Working Schedule
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all lecture sessions will be held in Room 111 of Reid Hall.
Sunday, July 6
Arrive at Col Alto Hampton Inn
3 - 5:30 p.m. Welcome table in hotel lobby
6 p.m. Guided walk to opening reception
6:15 p.m. Opening reception and dinner
Evans Dining Hall, Washington and Lee
Welcome:
Brian Richardson, Department Head
Department of Journalism and Mass Comunications, W&L Diana Mitsu Klos, Senior Project Director
American Society of Newspaper Editors
7:30 p.m. Dinner Speaker
Charlotte Hall
Executive Editor, The Orlando Sentinel
2008-2009 President, ASNE
Monday, July 7
Continental breakfast in hotel
(Pick up your copies of The Roanoke Times each day at the front desk)
8:30 – 10 a.m. Keynote Address
Newspapers: Dead or Alive?
Charlotte Hall
111 Reid Hall
10:15 – 11:00 a.m. Program overview
Diana Mitsu Klos
11:15 a.m. Campus tour
Noon - 1:15 p.m. Lunch in Elrod Commons
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Reid Hall tour and lab orientation
Meet in Reid Hall lobby
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Viewing Diversity in Different Ways
Mizell Stewart
Editor, Evansville (Ind.) Courier and Press
4 - 5:30 p.m. Idea Workshop: What Makes News?
Brian Richardson
Jim McGonnell
2008 Dow Jones High School Journalism Teacher of the Year
6-7 p.m. Dinner at Elrod Commons
7 p.m. Plan launch of institute online newspaper
111 Reid Hall
Jim McGonnell,
Michael Todd, Journalism Department Technology Specialist
Pam Luecke
Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism
Tuesday, July 8
Continental breakfast in hotel
8:30 – 10:15 a.m. Basic reporting and sourcing;
Interview exercise
Brian Richardson
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Why (and how) I Do What I do
Doug Harwood
Editor, Rockbridge Advocate
Noon -1 p.m. Lunch in Commons
1:15 – 3:15 p.m. Putting skills to work:
Group scavenger hunt
3:30 – 5 p.m. Group A: DreamWeaver workshop (Michael Todd) Group B: InDesign workshop (Pam Luecke and Jim McGonnell)
6-7 p.m. Dinner in Commons
Evening J-lab open
Tuesday Night at the Movies: “All The President’s Men”
Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons
Wednesday, July 9
Continental breakfast in hotel
9 – 10:15 a.m. The Digital Revolution
Ham Smith
Professor Emeritus of Journalism, W&L
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Tomorrow's newspaper: Still Local, Just Online David Fritz
Editor of The News Leader, Staunton
Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch in Commons
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. A Matter of Style: Copy Editing Basics
Lisa Tracy, freelance writer and editor
2:45 – 4:30 p.m. Group A: InDesign workshop
Group B: DreamWeaver workshop
6 -7 p.m. Dinner in Commons
Evening J-lab open
Thursday, July 10
Continental breakfast in hotel
Field trip to WDBJ-TV and Roanoke Times
8:30 a.m. Meet in Hampton Inn lobby to board bus
10 a.m. – noon WDBJ
Lunch at the Roanoke Market
1 – 5 p.m. Roanoke Times
Sessions on design, web, photography
Return to Lexington at about 6 p.m.
Dinner on your own in Lexington
Evening J-Lab open
Friday, July 11
Continental breakfast in hotel
9 – 10:15 a.m. The Importance of Design
Jim McGonnell
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Descriptive Writing
John Muncie, Reynolds Programs Coordinator, W&L
Noon - 1:15 p.m Lunch in Commons
1:15-2:45 p.m. Group A: Photoshop (Michael Todd) Group B: Headlines and Cutlines (Pam Luecke)
3 – 4:30 p.m. Group A: Headlines and Cutlines
Goup B: Photoshop
6-7 p.m. Dinner in Elrod Commons
Evening J-lab open
Saturday, July 12
Free Day!
Time for laundry, homework, exploration
Optional cultural excursions
J-lab open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 13
Free Day!
Time for laundry, homework, exploration
J-lab open noon to 5 p.m.
Monday, July 14
Continental breakfast in hotel
9 a.m. Ethics and Accountability
Brian Richardson
Noon - 1:15 p.m. Lunch in Commons
1:15 – 3 p.m. Reviews of Books, Movies, Pop Culture
John Muncie
3:15- 5 p.m. Opinion Writing, Columns, Cartoons, Letters
Pam Luecke
6-6:45 p.m. Dinner in Commons
Evening J-Lab open
Tuesday, July 15
9 a.m. Scholastic Press Freedom
Frank LoMonte
Executive Director, Student Press Law Center
Noon - 1:15 p.m. Lunch in Commons
1:30 – 3 p.m. Changes in the Newspaper Industry
Glenn Proctor
Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
3:15 – 5 p.m. Covering sensitive topics
Panel discussion
6 - 6:45 p.m. Dinner in Commons
Tuesday Night at the Movies (Participants’ Choice)
Evening J-Lab open
Wednesday, July 16
Continental breakfast in hotel
9-10:15 a.m. Motivating Teens
Jim McGonnell
10:30- 11:45 a.m. Partnering with Local Media
Kathy Lu, Features Editor, Roanoke Times
Noon - 12:45 p.m. Lunch in Commons
1:15 – 3 p.m. Feature Reporting and Writing
3 p.m. Reporting, writing and editing time
6 p.m Picnic dinner
Evening J-Lab open
Thursday, July 17
Continental breakfast in hotel
9 – 10:15 a.m. Dollars and Sense: Business issues with student newspapers
Jim McGonnell and Pam Luecke
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. The Future of News
Wendy Zomparelli, retired publisher, The Roanoke Times
Noon - 1:15 p.m. Lunch in Commons
Afternoon: Critiques and polishing of institute paper
6-7 p.m. Dinner in Commons
Celebration of Online Newspaper Launch!
Friday, July 18
Continental breakfast in hotel
9 a.m. Institute evaluations
10:30 a.m Closing Address
The First Amendment and School Journalism: Balancing the Interests of Students, Teachers and Administrators
Rod Smolla, Dean of The School of Law, W&L
Noon Farewell lunch, Evans Dining Hall
Lessons to Take Home
1:30 p.m. Depart
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