JEA/NSPA Phoenix 2009

on April 15, 2009

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A group of Phoenix students will document the convention and post their images, videos and text via a Web site at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. The Phoenix Post should have coverage of all major convention activities beginning Thursday, April 16.

Check back for updates!

Super Shuttle, Execucar offer convention transportation discount

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on April 10, 2009

Super Shuttle Flyer (PDF)

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Super Shuttle is offering JEA/NSPA convention participants a $4 discount per person for the roundrip transportation if booked online. Execucar is offering a $10 roundtrip discount. Download the attached PDF flyers for details on how to reserve your shuttle.

Execucar Flyer (PDF)

Yearbook companies to match student donations

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on April 8, 2009

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In Phoenix, each dollar donated to the Student Press Law Center will turn into five. Four major yearbook printing companies have announced that they will match the SPLC collection up to $2,500 each at the NSPA Awards Ceremony Saturday afternoon in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Tinker decision. The companies are Herff Jones, Jostens, Taylor and Walsworth.

That means for the first $2,500 students and advisers contribute, SPLC get a $10,000 bonus for SPLC. And in this economy, that’s the best investment this year.

If you’re headed to Phoenix, plan to donate. If you can’t make it to Phoenix, send money with someone who is.

Please stop by these companies’ booths and let them know how much you appreciate them and their support of SPLC.

See who’s coming to Phoenix

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on March 31, 2009

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Now that the earlybird deadline has passed, the list of schools, publications, individuals and vendors who have signed up to attend the Phoenix convention is available at this link:

See you in about two weeks!

Discount tickets for the Phoenix Suns available Wednesday night

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on March 31, 2009

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Phoenix Suns, All You Can Eat Night Wednesday April 15, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. — $35

Unlimited hot dogs, nachos, popcorn and soft drinks.

Welcome to Phoenix! The Phoenix Suns Basketball Team would like to extend all visitors a special discounted Suns ticket that will include an All You Can Eat wristband. Purchase tickets through this link and you will get the exclusive discounted ticket price, be able to print tickets from home, and get the All You Can Eat offer. Once you purchase tickets please bring ticket to check-in table located in section 207 on game night to receive your wristband. All You Can Eat includes unlimited Nachos, Soda, Popcorn and Hot Dogs.

UPDATE: Due to the popularity of the game with the visiting journalism students, and at the request of their advisers, Suns staff were able to secure a Suns journalism speaker for a pre-game activity. One of the members of the team’s public relations department will do a quick segment on Journalism in the Sports Market, famous interviews and steps to their professional path.

Visit this link if you need four or fewer tickets. The password is Phoenix. If you need more than 20 tickets, contact Christina Wagner at (602) 379-7769 or cwagner (at) suns (dot) com, and she will assist you with the purchase.

Convention program available

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Download the Phoenix convention program

on March 27, 2009

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There’s a lot of exciting content planned for the JEA/NSPA Phoenix convention. Now that the convention program has been finalized, you can get the details:

Using light rail to get to hotels from airport

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on March 11, 2009

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If you are coming to Phoenix for the JEA/NSPA convention in April, you now have a new option: street-level light rail. Here’s what you need to know to make your trip smooth.

From the arrivals level, go down to Level 1, which is the baggage claim area.
Once you have claimed your baggage, go out Door 9.
Go across the street to the island. Wait for a free Metro shuttle bus that says “Light Rail” and get on it. The bus will stop at the other terminals before heading to the light rail stop at 44th & Washington.
44th & Washington is the last stop on the shuttle trip. Get out and cross to the light rail station.

The light rail costs $1.25 per ride for people age 18 and up, so if you’re just riding downtown, that’s your best option. A day pass for all light rail and bus trips is $2.50 (the same as a round trip) for people age 18 and up. For youths age 6-18, the price is 60 cents per ride, and a day pass is $1.25. You can also buy three-day passes, but there is no discount; it just saves time. You can buy fare cards in advance online. Pay attention near the train tracks, which are at street level. Trains are moving quickly as they approach the station.

Once you have purchased your fare card, get on the train that is headed toward central Phoenix. Directions are identified by the last stop on the line: 19th & Montebello is in Central Phoenix, and Sycamore & Main is in Mesa. Maps of the light rail sections are online.

