San Diego attendees: Give us your feedback!

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If you recently attended the Midwinter National College Journalism Convention in San Diego sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press we’d like your feedback so we can serve you better. Please assist us by completing this survey. It’s just a few clicks and shouldn’t take more than five minutes.

We do value your input, and we want to improve this event to make it the best possible experience!

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Take just a few minutes to do the survey now. Thank you for attending and for your feedback!

SD attendees discuss future of journalism

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Lauren Rabaino, interning for the Center for Innovation in College Media, put together this video last week in San Diego while attending the ACP convention:

Best of Show Results

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Find them here:

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Convention program available

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If you’ve registered for next week’s ACP convention in San Diego, you can start deciding which sessions and speakers to see while you’re there. Download the convention program booklet in PDF format.

If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time to do so, or you can register on-site.

Award-winning immigration reporter will open convention

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berensteinleslie_72rez240785Leslie Berestein covers immigration and border affairs for the San Diego Union-Tribune, reporting on the connection between U.S. border policy and the lives of those it touches. She has investigated immigrant detention contractors, told the stories of those left behind in Mexico’s migrant-sending towns, and retraced the last few days of a woman who perished in the desert while crossing the border. She will speak to attendees at the ACP National College Journalism Convention at its opening session, Thursday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m.

Leslie’s work has won national and state awards, most recently the 2008 Ruben Salazar Award for Latino affairs reporting in California from CCNMA. Before moving to San Diego five years ago, she worked as a staff news correspondent based in Los Angeles for the English and Spanish editions of People magazine, reporting from throughout the western U.S. and Latin America, and later covered business for Time. She began her career as a newspaper reporter, working for the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times. She is a native of Havana, Cuba.

Panelists needed, you can still add a Thursday short course

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The 2009 ACP Midwinter Convention in San Diego is just about two weeks away, and we’re putting the finishing touches on the program. We need your help to fill out a few student panels. We need you to share your experiences and perspective. The topics and times are listed below. If you would like to participate, please send an e-mail to ACP Executive Director Logan Aimone at logan(at)studentpress.org or call (612) 625-7359.

Friday, 9 a.m. Managing a Newspaper: Four-Year School — Need ONE student

Friday, 1:10 p.m. Publishing a Campus Newspaper in Tough Economic Times — Need TWO students, ONE adviser moderator

Friday, 2:20 p.m. Reporting Controversial and Sensitive Stories — Need TWO students

Friday, 2:20 p.m. Managing a Multimedia Web Site — Need ONE adviser moderator

Friday, 3:30 p.m. Investigative Stories on College Campuses — Need THREE students, ONE adviser moderator

Saturday, 10:10 a.m. Managing a Daily Newspaper — Need ONE student, ONE adviser moderator

Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Reporting on Private Colleges and Universities — Need ONE adviser moderator

Saturday, 2:45 p.m. Covering Intercollegiate Athletics — Need THREE students, ONE adviser moderator

Sunday, 9 a.m. Reporting Diverse Communities (Stories about ethnic minorities, GLBT individuals and people with disabilities) — Need THREE students, ONE adviser moderator

Now that you have your travel plans, it’s not to late to enroll in one of the short courses offered on Thursday. Contact Mike Gesellchen at mike(at)studentpress.org or (612) 625-1857 to add one to your registration.
10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.:
Newsroom Management with Mark Witherspoon, Iowa State University
Effective Newspaper Advising with Rachele Kanigel, San Francisco State University
Print Newspaper Design with Ron Johnson, Indiana University
New Media with Bryan Murley, Eastern Illinois University

1 to 3:45 p.m.
Advanced Reporting with Holly Heyser, Sacramento State University
Newspaper Advertising Sales with Paul Bittick, California Polytechnic University

Overflow rooms at Doubletree Mission Valley

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ACP’s Media + convention in San Diego has outgrown the Marriott Mission Valley. ACP has secured a small block of rooms at the Doubletree San Diego Mission Valley hotel nearby. Although some hotels might be geographically closer, they are separated by highways or other barriers to foot traffic. The Doubletree is accessible via the trolley line (map). The Doubletree is two stops west on the Green Line at the Hazard Center Station, and the Marriott is on the Green Line at the Rio Vista Station. Taking the Green Line west continues to Old Town.

When calling Doubletree at 1 (800) 222-TREE (8733), mention the code “ACP” and say you are with the Associated Collegiate Press college journalism convention. Rates at the Doubletree are $155 for single/double and $10 for each additional person. That rate is lower than the current advertised rate and is just for our convention attendees.

Co-Editor of nonprofit online news site to speak Friday

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Andrew Donohue is editor of voiceofsandiego.org, the pioneering nonprofit online daily that focuses on in-depth and investigative reporting in San Diego. He will address the delegates of ACP Media + on Friday at 11:30 a.m. for the general session keynote. andy072308

Donohue oversees the publication’s news coverage, investigative projects and outside contributions. He has fostered the nonprofit online daily’s growth from a small ragtag group of reporters in a dirty office to an established and expanding news outlet that’s being replicated in other cities. The voiceofsandiego.org model is being followed closely as newspapers shrink and communities search for ways to continue providing public-service journalism. The Web site and its watchdog reputation were featured in The New York Times in November.

Donohue, who continues to work on his own reporting projects when he can, has won national awards for investigative reporting and feature writing, including a 2007 Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for online investigative reporting.

Featured session: Covering the music industry

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A panel of talented and diverse music reporters and critics will speak Saturday afternoon at the ACP Media+ convention. Here’s a preview:

Download This: Music Criticism In A Digital Age
Music criticism, much like journalism itself, is being re-invented in an age of twittering, blogging and downloading. Our diverse panel looks at the opportunities and challenges you may face.

Moderator
George Varga, Pop Music Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune/Creators News Syndicate
Panelists
Keli Dailey, Content Producer, SignOnSanDiego.com
Natalie Kardos, UCSD grad student/freelance photographer for Pitchforkmedia.com
Rosemary Bystrak, P.R. professional/creator of SDDialedIn.com music Web site
Bart Mendoza, freelance music critic/professional musician
Marc Balanky, Multi-Media Manager, SignOnSanDiego.com

Investigative reporter will give Saturday keynote

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Onell Soto, a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, will speak to students and advisers during the Saturday keynote session at 11:30 a.m.soto-onell-crop-1

He was part of the team that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for the Union-Tribune and Copley News Service for reporting that uncovered the largest bribes paid to a member of Congress and led to the imprisonment of former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham.

He covers energy and Indian gaming for the Union-Tribune. He previously covered courts and federal law enforcement for the newspaper. He worked for newspapers in Saginaw, Mich., and Long Beach, Calif., before becoming Washington correspondent for the The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. His wife, Robin, is a nurse practitioner.