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I transferred to UTA for The Shorthorn. I saw how well The Shorthorn did in national competitions, realized it was doing something right, and knew I wanted to be a part of it. Once I began working at The Shorthorn I was able to continue developing my skills. The staff believed in me. I gained a supportive group of friends and mentors, who pushed me to keep going when school got tough and I wanted to quit. Plus, I had wonderful networking opportunities, which I helped me get my current internship.
Daniel Carde, ’18
Transferred from San Antonio College Currently at The Dallas Morning News
I knew I wanted to transfer to a four-year university, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to work on the paper. That all changed at TIPA ’15, when I started talking to an adviser from The Shorthorn.
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TIPA established in 1909 at Baylor From the Baylor University Lariat, Vol IX, No. 33,May 1, 1909, Pp. 1-2.
Baylor was hostess this week to the representatives of nine Texas schools, the meeting being held at Baylor’s call, for the purpose of organizing the T.I.C.P.A. The following account, written for the Waco TimesHerald, is at once graphic and “historically correct,” and we give it in full.
Responding to a call by Baylor, nine of the larger education institutions of Texas sent delegates to the organization of an Inter-Collegiate Press association. The different school periodicals for several months had discussed the feasibility of this organization and the delegates came with ideas and suggestions for the uplift of the Texas college publications. J.C. McElhannon of Baylor University was made temporary chairman, and Ernest Sansom of Southwestern University, temporary secretary, after which the following were enrolled: J.V. Connor, editor of the Corral, Simmons College; Walter Ford, editor of the Daniel Baker Collegian, Daniel Baker College; J.R. Ratliff, editor of Black and Gold, Decatur Baptist College; C.C. Prim, editor of the Journal, North Texas State Normal; D.H. Templeton, exchange editor of the Trinitonian, Trinity University; Miss Christine E. Woldert, editor of Daedalian, College of Industrial Arts; C.L. Greene, editor of the Collegian, Texas Christian University; Ernest Sansom, editor of the Southwestern
University Magazine; and J.C. McElhannon, exchange editor of the Baylor Literary. D.H. Templeton, Walter Ford and C.L. Greene were appointed on committee to draft a constitution. In the meantime round table discussions were held on the various subjects relating to college journalism, such as exchange departments, what constitutes criticism, the way to obtain subscription, the short story, poems and essays, mechanical arrangement, cover designs, editorial departments, general appearance, etc. After two days of hard work the association was thoroughly organized and named the Texas Inter-Collegiate Press Association, stating that its objectives are to improve college journalism, to raise the standard of college publications and to bring the colleges and editors into closer and more vital relationship. The purpose is to increase the literary value of college magazines and the constitution provides for three contests under the direction of the association: Poem Con-
test, Short Story Contest and Essay Contest – the prize for each is $10. Each school shall be allowed three delegates and one vote in business meetings. The annual meeting shall be the first Thursday and Friday in April. The official organ of the association will be the “Texas Inter-Collegian,” which shall be published annually, to contain the first, second and third prize story, poem and essay, the minutes of the association, the speeches delivered before the annual convention and the winning oration of the Texas State Oratorical contest. After the adoption of the constitution, upon invitation Baylor University was chosen as host of the first annual convention in April 1910, and the following officers were elected: President, J.C. McElhannon, Baylor University; vice president, Ernest Sansom, Southwestern University; recording secretary, Miss Christine E. Woldert, College of Industrial Arts; corresponding secretary, Clois L. Greene, Texas Christian University; treasurer, D.H. Templeton, Trinity University. The corresponding secretary was instructed to petition for membership in the Texas Press Association. After fifteen rahs were given for “The Texas InterCollegiate Press Association,” the meeting was adjourned.
