SPJ @ W&L

Get all the latest on the W&L SPJ student chapter's activities.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Changes to the Web site

As you might have noticed, I've made some changes around the W&L SPJ Web site in the past week. I've now moved all of the material regarding the spring conference to the conference recap page; the site is now dedicated to our chapter.

With the help of the W&L journalism department's tech guru, Michael Todd, I've also uploaded an audio version of Amy Goodman's keynote address for you to download and listen to at your leisure as well as the PowerPoint slideshow for the 2007 Mark of Excellence Awards.

Labels: spring conference, Web site

- Nicole
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Friday, April 4, 2008

Spring conference recap ... Take 2

This is just a brief update to inform everyone that the Web site will be updated by next Wednesday with video of Mudcat Saunders' press conference and audio of Amy Goodman's keynote address. The site will also undergo organizational changes at that time.

Incidentally, the "spring conference" RSS feed has been removed from the page. If you'd still like chapter updates, we welcome you to sign up for that feed (link is in the right sidebar).

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- Nicole
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

More spring conference announcements

The W&L SPJ student chapter has kicked it into high gear with the conference preparations, so I've got a few new things to announce:

1. It's official: Students will be able to stay at W&L's currently-empty Kappa Sigma house for a very reasonable rate. For more information, contact us.

2. More people have confirmed that they will, in fact, be speaking at the conference:

Walter Cumming - Presentation: Visual journalism: The enhancement (or heart) of a story
Sam Dean - Presentation: Visual journalism: The enhancement (or heart) of a story
~~Chris Dinsmore~~ Bill Choyke - Panel: Everyday business: Telling the globalization story locally
Kathy Lu - Panel: Out of college, into the job market
Ed Wasserman - Panel: The other America: How do we cover poverty?

3. We also have moderators confirmed for all the panels:

Harlan Beckley - The other America: How do we cover poverty?
Doug Cumming - At its roots: Why community journalism is thriving
~~Chris Dinsmore~~ Bill Choyke - Out of college, into the job market
Pam Luecke - Everyday business: Telling the globalization story locally
Albert L. May - Election coverage: What's fair? What's fair game?
Brian Richardson - Environmentally conscious with a news conscience
Ed Wasserman - From the eye of the storm: Reporting a crisis

4. As you might have noticed, we've added a presentation to our schedule: Visual journalism: The enhancement (or heart) of a story. The presentation will take place during the second session.

5. Driving directions have been added to the destination page, in case the map takes too long to load or doesn't appear for some reason.

6. The schedule has also been updated; we now have a .pdf file of the full schedule available for download.

That's all! Many thanks in advance to our speakers and to those planning to attend. See you in Lexington!

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- Nicole
2:55 PM | 0 Comments

Monday, March 3, 2008

Note about contact us page

The e-mail form on the contact us page has been having technical difficulties; however, I think I've got the problem fixed. If you've sent us an e-mail through the form and we never responded, please feel free to re-submit your note.

Thanks for your patience!

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- Nicole
8:17 PM | 0 Comments

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Region II Spring Conference now on Facebook!

For those of you on Facebook, we now have a Region II Spring Conference Facebook group. Join now to see who else is coming, ask questions and get the latest conference info!

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- Nicole
2:45 PM | 0 Comments

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Blog updates now available via e-mail

Now you can subscribe to blog updates via e-mail! Just click the link on the right side of the page.

Only one e-mail per day will be sent, no matter how many updates we make. Your e-mail address will remain private, and we promise not to send you any spam.

Edit: You can now also subscribe to only updates regarding the spring conference. The link is also in the sidebar to the right.

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- Nicole
7:44 PM | 0 Comments

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Web site launched

Today we launched our chapter's official Web site. Check it out at http://journalism.wlu.edu/spj.

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- Nicole
5:15 PM | 0 Comments