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You’re all signed up for the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle next week. We hope you’re ready for hundreds of learning sessions, wonderful keynote sessions and unique networking opportunities — as well as contests and awards ceremonies. We wanted to give you a few reminders to ensure a smooth convention. This info can also be provided to parents to assist with communication.
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CONVENTION LOCATION
All convention sessions are at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle WA 98101.
The official convention hotel is the Sheraton Seattle, 1400 Sixth Ave., Seattle WA 98101. The Sheraton is across the street from the WSCC.
DRIVING IN AND NEED PARKING?
The WSCC has two garages on site.
http://www.wsctc.com/about_us/event_parking.aspx
Other private garages are nearby, and rates may be less expensive, especially on Saturday or Sunday.
PLAN AHEAD — PROGRAM BOOK IS ONLINE
Check out the convention program and update, both available now at the convention website http://studentpressblogs.org/seattle2012/2012/03/12/viewdownload-the-convention-program/ — it tells you where and when to show up. Planning ahead is helpful to know where to go, and the program includes maps to assist you. Printed versions will be available on site.
CHECK OUT THE CONVENTION APP
Skip the printed program entirely and download the convention app. It’s new in 2012, so be sure to let us know how you like it.
http://guidebook.com/g/seattle2012/
FOR A SMOOTH CHECK-IN AT REGISTRATION DESK
Convention check-in opens at 1 p.m. Thursday in Ballroom 6AB. Registration is open until 7 p.m. Thursday and reopens at 8 a.m. Friday. Be sure to leave some time to visit the exhibits.
Also beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday, check-in locations for JEA Write-off contests and for on-site critiques will be in Ballroom 6AB. T-shirts can also be picked up there.
FOR A BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE
We still have spots available in our pre-convention workshops on Thursday for writing, design, leadership, Online Bootcamp, Photoshop (beginning only, 8 a.m. to noon) and Adviser PLC. All are $25, except Photoshop, which is $15. If you have not signed up and want to, contact Jackie Flaum in the NSPA office at (612) 625-1857 or jackie@studentpress.org and she will add that to your registration.
FIRST SESSION WILL HAVE UPDATES
Advisers who are at their first JEA/NSPA convention are encouraged to attend an orientation meeting at 6:45 p.m. in Room 613 just before the opening keynote session. The convention opens at 7:30 p.m. in Hall 4B with announcements, some recognition and keynote speaker Jennifer Sizemore.
FOR A CHANCE AT AN AWARD
NSPA membership is required to enter Best of Show contests, and high schools must have students attending. Bring the publication, broadcast or Web URL to the convention. Please note that all work must be from the 2011-12 school year. Deadline to enter Best of Show contest is 4 p.m. Friday. Winners will be announced Saturday at the awards ceremony, which begins at 3:30 p.m. in Hall 4B.
Pre-registration has closed for JEA’s Write-Off contests. More information about the contests can be found at http://www.jea.org. Those who have signed up for contests and need supplies can purchase some in the JEA Bookstore in Ballroom C. Winners will be announced Sunday at the closing awards ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. in Hall 4B.
AFTER HOURS
+ JEA/NSPA will hold a student dance Friday from 9-11:30 p.m. in Ballroom 6AB. Name badges are required for entry.
+ WJEA is hosting a Saturday dance party at the EMP Museum from 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday. Tickets can be purchased in advance until April 10 at http://seattle2012journalism.org/?p=22 or on site if available. The $15 ticket includes museum admission and a Monorail trip back from the party.
SPECIAL EVENT: THE MURROW INTERVIEW
The Murrow Interviews, a series of broadcast conversations with leading figures in international affairs and global journalism, will create a broadcast right at the convention before a studio audience of student journalists. This two-hour session will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in Room 4C-2.
WHERE CAN I EAT? QUICK, LOW-COST OPTIONS
Downtown Seattle has numerous dining options within a couple blocks of the Sheraton and convention center. The WSCC also has Subway and Taco Del Mar restaurants as well as a Tully’s coffee shop. The Cheesecake Factory is across Pike Street from the WSCC, and Pacific Place (one block west) has a variety of inexpensive to moderately priced options. A Jimmy John’s sandwich shop is across Sixth Avenue from the Sheraton. Walk a block or two in any direction, and you’re sure to find something that suits your palate and wallet.
