.• Payment of $5 per entry. No fees are refundable.• Each student may enter only one contest; schools may enter only one student per contest.• Print or type all information.• Printers will be available, but students may bring their own printers.
*includes live interview/performance
For more information, contact Rhonda Moore at (512) 914-4142 or [email protected], or contact Pat Gathright at (210) 325-7793 or [email protected].
Fall FiestaTAJE P.O. Box 9187Austin, TX 78766
Write-off competition - Please refer to rules in separate booklet.
Write-Off Contests
Number of write-off entries @ $5 per entry = $ total paymentNumber of write-off entries after Oct. 1 @ $10 per entry = $ total
Yearbook Theme Package (a team of two students - counts as two entries)
Yearbook Copy
Basic Yearbook Design**
Advanced Yearbook Design**
Broadcast Writing*
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Contest Student’s Name
News Writing*
Editorial Writing*
Feature Writing*
Sports Feature Writing*
Review Writing*
Headline Writing
Editorial Illustration*
Newspaper Front Page Design**
Newspaper Feature Page Design**
Advertising**
**These contests will now be uploaded before the convention. SEE CONTEST RULES FOR CHANGES.
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School
Photography Instructor• Advisers must be TAJE members for students to participate in these contests. Advisers must be mem-bers of JEA to enter students in Uploaded Photo Contest competition, not the On-Site Photo contests.• Payment of $10 per On-Site Photo entry. Payment of $5 per Photo Contest entry. No fees are refundable.• Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2016, postmark. SCHOOLS THAT ENTER STUDENTS AFTER THEDEADLINE WILL HAVE TO PAY A LATE FEE OF $5 PER ENTRY.• Pre-registration is required for contests. . • Name substitutions are allowed in pre-registered categories.• Print or type all information.
Photo ContestsFor more
information, contact Rhonda
Moore at (512) 914-
4142or director@
taje.org, or contact
Pat Gath-right at (210) 325-7793 or
Fall FiestaTAJE
P.O. Box 9187Austin, TX
78766
On-site photo competitionSchools are limited to six entries. Students will be provided with a list of categories and will have three hours on Saturday in which to photograph. The contest is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Students must upload contest entries to [email protected] before the 5:30 p.m. deadline. Advisers should let students in the on-site photo contests select the photos they turn in to be judged. Part of the contest is judgment, being able to select the highest quality photos. Students must bring their own cameras and accessories. Students MAY NOT enter both Cell Phone Photography and On-Site Photography.
Number of on-site photo entries @ $10 per entry = $ total paymentNumber of on-site photo entries after Oct. 1 @ $15 per entry = $ total pymt.Number of cell phone photo contest entries @ $10 per entry = $ total pymt.Number of cell phone photo entries after Oct. 1 @ $15 per entry = $ total pymt.Number of scavenger hunt teams @ $25 = $ total paymentNumber of scavenger hunt teams after Oct. 1 @ $30 = $ total payment
Team scavenger hunt photo contestTeams of 3-5 students will use a single digital camera and go in search of photographs near the conven-tion hotel. Teams will be given a list of items to photograph worth different point values. A maximum of 20 images will be submitted by the team, and the team with the highest point total will be named the winner. All photos must be taken with one camera. Payment of $25 per team. Contest will be 2:15-5:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
Cell Phone PhotographySchools may enter three students. Students will be given four categories and two and a half hours to shoot and upload photos. Students may enter two photos from any of the categories. Contestants will email their chosen photos to the web address given to contestants at the beginning of the contest. Students will be al-lowed to edit their photos but only inside their cell phones. Contest will be 2:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.Students MAY NOT enter both Cell Phone Photography and On-Site Photography.
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Photo Contests
Number of uploaded photo contest entries @ $5 per entry = $ total payment
Uploaded photo contestsEach student is limited to one entry per contest, but a student may enter more than one contest. Students should enter one example for their category with the exception of the portfolio entries. Portfolios should consist of at least three but no more than five photos per entry. Schools may enter three students per contest. Entries can be in black & white or color. Students do not need to attend the convention to enter uploaded contests, but a student from the school must be a registered convention delegate. See convention contest rules for specific rules. Entries will be entered online. Advisers must be members of JEA to enter students in these photo contests. Advisers should go to writeoffs.jea.org, log in then follow directions for entering photos. Photos must be no more than 2000 pixels in the long direction and no larger than 2MB saved as RGB (or grayscale), JPEG files. Photos may be color (RGB) or black-and-white (grayscale) or a combination of color and black-and-white. Captions must be included in the Description field. For instructions on how to enter the caption information, go to http://www.atpi.org/submission/. Advisers may register contestants with student email addresses so that students can log in and upload their own photos, or teachers may upload the photos for the students. DO NOT wait until the contest deadline to register students.DO NOT bring images to the convention. All critiques will be completed online. DO NOT mail the pho-tographs. DO NOT submit images in which the content has been significantly digitally altered. Entries must be entered online no later than midnight Oct. 2. Please add payments for these contests to your pay-ment for other TAJE convention activities. DO NOT SEND PAYMENT TO JEA.
