Schedule
Day/Date/Place |
Topic and Presenters |
Description/Questions |
Assignment |
Lecture presentation |
6-9 p.m. Sunday, July 19 Doubletree Guest Suites |
Reception and Dinner Keynote: Jeff Cohen, The Houston Chronicle |
Welcome to ASNE: What’s In Store The Next Two Weeks |
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9-10:15 a.m. Monday, July 20 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
The Newspaper Business – Part I (Cohen) |
How does the newspaper business operate? What are its economics? Who owns papers? How does all that pertain to high school journalism? |
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10:30-11 a.m. Monday, July 20 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
ASNE Matters (Diana Mitsu Klose, ASNE) |
What is ASNE up to these days in the high school journalism world? |
Jeanne Acton’s presentations – | |
11 a.m.-noon Monday, July 21 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
The Newspaper Business – Part II (Cohen) |
How does the newspaper business operate? What are its economics? Who owns papers? How does all that pertain to high school journalism? |
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1:30-4:15 p.m. Monday, July 20 Journalism Labs |
Organizing Lab (George Sylvie, UT, and staff) |
What are the ingredients of the actual, hands-on workshop process? |
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5-7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20 KLRU 3rd Floor Conference Room |
Informal Get-Together (George Sylvie and staff) |
How well do you know your classmates? Lots of fun activities to help you get more comfortable with each other! |
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9-11:45 a.m. Tuesday, July 21 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
News Writing & Reporting (Jeanne Acton, Texas UIL) |
What do reporters do? What specific techniques separate good reporting from great reporting? How should reporters think? What are typical reporting obstacles? |
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1:30-4:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Interviewing Laboratory (Jeanne Acton, Texas UIL) |
What are the basics of news interviewing? |
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9-11:45 a.m. Wednesday, July 22 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Scholastic Journalism: Where the rubber meets the road (high school advisor Janet Elbom & Jeanne Acton) |
How can teachers motivate students to be good journalists? How should recruiting be conducted? How do you develop good relations with principals? |
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1:30- 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Critiquing Your Paper (high school advisor Janet Elbom) |
What are the & concepts of critiquing? What does it offer your staff and how does it improve content? |
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4-45 - 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 Journalism Labs |
Working on Your Stories (Dave Garlock, UT) and Individual Critique Sessions (high school advisor Janet Elbom & Jeanne Acton) |
What do you need to do to write your news story? What are the basic concepts of critiquing? What does it offer your staff and how does it improve content? |
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Thursday, July 23 Austin American-Statesman |
Tour and observe daily news decision meeting (Drew Marcks, Austin American-Statesman) |
What makes news and how are decisions made about daily coverage? |
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1:30-4 p.m. Thursday, July 23 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Headline Writing (Griff Singer, retired UT) |
What are the tenets of being a good copyeditor? What are the chief principles of head writing? What type of elements should be considered? What is efficient copy-editing? |
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4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, July 23 Journalism Labs |
InDesign & Photoshop Mini-Tutorials (30 minutes per group with staff) |
What do you need to do to write your story? |
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9-11:45 a.m. Friday, July 24 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Online Journalism & Multimedia (Cindy Royal, Texas State University) |
What makes a good Web site for a publication? How do you get a newspaper on the Web? What are the universal design principles that you should know? |
Cindy Royal’s presentations - | |
1:30-4:15 p.m. Friday, July 24 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Photography (Eli Reed, UT) |
What are the main rules of photography? What determines journalistically good photos? |
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9-11:45 a.m. Monday, July 27 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Student press law (Mike Hiestand, Student Press Law Center) |
What are the open records (and open meetings) laws in your state? How can you access sources and information? What attitudes must be overcome? |
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1:30-4:15 p.m. Monday, July 27 Journalism Labs |
More Multimedia (Cindy Royal, Texas State University) |
What can you do to enhance your school paper’s Web presence? What essential rules are needed to edit and enhance images? |
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4:45-7 p.m. Monday, July 27 Journalism Labs |
Reporting Lab (Joshunda Sanders [American-Statesman]) and Mini-Tutorials (staff) |
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9-12:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 28 Journalism Labs |
Still More Multimedia (Cindy Royal, Texas State University) |
What can you do to enhance your school paper’s Web presence? What essential rules are needed to edit and enhance images? |
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1:45-4:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 28 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Feature Writing (Dave Harmon, American-Statesman) |
What makes a good feature? What are the different feature styles? How does reporting play a role in good feature writing? |
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5-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 28 Journalism Labs |
Reporting & InDesign Lab (Patrick George [American-Statesman], Sylvie & staff) |
What can you do to enhance your school paper’s Web presence? What do you need to do to write your news/feature story? |
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9-11:45 a.m. Wednesday, July 29 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Editorials and commentary (Arnold Garcia, Austin American-Statesman) |
How do newspapers find their editorial voice? What’s opinion? What makes a good column? What’s a newspaper’s editorial role and community responsibility? |
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1:30-4:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Design (Sharon Roberts & G.W. Babb, Austin American-Statesman) |
What are some layout ideals for your paper? Why is design important? What are the prime design concepts and how does it enhance the writing? |
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4:45-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 Journalism Labs |
General Purpose Lab (Sylvie, Elbom & staff) |
What are the keys needed to edit and enhance images? What reporting and writing remain for your story? |
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9-11:45 a.m. Thursday, July 30 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Ethical concerns (Renita Coleman, UT) |
What is ethical journalistic behavior? How should journalism be evaluated? Do social responsibility and credibility play a role? |
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1:30-4:15 p.m. Thursday, July 30 Lady Bird Johnson Room/CMA 5.136 |
Diversity Issues (Paula Poindexter, UT) |
What is the historical societal and journalistic context for diversity? How does that apply to high schools? |
Dr. Poindexter’s documents – | |
4:45-7 p.m. Thursday, July 30 Journalism Labs |
Wrap-up Time for Assignments & Critiquing Work (Elbom, Sylvie & staff) |
What’s left to do? What needs to be completed? |
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9-12:15 p.m. Friday, July 31 Doubletree Guest Suites |
Summary and beyond Robert Rivard, San Antonio Express-News |
What lies ahead for newspapers and high school journalism teachers? What have we learned in the last two weeks? What’s most important? What will you take with you to your school? |
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12:30-2 p.m. Friday, July 31 Doubletree Guest Suites |
Graduation Luncheon |
Farewell remarks; evaluation of the institute. |