TIPA Central Office Texas A&M University-Commerce 2600 S. Neal Box 4104 Commerce, TX 75428 www.TexasIPA.org www.issuu.com/Texasipa Ph: 903-886-5231 Fax: 903-468-3128 Web: www.TexasIPA.org Email: Fred.Stewart@tamuc.edu Executive Director Fred Stewart Texas A&M University-Commerce Faculty Officers President Beth Francesco University of Texas at Arlington bfrances@uta.edu Vice President Robert Muilenburg Del Mar College rmuilenburg@delmar.edu Secretary Julie Reed Baylor University julie_m_reed@baylor.edu Texas Community College Journalism Association Web: www.TCCJA.com Executive Director Randy Loftis University of North Texas randy.loftis@unt.edu Faculty Officers President Daniel Rodrigue Brookhaven College dtrodrigue@dcccd.edu Vice President Derik Gray Tyler Junior College dgra@tjc.edu Secretary Mandy Derfler San Antonio College aderfler@alamo.edu Cover art by Robert Muilenburg / Del Mar College
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Wednesday, March 13 7-9 p.m.
Early Bird Registration
Bayview
6-10 p.m.
Publications Display Vendors Display
Second floor foyer Second floor foyer
7-9 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Herding Cats: Managing a Newsroom WORKSHOP: Creating Usable Art in All Situations (even the really boring ones)
Aransas Laguna Madre
Thursday, March 14 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
Registration (Best of Show, contest substitutions, judges’ sign-up)
Bayview
7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Critique Registration
Bayview
ALL DAY
Publications Display Vendors Display
Second floor foyer Second floor foyer
10-10:30 a.m.
CONTEST: Feature Writing Assignment DEADLINE: Feature Writing is at 1 p.m. Writing must take place in assigned room.
Bayview Laguna Madre
10-10:50 a.m.
WORKSHOP: On The Record WORKSHOP: News Writing for Beginners
Laguna Madre Copano
10-11:30 a.m.
CONTEST: Newspaper Design CONTEST: PR Release Writing CONTEST: Advertising (print, radio, TV)
Aransas Matagorda Nueces A
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
CONTEST: Radio Announcing (English) CONTEST: TV Announcing (Spanish)
11-11:50 a.m.
WORKSHOP: Taking the Good Chance: Design Lessons from the Magazine Hi Fructose
Copano
11 a.m.-noon
CONTEST: Editorial CONTEST: Editorial Cartoon
Laguna Madre Laguna Madre
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
CONTEST: News Event (All print, Spanish, radio, photo and video contestants must attend)
Nueces B
12-12:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Better Sportswriting
Aransas
12-1 p.m.
CONTEST: Headlines
Copano
12-1:30 p.m.
CONTEST: PR Crisis Management
Matagorda
1-1:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: ‘You talkin’ to me?’ Coaching students to cultivate the professional identity WORKSHOP: Toward a Theory, Through Practice, of Editorship
Aransas Nueces B
Gather in Bayview Room
Del Mar College Del Mar College
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1-2 p.m.
CONTEST: News Writing (print, Spanish, radio, TV) CONTEST: Feature Writing CONTEST: Copy Editing
Nueces A Laguna Madre Copano
2 p.m.
CONTEST DEADLINE: News Photo Upload Deadline
Bayview
2-2:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: The Free Press Clause from the Sedition Act to Pizzagate WORKSHOP: 10 Ways to Make Sure Your Adviser Will Promote You WORKSHOP: Focus Pages — Let an Idea Shine WORKSHOP: More than a Byline: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Brand
Copano Laguna Madre Aransas Nueces A
2-3:30 p.m.
CONTEST: Yearbook Design
Matagorda
2:30-2:45 p.m.
CONTEST: Feature Photo Assignment DEADLINE: Must be uploaded by 4:30 p.m.
Bayview
2:30-5 p.m.
CONTEST: Radio Announcing (Spanish) CONTEST: TV Announcing (English)
3-3:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Ethics & Advice for Job Seekers WORKSHOP: Entrepreneurial Journalism WORKSHOP: Make it Work WORKSHOP: How to Survive Mother Nature
Copano Laguna Madre Nueces A Nueces B
4 p.m.
CONTEST DEADLINE: News Live Video (turn in project)
Bayview
4-4:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Journalism Ethics WORKSHOP: Digital/Social Media: How it affects today’s journalist and PR specialist WORKSHOP: Friends and Colleagues: Being the boss of a college newsroom WORKSHOP: Why Understanding Religion Will Help You on Your Beat
Laguna Madre Aransas Nueces A Nueces B
4-5:30 p.m.