Categories:
Newspaper Photo Yearbook Photo
Portrait Photography Portfolio
1st Year Photo
For more information, contact Rhonda Moore at (512) 914-4142or [email protected], or contact Pat Gathright at (210) 325-7793 or [email protected].
Fall FiestaTAJE P.O. Box 9187Austin, TX 78766
Use this form to keep track of your entries. Entries must be entered online no later than midnight Oct. 2.
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For more information,
contact Rhonda Moore
at (512) 914-4142
or director@taje.
org, or contact Pat Gath-
right at (210) 325-7793 or
Fall FiestaTAJE
P.O. Box 9187Austin, TX
78766
ON-SITE VIDEO CONTESTS• Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2016, postmark.• Advisers must be TAJE members for students to participate in these contests.• Contests will be Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel. Broadcast Package will be 2:30-7:30 p.m. Videography will be 2:30-5:30 p.m.• Pre-registration is required for broadcast competitions. • Entries must be submitted on a SD card or flash drive in an MPEG4 or MOV file. No cameras or tapes may be turned in.SCHOOLS THAT ENTER STUDENTS AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL HAVE TO PAY A LATE FEE OF $5 PER ENTRY.• See Write-Off Rules for contest information.• Name substitutions will be allowed at registration.• Payment of $10 per entry. No fees are refundable.• Print or type all information.
Broadcast Package (1 team of up to 3 students - counts as one entry) Contest will be 2:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
Broadcast Contests
Number of on-site video entries @ $10 per entry = $ total paymentNumber of on-site video entries after Oct. 1 @$15 per entry = $ totalNumber of uploaded video entries @ $10 per entry = $ total payment
UPLOADED VIDEO CONTESTS Limit of 2 video entries per category per school. Videos must have been produced after Nov. 1, 2015. See Contest Rules for more information. Categories: COMMERCIAL/PSA, NEWS STORY, FEATURE STORY , SPORTS STORY Schools should upload all videos to either YouTube, Vimeo or SchoolTube.Videos should use the following title format: School – category - name Example: Washington HS – TAJE Sports 2016 – J. DoeSend us one email with all your links to [email protected] in the following format: Name of School Category (News, Feature, Sports or Commercial/PSA) Link By John DoeDO NOT bring videos to the convention. DO NOT mail in videos. DEADLINE FOR UPLOADING VIDEOS IS OCT. 2.
School
Broadcast Instructor
Videography (1 student per school) Contest will be 2:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
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Publications will be categorized based on size, and awards will be presented in each category. At least one student from the school must be registered at the convention to enter Best of Show. Publi-cations/Website address must be turned in to the registration desk by 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Best of Show will be judged Saturday night. If you will not be at the convention Saturday and want to enter Best of Show, you must mail in your publications to the TAJE address.
Entry Publication’s Name
Name of newspaper
Name of yearbook
Name of literary magazine
Broadcast website:
Online newspaper website:
(All literary magazines will be judged in one classification. All online newspapers will be judged
together in one classification. Broadcast Best of Show entries can be entered either online or on DVD. Broadcasts will be judged together in one classification. )
Number of Best of Show entries @ $10 per entry = $ total payment
Media should be dropped off at the registration desk by Saturday, Oct. 15, by 2 p.m. Schools that prefer to have a critique of this year’s yearbook instead of last year’s should bring printouts of what they have accomplished so far.A schedule with the time of your critique will be available when you register.Entry Media Name
Name of newspaper
Name of yearbook
Broadcast website
Online newspaper website
Number of media @ $15 per media = $ total payment
• Schools entering Best of Show and signing up for an on-site critique should bring TWO copies of publications. • For Best of Show, newspapers must be from the cur-rent school year, and yearbooks and literary magazines must be from the previous school year. • Advisers must be cur-rent mem-bers of TAJE to enter Best of Show. • At least one student from the school must be reg-istered at the convention to enter Best of Show. • Publica-tions should be dropped off at the registration desk by 2 p.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 15. Best of Show judging will be Satur-day night. Schools planning to arrive after that time should mail publications to the TAJE address by Oct. 1.