To get downtown, board the train headed to 19th Ave. & Montebello. Trains arrive every 10 minutes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; all other hours, every 20 minutes.
Ride the light rail about 15 minutes west on Washington Ave. to the Washington & Central Ave. stop. This is just after the tracks turn north. Exit the train.
You should see a Baja Fresh restaurant. Go to the end of the block and cross Adams St. (Quizno’s ahead) then cross Central Ave. You can cross Central then Adams as long as you end up on the opposite corner.
Walk along Adams and the Wyndham hotel is on your left (there’s a Starbucks at street level). If you’re staying here, go in the main doors and check in.
If you’re at the Hyatt, continue another block, crossing First St. and continuing past the side of the Hyatt to the end of the block. Turn left and continue to the main entrance, which is on Second St. (across from the convention center).

The entrance to the convention center is at Second St. and Adams, so it’s easily accessible from both hotels.

Excursions:

To go to other locations in Phoenix, Tempe or Mesa, board the train going north (19th Ave. & Montebello) or east (Sycamore & Main). Keep in mind that downtown near the hotels, the train tracks are one block apart. So, to board the train headed east to the airport or to Tempe, go to the station at 1st Ave. & Jefferson.

To Tempe, you will want to exit at Mill Ave. & Third St. The trip takes approximately 25 minutes from downtown Phoenix.
To the Christown Spectrum Mall (19th & Montebello), the trip takes approximately 20 minutes from downtown Phoenix.

More information: Valley Metro Web site

Take a Shot at Disease

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on February 5, 2009

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Portions of the ad from the registration book were omitted. Click the link for full details and the latest updates.

National Student Journalism Contest on Vaccination Awareness

Open to students enrolled in grades 9-12 in public, charter or private U.S. high schools and in DOD high schools. Entrants must provide proof that their entries were published, posted and/or aired. Each of the categories has three prize levels: $500, $300, $150. There are also up to three $1,000 awards for schools that have produced extensive, well researched coverage of vaccination issues that has raised awareness and stimulated dialogue in their communities. Contest deadline is July 1, 2009.
For entry information and additional resources to get you started visit www.neahin.org
(Made possible by a grant from GlaxoSmithKline)

Critique media in Phoenix

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on February 4, 2009

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The Phoenix local committee is looking for help with the On-Site Critiques. They ask those critiquing to do two publications (or more if you can) with a maximum of a half hour per publication. Each critic will received the school’s work prior to the convention to have an opportunity to look over their work for things they are doing right and things they can work on. Then at the convention, the critic will meet with the school to review and discuss their work.

If you are able to help, please email Carmen Wendt at phxcritiques (at) yahoo (dot) com with your name, preferred e-mail address, and type of publication you would like to critique: newspaper, newsmagazine, lit mag, yearbook or broadcast video. Also include whether you prefer to meet schools on Friday or Saturday, morning or afternoon.

Convention Map: Downtown Phoenix

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on February 3, 2009

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Hyatt Regency is headquarters hotel

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on February 3, 2009

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The Hyatt Regency Phoenix is the headquarters hotel for our convention. If you have a credit card, call the reservations number: (800) 233-1234. Mention this is for JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism. The 400 staff members at that number can reserve instantly. This is the preferred method of reservations and will get instant results in our room block.

If you have to use a purchase order for reservations, you may fax the form from the registration booklet to the hotel. Follow these steps:

Fax your purchase order and the names of those staying in the hotel to Ruth Guiza at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Her fax number is (602) 440-3174.
Ask your district to generate the check for the hotel now so you can send the first night’s deposit in at least one week before your
arrival.
As soon as the district has the check, send it to Ruth along with a copy of the PO, a list of those staying at the hotel and note stating this is payment and confirmation of the list previously sent.

We’ve got rooms at the Wyndham also

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on February 2, 2009

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The hotel block at the Hyatt in Phoenix is filling at a nice pace, and I wanted to mention JEA and NSPA also have reserved a small block of rooms at the Wyndham Hotel, which is located directly behind (west of) the Hyatt. It’s actually a block closer to the light rail and a few restaurants. The nightly rate is the same. This hotel was remodeled within the past year, and it is beautiful and a bit smaller than the Hyatt. We need to fill blocks at both properties, so take your pick while rooms are available.

