Workshop List

Deadline to submit Best of Show entry is noon, Friday, April 10. Friday, April 10, 2009 8-10 a.m. (Majestic 1)

TIPA Advisers’ Breakfast and Business Meeting

10 a.m. – noon

TCCJA Advisers’ Business Meting (Majestic 1)

9 – 9:50 a.m.

Workshops (Trinity and Majestic rooms)

10 – 10:50 a.m.

Workshops (Trinity and Majestic rooms)

11 – 11:50 a.m.

Workshops (Trinity and Majestic rooms)

Noon – 1:50 p.m. Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon (Dallas Ballroom, first floor of Convention Center – attached to hotel) 2 – 5 p.m.

Job Fair (Houston A – located on third floor of Convention Center)

2 – 4 p.m

Student Editors’ Roundtable (Majestic 1)

2 – 2:50 p.m.

Workshops (Trinity and Majestic rooms)

3 – 3:50 p.m.

Workshops (Trinity and Majestic rooms)

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Hall of Fame Committee Meeting (Hospitality Suite) Saturday, April 11, 2009 9 a.m. – Noon

Awards Breakfast (Dallas Ballroom)

For your information. As of today, March 11, here is a listing of workshops scheduled for the TIPA convention in Dallas. All of these workshops will be on Friday, April 10. Workshops will be held in the Trinity rooms and in the Majestic rooms. The listing is subject to change. There are still a few speakers who have not confirmed their sessions. Sessions: 1. Using data for maximum impact (how to recognize quality data in press releases and using research to give your stories punch) 2. I have some comments about comments (discussion about the process of making a newspaper or web site more interactive, liabilities and legal concerns) 3. Video for newspapers: How to become visual storytellers (importance of becoming visual storytellers in today’s newspaper world) 4. Informal discussion with Hall of Fame inductee Bill Mercer concerning the broadcast field 5. Documentary presentation and discussion on how Hispanic journalists have impacted US communication over the past 200 years. 6. Survival of the journalist (how to make yourself marketable in this economy and how to take advantage of networking) 7. Starting an online or print magazine (the do’s, don’ts and how to’s) 8. Tips for ensuring accuracy (how to guard for accuracy while working on deadline) 9. Police and media relations (how to build an effective relationship with police, release of information to the media) 10.Using stills and video: Visual storytelling in a changing world (a look at photojournalism and examples used in the Dallas Morning News) 11.At the edge of life (session on how to incorporate video and stills together ) 12.Be sharp: Tell me about yourself (present yourself to create a good lasting impression, learn to answer the question “tell me about yourself” with polish and pizzazz in a job interview) 13.Panel: Making the transition to a four-year college (students who have made the transition from 2-year to 4-year colleges will offer tips) 14.Get a job! (practical tips for broadcast students on how to put together a resume tape, etc.)

15.Role and selection of art for literary magazine (how art is selected, gathering art, organization of teamwork) 16.The “knows” of public relations (things “I” wish I had known before starting my career) 17.Crime blogging (the approach to blogging) 18.How to start a literary magazine (how-to session about starting a literary magazine at your school) 19.Managing editor at 22 (skills learned from college classes and as editor-in-chief of college paper helped lead to professional career) 20.You want me to write you a what? (veteran adviser spells out what students should and shouldn’t be doing as a student journalist long before internship or graduation time) 21.How to make yourself relevant (tips and discussion from a veteran sports columnist) 22.Secrets of great resumes (learn about common misconceptions about resumes and how to showcase your value) 23.Importance of and How to Build Trustworthy Relationships (focuses on importance of honesty, setting real expectations, knowing your audience and following up with contacts) 24.Life as a big-city columnist (DMN columnist discusses typical week, day-to-day activities of the job) 25.Printing 101 & the digital age (overview of web offset printing process and insight to digital publishing, how to achieve the best reproduction) 26.How to build a winning team (how to build an award-winning team, focus on newsroom structure, covering the campus, civic journalism, alternative storytelling)