NO REFUNDS OR CANCELLATIONS — BUT SUBS ALLOWED
As you get close to the convention and realize someone cannot attend, be sure to get a substitute. JEA and NSPA do not allow refunds or cancellations for the convention registration, but we do allow substitutions.
PLEASE PAY ON TIME
Most people coming to Seattle have already paid. Help us avoid a lot of invoices and reminders by sending in your payment or bringing it to the convention when you check-in. It really does help!
QUESTIONS?
Give us a call at (612) 625-1857 or send email to info@studentpress.org and we’ll do our best to get you an answer.
Download the mobile program guide using the Guidebook app for iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches and Android devices.
Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry users can access the same information via our mobile site at m.guidebook.com. Schedules, maps, speaker biographies and more are available through the app.
To get the guide, you can:
1) Download “Guidebook” from the Apple App Store or Android Marketplace, or
2) Visit http://guidebook.com/getit from your phone’s browser.
The “JEA/NSPA Spring 2012″ guide will be listed under the “download guides” section of the application.
Get a head start on planning for the Seattle convention by downloading the program PDF or viewing it below via Issuu.com:
Thank you for your patience the past couple weeks while we sorted out the situation at the Sheraton Seattle. We contacted attendees holding multiple rooms to verify they needed all those rooms, hoping any extras would be returned to the JEA/NSPA block. We believe that process is complete.
Thank you also for your loyalty to our block. When you book at the official hotels, you contribute to keeping the costs down for everyone. Booking outside the official blocks increases the risk for JEA and NSPA, ultimately forcing price increases down the road. That’s why this process is so important.
Here’s what to do now:
- If you need rooms with just a king bed, please try the Sheraton first. Either call 206-621-9000, or use this online link. It is possible — even likely — that double-bedded rooms will open up at the Sheraton. You can keep trying.
- If you want double-bedded rooms, contact our agent, A Room With A View, for information on the designated JEA NSPA overflow hotel. Chris McDonald and his staff will secure the lowest available rates at hotels within walking distance of The Sheraton Hotel. In the event that rooms become available at the Sheraton due to cancellations, A Room With A View will notify conference attendees and help transfer reservations back to the Sheraton in the order in which they were booked. A Room With A View can be reached at 800-780-4343. This is a FREE SERVICE for all JEA/NSPA attendees.
Also, please register your group, so we know you’re coming.
Again, thank you for your patience and loyalty. See you for Journalism on the Edge in Seattle!
Join convention organizers for a live Web chat at 7 p.m. CST, Tuesday, Feb. 28, about the upcoming JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention April 12-15 in Seattle. Get answers to your questions about programming, registration, contests, logistics and more.
If you haven’t already registered for the convention, you can learn more and sign up online. The convention features hundreds of 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, JEA’s on-site Write-off contests, NSPA’s Best of Show contest, receptions, awards convocations, critiques, career roundtables and evening entertainment.
Pre-order Seattle convention T-shirts from WJEA
To remember your visit and show your friends where you went, wear a “Journalism on the EDGE” T-shirt.
Black, with red and white lettering, the front of the shirt displays the “Journalism on the EDGE” logo, and the back side reads, “I danced on the the EDGE.” Shirts are available in sizes small, medium, large, extra-large and 2X-large. The cost is $12 each if ordered in advance and will be available for $15 each at the convention. Shirts can be ordered in advance from this link.
T-shirts will be distributed at the convention from a table near the convention check-in desk. Where possible, groups of shirts will be given to the group’s journalism adviser in one bundle.
Buy tickets to Saturday’s EMP student event.
The local organizing committee wants you to celebrate the end of a great week by joining us for a once-in-a-lifetime dance party at the world famous EMP Museum.
Founded as a monument to the creative inspiration of rock ’n’ roll music, and originally named the Experience Music Project, the EMP Museum now includes fabulous interactive galleries, displays and exhibits dedicated to rock music, science fiction and popular culture. You’ll learn about the history of rock ’n’ roll and science fiction using cutting edge computer technology, state-of-the-art sound systems and stunning visual displays.
You can roam the museum with your friends, visiting exhibitions such as: “Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film,” “Avatar,” “Nirvana” or “Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound.”
Or you can dance all night in the museum’s “Sky Church,” a concert venue with state-of-the-art sound and lighting that houses the largest indoor LED screen in the world.
The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and ends at 11 p.m., Saturday, April 14.
Tickets must be purchased in advance, and cost $15. Your ticket also includes a one-way Monorail trip back from the EMP Museum to the Westlake Center, two blocks from the convention hotel. You must be registered for the convention to attend the EMP Museum Dance Party. Tickets will be distributed at the convention.
