Students and advisers will gather for this year’s NWSP Fall Press Day on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 at University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in the Erb Memorial Union. In addition to membership discounts for this NWSP event, there are many reasons this year’s conference will kick off the best year ever for your publications and student media staffs.
Here are the top five great reasons your staff should attend Press Day—
Really talented people.
Like award-winning, hard-hitting New York journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, our Keynote Speaker, who specializes in Watchdog Journalism. She worked at The Oregonian before joining Pulitzer Prize-winning ProPublica, the non-profit investigative news organization leading the digital news revolution. She reports and writes investigative projects on discrimination, fair housing and waste in federal programs. In addition to developing and writing news articles for the Northwest’s largest newspaper and online audience, she also shot and edited short videos for The Oregonian from 2006-2011. Today’s journalists must master multimedia reporting, writing , production and presentation skills across all media types. Nikole has been recognized by the Gannett Foundation for Innovation In Watchdog Journalism in 2012, the C. B. Blethen memorial Award for Distinguished Reporting In The Northwest in 2011, and the Society of Professional Journalists Pacifc NW Excellence in Journalism Award in 2007, 2008 and 2011. Stay tuned for more speakers.
Sessions.
Whether they are beginners or veterans, you want all your students on the fast track to success. Send them to classes on Interviewing. Reporting. Writing. Planning. Editing. Design. Layout. Photography. Yearbook technology. Online news. Radio. Video. Microphones. Cameras. Ethics. Press Law and more. Problem solved.
Contests.
Enter our special Best of Show or Write-off competitions. Students can choose to compete against the best in the state during Write-offs, or display their work in a special exhibit during press day.
Issues Seminar.
Take home a story from press day after learning about an issue and gathering information from the newsmakers themselves. Develop it into a package for print, broadcast or web, then enter our contest to win an iPod.
New adviser training.
A special intensive training track for new journalism teachers. We encourage new advisers and principals to attend this special series of basic training sessions and teaching materials for new advisers.
College tours.
Take a guided tour of University of Oregon . Tour guides will tell you about college life and UO while you tour the campus and Allen Hall, home of the School of Journalism and Communication.
If you just can’t make it this year, join by Oct. 1, 2012 and participate in a full year of contests, critique and rating service, scholarships, awards, new adviser mentoring, teaching and learning resources, news and more. Send in your NWSP membership form, available here, with your check or purchase order.