CONTEST: Magazine Design
Matagorda
4:30 p.m.
CONTEST DEADLINE: Feature Photo Upload Deadline
Bayview
4:30-5 p.m.
CONTEST: 2-Person Photo Essay Assignment DEADLINE: PDFs due no later than 7:30 p.m.
Bayview Bayview
5-5:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: This Amp Goes to 11: Notes from a Decade as a Freelance Live Music Writer Copano WORKSHOP: Phone Photography and Social Media Laguna Madre WORKSHOP: How Good Media Writing Can Help You Get a Job Aransas
5-6:30 p.m.
CONTEST: Critical Review Event (All Critical Review contestants must attend) DEADLINE: Critical Review Writing is at 6:30 p.m. Contestants have 90 minutes to write. Writing must take place in assigned room (Nueces A).
Gather in Bayview Room
Del Mar College Del Mar College
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Thursday, March 14 (continued) 6-6:30 p.m.
MEETING: Scholarship Committee
Second floor boardroom
6:30-8 p.m.
CONTEST: Critical Review Writing
Nueces A
7:30 p.m.
CONTEST DEADLINE: 2-Person Photo Essay (PDF Deadline)
Bayview
7:30-10:30 p.m.
STUDENT ACTIVITY — GAME NIGHT
Nueces A
8-11 p.m.
CRITIQUES: Newspaper and photo portfolios
Bayview
Friday, March 15 7:30 a.m.-noon
Registration
Bayview
ALL DAY
Publications Display
Second floor foyer
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Vendors Display
Second floor foyer
8-10 a.m.
MEETING: TIPA Advisers Meeting
Bayview
10-11 a.m.
MEETING: TCCJA Advisers Meeting
Bayview
10-10:50 a.m.
WORKSHOP: PR is Not the Devil: A journey from journalism to the so-called dark side WORKSHOP: Drone Journalism WORKSHOP: My First Time Covering MLB Spring Training WORKSHOP: The Art of Storytelling
Nueces A Nueces B Laguna Madre Aransas
11-11:50 a.m.
WORKSHOP: Bad Ledes WORKSHOP: Reporting on Immigration Issues in STX WORKSHOP: Freedom of the Press on Campus: A View from the Ground WORKSHOP: Building a Freelance Photography Career WORKSHOP: Am I Boring You? Finding the Relevance in Your Stories
Nueces A Nueces B Laguna Madre Aransas Copano
12-2 p.m.
ADVISER OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON
Corpus Christi Rooms
2-2:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Making the Transition to a 4-year University (panel) WORKSHOP: Newspaper Photography WORKSHOP: The History of Hispanics in U.S. Media WORKSHOP: Literary Journalism: When creative writing and reportage intersect
Nueces A Nueces B Copano Aransas
2-3:50 p.m.
MEETING: Advisers Roundtable
Laguna Madre
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Friday, March 15
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3-3:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Remotely Interesting: A Guide to Making Your Workspace Your Own WORKSHOP: Surviving the Hot Seat WORKSHOP: Adapting to the Changing Face of Sports Journalism
Nueces A Nueces B Aransas
3-5 p.m.
MEETING: Student Roundtable
Copano
4-4:50 p.m.
MEETING: Hall of Fame Meeting WORKSHOP: Reporting the Hell Out of a Narrative Feature WORKSHOP: Reporting, Producing and Podcasting in Public Radio WORKSHOP: Your Opinion Doesn’t Matter: Overcoming Bias in News Reporting
Laguna Madre Nueces A Nueces B Aransas
5 p.m.
CONTEST: Sports Event (All Sports Contest contestants must be in the Bayview by 5 p.m.)
Bayview
5-5:50 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Seeing What They Don’t Want You to See WORKSHOP: Get a Job! The Befores and Afters of Graduation
Aransas Laguna Madre
6-6:50 p.m.
MEETING: Student Business Meeting
Laguna Madre
10-11 p.m.
