University Intercollegiate League (UIL) Press Conference

UT Campus
Sat. & Sun., 4/21-22, 2007
For details and schedule go to www.uil.utexas.edu

Several of our J-School professors will do their professional duty by making presentations to a group of high school journalism students and their advisors. This group comes together to take advantage of this rare opportunity to exchange ideas and information and to ask questions of the most knowledgeable people in scholastic journalism and to make new friends.

Sat, April 21

Dave Garlock, How to be Nosy , WEL 2.256, 1-1:45 p.m.

Dave Garlock, Producing UT's BurntOrange Magazine, WEL 2.256, 2-2:45 p.m.

Lorraine Branham, The Principle Wants to See You, WEL 2.304, 2-2:45 p.m.

Robert Jensen, Basics of Libel Law, WEL 1.308, 4-4:45 p.m.

Sun, April 22

Robert Jensen, What are Journalists for?, WEL 1.308, 9-9:45 a.m.

Wanda Cash, Sex, Drugs and Rock' n Roll-Covering Controversial Topics and Events, WEL 2.304, 10-10:45 a.m.

The UIL journalism program has seen increased participation in recent years to the extent that Texas schools have more newspapers and yearbooks than any other state.

Intercollegiate League Press Conference (ILPC) involvement in education began approximately 79 years ago. The University of Texas Department of Journalism hosted a small group of high school students and advisers for the first ILPC convention. The convention had its beginning with Paul J. Thompson, a UT journalism professor who believed that wherever journalism was taught, it should be taught well.

Today, ILPC expects to host as many as 1,100 students and advisers for more than 100 instructional sessions presented by leaders in scholastic journalism, university journalism and professional media.