College Media Advisers has published a tentative list of sessions on its Web site here. The information is subject to change, but it should give you a chance to start planning your week in K.C.
Don’t forget to register online for the convention if you’re planning to attend. Hope to see you there!
Some people reserving rooms at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, our convention hotel, have noted that the online system returns a message that says room types cannot be guaranteed. If you make room reservations and request a room with two double beds, your immediate feedback from the hotel will be that they are not available. This is due to some software system they have that can’t be overridden as to the response.
However, if you provide them with your e-mail address when making your reservation, you should subsequently receive an email from hotel staff saying that the room(s) with two double beds are reserved for you. We have a total of 450 double-double rooms held aside for our convention.
It’s time to start making plans to attend the fall ACP/CMA convention in Kansas City. ACP and CMA members will receive the registration booklet in the mail by the start of the school year. In the meantime, you can download it here.
Online registration is now available as well. Here is the link:
http://register.studentpress.org/kc2008/
If you haven’t registered online for ACP’s conventions before, now’s a good time to start: only those who register online will be able to sign up for any limited-enrollment workshops, including the slate of new hands-on multimedia workshops.
Hope to see you there!
The Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers are sponsoring a series of hands-on multimedia workshops at this year’s convention. These workshops will allow participants to learn practical multimedia skills they can take back to their newsrooms?–?and into the professional workplace. ACP and CMA plan to make these workshops a regular feature of conventions. (Workshop fees help offset the cost of providing technology on site for the use of the attendees.) Attendees should bring a set of earphones to plug into the computers.
Registration for the Kansas City convention will open soon. Those wishing to enroll in one or more of the special sessions below must register online.
Digital CAMPUS Workshop: Multimedia Storytelling • Wednesday, 1-5 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m.-noon • $69
Multimedia storytelling allows journalists to make news more engaging, urgent and fun for readers. Learn how to combine video, text, graphics, and photos and use new technologies to tell compelling, dynamic stories. In this hands-on workshop, sponsored by CMA as part of its new Digital CAMPUS (Coalition for the Advancement of Multimedia Potential and Useful Strategies) Initiative, participants will work in teams to create a multimedia package. Laptops and software will be provided. Bring your own headset, as well as any digital newsgathering equipment — still cameras, video cameras, cell phone cameras and audio recorders — you may have. • Ron Sylvester, Wichita Eagle; Jennifer Ward, Fresnobee.com
Breaking News with Twitter and Live Blogging? • 1-3 p.m. Thursday • $25
Live blogging allows journalists to report news developments as they happen. Learn how to use Twitter, a microblogging program, to update readers on breaking news stories, such as a trials, natural disasters, important meetings and major crimes, from a veteran reporter who was among the first to use this new technology successfully. • Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle
Breaking News with Live Video • 9-11 a.m. Friday • $25
Imagine being able to send out video reports of a breaking news event as it happens. With live broadcast services you can post video reports from your cell phone that are mere seconds behind the action. Beat your local TV station to the story! • Jennifer Ward, Fresnobee.com
Web Publishing With Free Content Management Systems • ?1-3 p.m. Friday • $25
You’ve got words, images, video and multimedia content but how do you make it look good on the Web? Free content management systems provide an easy way to organize and publish professional-looking online publications in a matter of hours. Creating a dynamic online news publication or yearbook has never been easier! • Brady Teufel, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Creating Interactive Maps • 9-11 a.m. Saturday • $25
Interactive maps are increasingly accompanying news stories on the Web. From providing complex information and geographical data to displaying places to find good eats in your neighborhood, online maps can present information in a fun, easy-to-grasp format that’s opening up new avenues for storytelling in journalism. Learn how to create maps using free software. • Brady Teufel, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Audio Editing with Audacity • 9-11 a.m. Friday • $25
Editing audio is the foundation of multimedia production. Add another dimension to your storytelling by learning the basics of Audacity, a free audio editing tool. In this session you will learn how to create an audio story from start to finish. We will walk through the production process of non-linear audio editing on a timeline and how to use audio editing tools. Bring a set of headphones. This session serves as a primer to the SoundSlides and iMovie sessions. • Ellyn Angelotti, Poynter Institute
SoundSlides • 1-3 p.m. Friday • $25
SoundSlides makes combining still images with audio a feasible multimedia storytelling option for any journalist. In this session we will take still photos and .MP3 audio files and produce a multimedia flash presentation ready to add to your Web site. We’ll walk through the process from importing and editing to export and posting to the Web. Bring a set of headphones. • Ellyn Angelotti, Poynter Institute
Video Editing with iMovie • 9-11 a.m. Saturday • $25
Want to edit digital video, but don’t know where to start? This session is for journalists who want to learn the basics of video editing in iMovie. We will discuss new online video storytelling forms and become more familiar with the iMovie workspace and tools. After this session you will be able to capture video, make basic edits, add text and photos, and export a movie. Bring a set of headphones. • Ellyn Angelotti, Poynter Institute
Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm, is featured in a story in the Wall Street Journal from July 8, 2008, about the future of photojournalism.
Storm will share his perspective on media and journalism with convention delegates on Thursday, Oct. 30 at a special 90-minute opening session. He will teach a breakout session at 9 a.m. Friday.
The Kansas City convention has a slate of speakers who are leaders in media, including groundbreakers like Storm. Delegates may also participate in a special menu of multimedia workshops taught by skilled working professionals.
Watch this space for the latest information about the Kansas City convention. Mark your calendars and start planning to attend! Reserve your hotel rooms using the form in this brochure.
In the center of America’s heartland, Kansas City is an energetic city forged by a rich history and brimming with activities to keep you entertained — eclectic cuisine, swinging jazz, one-of-a-kind museums, a thriving arts scene and fantastic shopping. That’s what awaits you when you come to town in October for the annual National College Media Convention — the largest gathering of student journalists and advisers in the world — and discover something about media.
ACP, CMA and CBI will help you discover through nearly 400 practical and professional learning sessions, from high-profile keynotes to specific, problem-solving breakouts, hands-on workshops and discussion groups. Other convention activities include an exhibit hall with vendors who sell to student media, ACP’s Best of Show contest, receptions, awards convocations, critiques and a newspaper job fair.
Breakout sessions for print and online newspapers, broadcast stations, yearbooks and magazines are planned to meet the publishing and broadcasting needs of all college and university student media. Some are specifically for college dailies, some for journalists at community colleges and private schools. Others are for those who are looking for the latest information from the FCC affecting their campus radio station. Whether it’s ethics and law, technology and design, advertising and business operations, photography and art or just the basics of news writing and reporting, this convention covers all the bases.
With more than 2,500 delegates at the past two conventions, the annual ACP, CMA and CBI fall gathering has become the place to seek solutions to the most challenging publishing and broadcasting problems, share success stories, see what’s new in the media marketplace, discover trends and network with students and advisers from the United States, Canada and often other countries.
Let your discoveries continue outside the convention. The world-renowned jazz legacy continues today in clubs throughout the city. For barbecue lovers, the city’s signature food can be found at more than 100 barbecue establishments, but visitors also delight in restaurants of every ethnic origin. Pack your bags and discover something unique and unexpected in Kansas City.