CONTEST: Sports Writing (print, radio and TV)
Aransas, Laguna Madre
11 p.m.
CONTEST DEADLINE: Sports Photo Upload Deadline
Bayview
Saturday, March 16 9 a.m.-noon
AWARDS BREAKFAST
Noon
Convention concludes
CONVENTION MEETINGS ADVISERS ROUNDTABLE Friday 2-3:50 p.m. Laguna Madre
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Thursday 6-6:30 p.m. Second floor boardroom
STUDENT ROUNDTABLE Friday 3-5 p.m. Copano
Corpus Christi Rooms
TIPA ADVISERS MEETING Friday 8-10 a.m. Bayview
HALL OF FAME MEETING Friday 4-4:50 p.m. Laguna Madre
TCCJA ADVISERS MEETING Friday 10-11 a.m. Bayview
STUDENT BUSINESS MEETING Friday 6-6:50 p.m. Laguna Madre
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New twist written for old history
cent — or 32,000 jobs lost. Overall, newsroom employment — which includes radio, broadcast television, cable and “other informaHALI tion sources” — dropped 23 percent in BERNSTEIN SAYLOR those same years. Too many times I have sat in newshsaylor@ bouldercityreview.com rooms, with an aching pit in my stomach, watching as friends and colleagues’ jobs were cut. At the same EDITOR’S NOTE: This column original- time I prayed that my telephone didn’t ly ran in the Boulder City Review. ring or that I didn’t receive an email from human resources telling me to When I was growing up and trying come to the office because my posito determine a career path, being a tion had been eliminated. journalist was a noble profession. This But there is hope. was especially true in the wake of the Though I would hate to see actual Watergate scandal and for someone newspapers disappear, even electronwith the last name of Bernstein. It ic news media sites will need someseemed like destiny. one to be on the scene of noteworthy Fast forward a few decades and events and write the news. And collegthings have es across the nation changed drastiare still training “The entries submitted cally. Now it seems people how to be a that people need include some outstanding good journalist. constant remindIn early January, ers that good jour- work by young journalists.” I was asked by the nalists are still out HALI BERNSTEIN SAYLOR executive director there, working day EDITOR, of the Texas Colleand night to keep BOULDER CITY REVIEW giate Press Associathem informed tion to help judge about what’s going its annual student on in the world and in their neighbor- media contest. I’m not quite sure how hoods. I was selected as I have no ties to any I saw two perfect examples of this colleges in Texas, but I’m glad I was. I Sunday. CBS News aired a commercial quickly agreed to help. I believe it’s touting the many ways and programs essential for working journalists to do it offers that provide “real news” to its what they can to help preserve the inviewers. The other was The Washing- dustry — one that I love and have deton Post’s ad that aired during the Su- voted decades of my life to. per Bowl. The entries submitted include some The Post’s message is the heart of outstanding work by young jourwhat journalism is all about: “Because nalists. They weren’t afraid to tackle knowing empowers us. Knowing helps tough subjects like conservation, polus decide. Knowing keeps us free. De- lution, the soaring costs of getting an mocracy dies in darkness.” education and the need for child care It’s sad that an industry that has on campuses for older students. such a long, important and storied hisAlong with my recommendations tory in this country has to defend itself. for who should win awards will be While newspapers have been pub- some notes on how to improve their lished in the United States since before writing. I hope they are taken in the it was an independent nation, they are spirit they are given: to create the becoming an endangered species. In next generation of Bernstein-inspired the past decade, the number of news- journalists. papers has steadily declined and even more so the number of journalists at Hali Bernstein Saylor is editor of the those papers. Boulder City Review. She can be reached According to the Pew Research at hsaylor@bouldercityreview.com or at Center, from 2008 to 2017, newspaper 702-586-9523. Follow @HalisComment newsrooms saw a decline of 45 per- on Twitter.
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Workshops WEDNESDAY (7-9 p.m.)
THURSDAY (10-10:50 a.m.)