Attendees will arrange their own transportation to the EMP Museum following the NSPA awards ceremony and their own dinner arrangements. The distance from the convention hotel to the EMP Museum is a short Monorail trip, an easy bus or cab ride, or a long walk.
Two speakers selected to deliver keynote sessions at the JEA/NSPA Seattle convention each represent significant and emerging areas of the world of journalism — and both are on the “cutting edge.”
Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President and Editor in Chief of the MSNBC Digital Network, will speak Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. Sizemore is a recognized leader in digital media, a fast-changing and dynamic area of journalism.
Dan Savage was already a popular syndicated columnist when he created the “It Gets Better” video project. He’ll speak at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 13, about alternative media, social media and creating a movement against bullying.
- Jennifer Sizemore
About Jennifer Sizemore:
Sizemore oversees the global editorial staffs of msnbc.com and TODAY.com, and drives editorial strategy for the national news digital network with an audience of 50 million monthly unique users. Sizemore also holds the title of Executive Producer, NBC News, as msnbc.com is the online home for NBC News’ reporting and news broadcasts. The MSNBC Digital Network is a joint venture of NBC News and Microsoft, and so is uniquely positioned to do award-winning original multimedia reporting, host the No. 1 broadcast news network’s content, and deliver unique content to every digital platform.
Sizemore joined msnbc.com in June 2005 as Deputy Editor for news. Prior to that, Sizemore worked at newspapers in Houston, Seattle and Rochester, N.Y. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.A. in Political Science. She also holds an M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and an MBA from the University of Washington. She serves on the Knight Digital Media Advisory Board, the InvestigateWest board of directors and the University of Nebraska School of Journalism Advisory Board. She is a writing and multimedia judge for the Hearst Foundation College Journalism Championships.
- Dan Savage (Credit: Christopher Staton 2010)
About Dan Savage:
Dan Savage is a household name thanks to his “It Gets Better” video project, which has gained immense popularity since its creation in September 2010. Inspired by gay teen suicides, Dan Savage is showing LGBT youth around the world that “it gets better.” Millions have participated and been inspired by his project so far. Savage is also a wildly popular syndicated sex advice columnist with his “Savage Love” column. With his frank, funny advice on sex and relationships, he creates a safe space for all audiences to honestly discuss “taboo” topics.
The “It Gets Better” project asks people to make and upload short positive videos about their experiences about the LGBT community. Millions have viewed the videos and participated so far, including President Barack Obama and entertainer Janet Jackson. Advertising Age has called It Gets Better one of the top social media campaigns of 2010. His new book is titled, It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying and Creating a Life Worth Living,
In 2011, Savage won a Webby Special Achievement Award and was selected for Out magazine’s “Power 50″ and “Out 100″ lists, as well as O, The Oprah Magazine’s, “O Wow!” list of breakthrough achievers for his influential and inspiring work on “It Gets Better.”
Journalists have always lived on the edge. Deadlines, and the edge of time. Facts, and the edge of truth. Authority, and the edge of free expression. We balance on the edge of legitimate public interest and the interests of those who would rather we not publish.
Censorship. Budget cuts. The cancellation of journalism programs. Perhaps, as both schools and the professional press face mortal challenges, journalism is on the edge more than ever.
But in Seattle, on the edge of the continent, journalism thrives in many new forms. From Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters to citizen bloggers, journalism in Seattle embraces the new. Seattle is home to cutting-edge information technology, online journalism and the latest use of social media in reporting.
But it’s not all intense. When you need a break from the convention, take the Monorail to the Experience Music Project rock ‘n’ roll museum to see exhibits that draw you in to the worlds of artists like Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and a galaxy of rock artists from the past 60 years. Shop the city’s dynamic and eccentric Pike Place Public Market, the many shops of Westlake Center Plaza, Nike Town or Nordstrom. Or just hang with your friends at GameWorks or the movies. All are located within blocks of the hotel and convention center.
Want to go beyond the edge? Arrive early and tour attractions such as breathtaking Mount Rainier, the Museum of Flight, the sports stadiums of the Mariners and the Seahawks, The Seattle Times newsroom, the Seattle campus of Adobe Systems or the world headquarters of the Microsoft Corp.
So join us on the Edge. In Seattle you won’t just walk the edge of change, you’ll dance on it. You’ll like it here.