March
2008
USC
to hold SPJ Region 3 Conference
Journalism students, professionals and educators will gather
at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications Friday
and Saturday, March 28-29, for the Society of Professional
Journalists Region 3 Spring Conference.
The conference will feature lectures and seminars over
the course of the two days in the Coliseum and at the Courtyard
by Marriott on Assembly. A short-course on new media writing
will be held at IFRA
Newsplex. See full schedule>
Professors and professionals in journalism from around the
country will present seminars on topics including challenges
and preparation for new and future media, community involvement
in newspapers, vigilante journalism and lessons from Jena,
La., as well as many other important topics of relevance
to the journalism field.
 "Each of SPJ's 12 regions holds a professional conference
in the spring to allow working journalists and students in
those regions a chance to develop their skills in workshops
and to network," said Professor Ernest Wiggins, adviser
to the SPJ USC chapter. "It is also during the spring
conferences that outstanding student work is recognized during
the Mark of Excellence Awards luncheon. We will be doing
that on Saturday."
According to Wiggins, Region 3 is made up of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
The event is open to the public. Registration is $75 for
the entire event. Students from SJMC may attend any of Friday's
events free of charge, and the program Saturday is $35, which
includes lunch and materials for the conference.
Wiggins said they expect more than 50 students and journalism
professionals to attend the conference.
SPJ Conference Schedule
| Friday, March 28 |
| 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Registration ~
Courtyard
by Marriott across from the School of Journalism and
Mass Communications, Carolina Coliseum |
| 9 a.m. to noon |
Multi-Media Short Course at Newsplex
Newsplex Director Randy Covington |
| 1 to 2:15 p .m. |
(A) SJMC 3020A ~ New Media Challenges
Augie Grant and Doug Fisher, SJMC
and David Carr, Carr Communications
(B) SJMC CEO Room ~ Specialty Reporting Case Study
Lawrence Timbs, Guy Reel, Ms. Gena Smith, Winthrop
University |
| 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. |
SJMC 3001 ~ Plenary Session ~
Preparing for Tomorrow's Newsrooms
Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press |
| 3:45 to 5 p.m. |
(A) SJMC 3020A ~ Campus Crime Reporting
Carolyn Carlson, Wells Memorial Key honoree and Georgia State
University
(B) SJMC 3001 ~ Freelancing in a New Media Age
Leslie Haynsworth, Haynsworth Communications |
| 5 to 6 p.m. |
Reception ~ Frank McGuire Room
Special guest performance by Kenley Young ('01) |
| Saturday, March 29 |
| 8 a.m. to noon |
Registration @ Courtyard by Marriott across from the
School of
Journalism and Mass Communications |
| 9 to 10:15 a.m. |
SJMC 3001 ~ Plenary Session ~
Bridging
the Gap between
Communities and Newspapers
"Involvement through Newspapers and Civics" Chairman Jeff Romig. |
| 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. |
(A) SJMC 3001 ~ Lessons from Jena
Abbey Brown, The Town Talk of Alexandria/Pineville, La.
(B) SJMC 3020A One-man Banding
Graeme Moore, Former USC Campus Chapter president and WPDE-
TV |
| Noon to 1:15 p.m. |
Courtyard by Marriott ~ Mark of Excellence
Awards Luncheon
Keynote Speaker William Douglas, White House Correspondent |
| 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. |
(A) SJMC 3020A ~ Reporting by the Numbers
Dr. Chris Roberts, SJMC
(B) SJMC 3001 ~ Watching the Watchers: Vigilante Journalism
Bob Bentley, Former editor Greenwood Index-Journal
and first USC
Campus Chapter president |
| 3 to 4 p.m. |
SJMC 3001 ~ The Changing Political
Landscape
Dean Charles Bierbauer, William Douglas and Will Folks
(Fitsnews.com) |
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