Washington Collegiate Journalism Conference

Saturday, Nov. 3 At UW Communications Bldg.

Tentative schedule:

8:30 a.m.—Registration: SPJ members $15; non-members $20

9 a.m.—Welcome by Dana Blozis, pro chapter president, and Tom Henderson, Region 10 director (if he can attend). Patrick MacDonald, pop music critic, The Seattle Times.
- Room 120.

10:15—Landing Your First Newspaper Job: Is a McClatchy Publication in your Future? John Henrikson, The News Tribune
Or Will You Start at a Community Weekly? Representative, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.
- Room 120

Want a Career in Broadcast Journalism?
Kirsten Kendrick, KPLU morning host
Laura Evans, KOMO-TV news producer
Essex Porter, KIRO-TV senior reporter
- Room 104

11:15 a.m Sports Writing
Ted Miller, Seattle P-I
- Room 104

Journalists Discuss: What I Wish I’d Learned in College
Amy Rolph, Seattle P-I
Joseph de Leon, Seattle Times
Sam Taylor, Bellingham Herald
David Chircop, Herald (Everett)
- Room 120

12:15 p.m.—Lunch
- Room 126

1 p.m.— Writing Features that Capture the Human Element
Inara Verzemnieks, The (Portland) Oregonian
- Room 120

Stories We May Be Missing on Our Campus
Oren Campbell, retired publisher/editorial adviser, UW Daily
- Room 104

2:15 p.m- Deadline 2010: Reporting with Tomorrow’s Tools
Alex Johnson, MSNBC.com
- Room 120

Panel: Student Press Freedom in Washington
Kathy Schrier, President, Washington Journalism Education Assn.
Others to be named
- Room 104

3:30 p.m.—Community College Journalism Advisers meet in Room 126