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
Whatʼs Where, Lloyd Goodman, Student Publications director, UT Arlington
Live Contest Instructions, Beth Francesco, Shorthorn adviser, UT Arlington
Reporting, Editorial Writing and Photography contest event will begin immediately after the
instructions.

10 a.m.
Copy Editing Live Contest
San 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 didnʼt 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 Luncheon
Bluebonnet 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.
The Future of Journalism: Two Possible Paths
Choose from two panel discussions:

Your Future in Print Media

Print journalism may not be dying but itʼs certainly changing shape. Three people who are strongly
entrenched in print journalism and who are shaping its future will tell how theyʼre 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! News
Mike 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, TOO

Your 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
 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 Shorthorn
Online 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