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TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION

FALL 2010 CONVENTION

PROGRAM

8 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Bluebonnet Foyer and Bluebonnet Ballroom

9 a.m.

OPENING SESSION AND LIVE CONTESTS

Bluebonnet Ballroom

Welcome, Dr. Frank Lamas, Vice President for Student Affairs, UT Arlington

Whats Where, Lloyd Goodman, Student Publications director, UT Arlington

Live Contest Instructions, Beth Francesco, Shorthornadviser, UT Arlington

Reporting, Editorial Writing and Photography contest event will begin immediately after the

instructions.

10 a.m.

Copy Editing Live ContestSan Jacinto Room

10-11 a.m.

For Students Not Competing in Live Contests

Understanding Visual Elements

Graphic elements can make or break design in any medium. This session will give you an overview of the

kinds of visual elements available to you photographs, illustrations, information graphics, etc. and

how to use them effectively. (You may discover graphic elements you didnt even know existed.)

Jessica Felkel, news editor/designer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Palo Pinto Room

10 a.m.-noon

For Advisers

TCCJA Business Meeting

San Saba Room

11 a.m.-noon

INTERESTED IN ATTENDING UT ARLINGTON?

A UT Arlington admissions counselor will be available to answer your questions about attending UT

Arlington.

Bluebonnet Foyer

Noon-1:45 p.m.

Convention LuncheonBluebonnet Ballroom

Speaker: Lois Norder, managing editor/news, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Why Journalism Is Important

Introduced by Mark Bauer, Shorthorn editor in chief

2-3 p.m.


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The Future of Journalism: Two Possible Paths

Choose from two panel discussions:

Your Future in Print Media

Print journalism may not be dying but its certainly changing shape. Three people who are strongly

entrenched in print journalism and who are shaping its future will tell how theyre doing this and look

into their crystals ball to discuss the future for students who want to work in print.Walt Stallings, senior deputy managing editor, The Dallas Morning News

Gayle Reaves, editor, FW Weekly

Chris Wessling, senior editor, American Way magazine

Moderator: Geoff Campbell, journalism instructor, UT Arlington

Concho Room

Your Future in New Media

If you pursue a career in media, the jobs you will work in may not even currently exist. But successful

models for online-only journalism are now in taking shape. Three journalists who are now online-only will

discuss where they work now, how they got there and look into their crystal balls to discuss the future

for students who want to work in what we currently call new media.

Brandi Grissom, reporter, Texas Tribune

Jason Sickles, Dallas local editor, YAHOO! NewsMike Orren, founder and president, Pegasus News

Moderator: Dr. Camille Broadway, assistant professor of journalism, UT Arlington

San Saba Room

Live Contest Judging (Advisers Only)

Shorthorn Office

3-4 p.m.

THREE FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD JOURNALISM

Choose from these three sessions:

THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW

Reporting is all about getting information and communicating it from one group of people your sources

to another. In this session, a veteran reporter will help you build your reporting and interviewing skills

and even get information from people who may be reluctant to give it to you.

Eva-Marie Ayala, reporter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Concho Room

PHOTOJOURNALISM: MORE THAN PRETTY PICTURES

An effective photo is the essence of journalism. In this session, a Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist

will provide you with tips to help make your photographs visual journalism in the truest sense of the term.

Brad Loper, photo editor, The Dallas Morning News

San Saba Room

DESIGN IS INFORMATION, TOOYour page designs play a big part in what and how well information is communicated. In this session,

you will discuss keys to effective and innovative page design with an award-winning designer and

innovator.

Cody Bailey, assistant managing editor/innovation and product development, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Palo Pinto Room

4-5 p.m.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS


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Meet people from other staffs who do the same thing you do, ask questions and share

information in these moderated discussions. (Topics and discussion facilitators subject to

change.)

Design Critiques and Discussion, Cody Bailey

Covering Sports, Jay Miller, SMU

Photography, Robert Muilenburg, Del Mar College

Covering Entertainment, Andrew Plock, The ShorthornOnline Workflow, Vinod Srinivasan, The Shorthorn

Writing Opinion, Ali Mustansir, The Shorthorn

Editor in chief roundtable, Mark Bauer, The Shorthorn

Covering the news, John Harden, The Shorthorn

Red River and Concho rooms

4-5 p.m.

INTERESTED IN ATTENDING UT ARLINGTON?

A UT Arlington admissions counselor will be available to answer your questions about attending UT

Arlington.

Lobby outside the Concho Room

Break until Awards Dinner

6:30 p.m.

AWARDS DINNER

Bluebonnet Ballroom

TCCJA President Charlie Ehrenfeld, South Plains College, presiding.

Speaker: Shelly Williams, Tarrant County College and TCCJA Student Journalist of the Year

Awards Presentation: Bob Bajackson, Executive Director, TCCJA

Adjourn

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