To reserve a room online, click here. You should see the Phoenix Power Up logo and JEA/NSPA.

The hotel also accepts phone reservations at (602) 333-5000 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. mountain standard time. Make sure you mention you are with the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention.

Any questions, please call (612) 625-7359.

Phoenix convention city guide now available in PDF

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on January 26, 2009

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If you were in St. Louis this fall, you might have picked up a copy of a booklet produced by Herff Jones in cooperation with the Phoenix local committee, filled with photos, sightseeing options and other useful information.

If you didn’t get a copy, you can now download the booklet in PDF format and get a head start on your planning.

Student “Power Up” pages on Facebook/MySpace

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“Phx Power Up!” on MySpace

on January 21, 2009

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Students at Phoenix-area high schools have created profile pages on MySpace and Facebook to promote the convention. You can help build convention buzz by friending them:

“Phoenix Power Up” on Facebook

NSPA also has created a Facebook event for the convention, which you can access via the NSPA Fan Page.

Register online for Phoenix

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on January 21, 2009

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If you’re looking to Power Up this spring, wait no longer. The registration booklet PDF is available here, and now online registration is up and running. About 90 percent of convention delegates now register online for JEA/NSPA conventions, and there’s no better way to ensure a smooth check-in process at the convention registration. Here’s the link:

Registration booklet available

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on January 16, 2009

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The registration booklet for the Phoenix convention is at the printer, and should be in JEA/NSPA members’ mailboxes in late January/early February. In the meantime, you can download the PDF version here.

Online registration will be available as soon as possible, hopefully next week.

Mary Beth Tinker to address convention on Friday, April 17

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on January 12, 2009

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Mary Beth Tinker, whose action in 1965 set in motion a chain of events that would culminate in the Supreme Court establishing that students “do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate,” will deliver a keynote address to thousands of high school journalists and their advisers at the National High School Journalism Convention on Friday, April 17 in Phoenix. The event is part of efforts to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the landmark court decision.

Tinker grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, where her father was a Methodist minister. In 1965, Mary Beth and her siblings were strongly affected by news of the Vietnam war and decided, along with other students in Des Moines,to wear black armbands to school to mourn the dead and support a Christmas truce.

As a result, the Des Moines School Board suspended most of the students. Their case was eventually argued by the ACLU at the Supreme Court, which ruled in a landmark decision in 1969 that neither
teachers or student “shed their Constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”

Today, Mary Beth lives in Washington DC and works as an RN, holding master’s degrees in both nursing and public health. She continues to advocate for peace and the rights of young people.

Students and advisers will also have an opportunity to ask Tinker questions and to participate in a special activity to commemorate the anniversary.

Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor, to deliver opening keynote

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on December 2, 2008

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Aaron Brown is the inaugural Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism. Each semester he teaches a seminar on turning points in television news history, a subject in which he is well versed. From the Viet Nam protests and Watergate in the 1970’s to the beginning of the Iraq War, he has, quite literally, been there.

Brown is best remembered for his reporting of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center for CNN. On the air a half hour after the first attack and broadcasting from a rooftop in lower Manhattan, Brown’s coverage has been called courageous, calming and insightful. For that coverage, he won the coveted Edward R. Murrow Award. In addition to the Murrow Award, Brown also won three Emmys, a DuPont, two New York Film Society World medals and a George Foster Peabody Award.

Before joining CNN in 2001, Brown was a founding anchor for ABC’s “World News Now,” the network’s overnight newscast, and later was the anchor of “World News Tonight Saturday” as well as a correspondent for “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.” While at ABC he covered the trial of O.J. Simpson, two California earthquakes, the Columbine shootings, the violent struggle for democracy in Haiti and the war in Bosnia.

Brown began his career at 18 hosting talk radio programs in Minneapolis, near his hometown of Hopkins, MN. After a short stint doing radio programs in Los Angeles, he moved to Seattle where for the next 18 years he was a reporter and anchor at KING TV and KIRO TV. He left Seattle in 1991 to join ABC News.

In addition to teaching in the Cronkite School, Brown serves as anchor of “Wide Angle,” PBS’ weekly global public affairs series.

ASU Cronkite School will host some convention activities

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