Best of Show
On-Site Critiques
Online package team @ $10 = $ total paymentOnline package team after Oct. 1 @ $15 = $ total payment
Online package (1 team of up to 3 students - counts as one entry)
Schools may enter one team of up to three students. Students will have from 2:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 to complete the package on a given topic and post it to their school’s website. See contest rules for a com-plete list of requirements.
Online Package
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Advisers who volunteer for two of the items below before Oct. 1 will have their registration fees waived. Please photocopy for each adviser.
Volunteers needed
For more information,
contact Rhonda
Moore at (512) 914-
4142or
contact Pat Gath-
right at (210) 325-7793 or
Fall FiestaTAJE
P.O. Box 9187Austin, TX
78766
Name of Judge_______________________________ Cell phone #__________________________
School_______________________________ Yearbook Newspaper Broadcasting
Years experience:________________________Number of TAJE conventions attended________
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT (2:30 and 5:30) The following live contests need a moderator who can also be the head judge (Moderating and judging count as your two responsibilities to get free registration):News___________Feature__________Editorial_________Sports___________Review__________Editorial Illustration __________Broadcast Writing ___________
Other judging choices on SATURDAY EVENING (6 p.m.):(This counts as one responsibility toward free registration)Yearbook Theme Package__________Yearbook Copy___________________Headline Writing ______________Basic and Advanced Yearbook Design____________ (circle one - live critique session at 3 then judge at 6)Newspaper Front and Feature Page Design ________ (circle one - live critique session at 3 then judge at 6)Advertising ______________ (circle one - live critique session at 3 then judge at 6)Broadcast Package ___________Videography________________Online news package (6:30 p.m.) _________
Other judging choices on SUNDAY EVENING (6 p.m.)(This counts as one responsibility toward free registration)On-site photo _________________________Scavenger Hunt _______________________Cell Phone Photography _________________
Critiquing a publication GET PUBLICATION ON SATURDAY; MEET WITH STAFF(S) ON SUNDAY (This counts as one or two responsibilities toward free registration)Publication 1 - Yearbook or Newspaper ___________________________________ cell# for sponsor________________________________________________
Publication 2 - Yearbook or Newspaper ___________________________________ cell# for sponsor________________________________________________
Speaker for a session(s) (Sunday): (This counts as one responsibility toward free registration)
First Title________________________________
Second Title_____________________________10
Adviser(s)SchoolSchool AddressCity State ZipSchool PhoneUIL Classification (circle one) 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A MS Educational Service CenterE-mail Address
Although advisers who volunteer to assist with two events (see page 7) do not pay the registration fee, they must still register for the convention and register and pay for any other functions to be attended.
p Please check here if you will stay at the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel. Registration will be $10 more per person if staying elsewhere.Register students at $30/$40 per on or before Sept. 23 $Register instructors at $30/$40 per on or before Sept. 23 $ Register students at $35/$45 per after Sept. 23 $Register instructors at $35/$45 per after Sept. 23 $
Register speakers/judges at $0 (advisers must sign up for at least two items on page 7) $
Total due for registration $
MEMBERSHIPn I’m already a member of the Texas Association of Journalism Educatorsn I want to be a member of/renew my dues for the Texas Association of Journalism Educators $35n I want a lifetime membership to TAJE. $300n I want to be a member of the Journalism Education Association $60 n I want to be a member of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors $20n I want to be a member of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association $30n I want to be a member of the Interscholastic League Press Conference $50 per media n NP n YB n Broadcast n Online NewspaperCJE/MJE TEST n I plan to take the CJE test. n I plan to take the MJE test. (Application and fee due to JEA by Sept. 23)SUMMARYTotal due for registration (Earlybird Registration postmarked by Sept. 23) $Total due for membership $Total due for Write-Offs (See page 5) $ p Please check here if you plan to bring a printer to the competition. Total due for Photo Contests/Scavenger Hunt (See pages 6-7) $Total due for Broadcast/Online Package Contests (See page 8-9) $**Students will not be able to enter contests at registration.Total due for Best of Show/On-Site Critiques (See page 9) $Total due for Intensive Writing Session (see page 4) $
TOTAL DUE $ AMOUNT PAID (Check # ) $
Office UseRegistration
Number:
EarlybirdDeadlineSept. 23
Walk-in registrationwill be $50
Make checks payable to TAJE. Payment can be sent under sepa-rate cover.No refunds will be made after Oct. 1.
Go to taje.org to register online.
To pay by credit card, please contact Rhonda Moore at [email protected].
Please note:Registration will be on the second floor of the hotel. The opening session, includ-ing the keynote speaker, will be in the Texas Ballroom.
Registration
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