Herding Cats (AKA Managing a Newsroom) Beth Francesco (UT Arlington) Aransas
On The Record Jessica Savage (Investigative reporter - KRIS 6 News) Laguna Madre
So ... you’re a newsroom boss(or you want to be). Be ready for your true colors — and your staff’s — to come out. In this session, you’ll learn about your preferred management style and how you can use it to better organize and run your newsroom. Bring a pen and paper: You’ll want to take notes.
The basic fundamentals of good reporting is access to public records. In this session, I’ll walk you through how to find the public records and access them. We’ll talk a little about the Texas Public Information Act, and how to file a request. But more importantly, we’ll talk at length about how to tell a story using public records.
Creating Usable Art in All Situations (even the really boring ones) Robert Muilenburg (Del Mar College) Laguna Madre
News Writing for Beginners Nicole Morris (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) Copano
THURSDAY (1-1:50 p.m.)
This presentation is for aspiring journalists just entering their journalism program and will highlight the basics of newswriting. The discussion will include how to find stories, news writing style and formats, using quotes effectively and basic interviewing tips.
‘You talkin’ to me?’ Coaching media students to cultivate the professional identity Stephan Malick (Lamar University) Aransas
This workshop is for all reporters, photographers and editors who need help getting usable art for student media. We will be covering the basics of shooting photos and video on your phone or DSLR. We will then start shooting and produce some content that can be reviewed with the group. This is not only for students who are asked to shoot but also for the editors who send them out. There are some very basic reminders and tips. NOTE: Bring your DSLR if you have them. If not, we will work with your phones but you will be taking photos and not video.
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EARLY-BIRD SESSIONS
THURSDAY (11-11:50 a.m.) Taking the Good Chance: Design Lessons from the Magazine Hi Fructose Britt Haraway Faculty Adviser — Gallery Magazine UT-Rio Grande Valley Copano This panel will examine the contemporary art magazine Hi Fructose to initiate a discussion about risk and discipline and finding those
moments in design and layout when the strange is the only appropriate choice. How do we reflect and create the look and feel of now? How do we frame the now in timeless beauty?
THURSDAY (12-12:50 p.m.) Better Sportswriting Pete Garcia (Alice Echo-News Journal/ Gatehouse Media) Aransas A simple approach to being a better sportswriter.
A how-to guide to incorporating e-Portfolios for your media students as they transition into industry professions. Toward a Theory, Through Practice, of Editorship Sarah Salter (Assistant professor, Department of English, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) Nueces B The brief presentation will provide an historical overview of how the labor of periodical editorship has been imagined by writers and editors in order to identify some of the common
practices and conceptual parameters of editorship as a professional activity.
THURSDAY (2-2:50 p.m.) The Free Press Clause from the Sedition Act to Pizzagate Shane Gleason (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) Copano
The Free Press Clause was ratified in 1791, far before the internet. Since then, journalism and society have changed remarkably. Particularly in an era where the public distrusts the media at record levels, it is critically important for journalists to understand not only the history of legal protections on the press, but also how those protections translate into the modern world. This presentation will trace the history of laws limiting the press from the Sedition Act to the present day as well as the legal protections journalists enjoy. Special attention will be paid to the underlying legal doctrines governing journalists. 10 Ways to Make Sure Your Adviser Will Promote You Kim Bruce and Nancy Garcia (West Texas A&M University) Laguna Madre
What will set you apart from the adviser’s perspective? Together these two advisers (newspaper and magazine) will give you 10 tips to stay at the top of the promotion list. Finally, the advisers will give you some ways to ensure you’re making the most of your journalism experience in your post-graduation plans.
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Workshops Focus Pages — Let an Idea Shine Natalie Webster (Copy editor, Houston Chronicle) Aransas Perfect for big events, historical anniversaries, trendy topics or just a fun idea - focus pages give reporters and designers an opportunity to let an idea really shine. This session will give a start-to-finish look at creating pages that explore a single topic. Recommended for designers and reporters. More than a Byline: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Brand Julie Garcia (Community journalist) Nueces A I’ve given talks to college and high school journalism classes/ groups on social media ethics, personal/professional branding, credibility and dealing with trauma derived from covering devastating stories and events. The TIPA panel will be a reworking of all these topics, plus how to navigate a constantly evolving job landscape with an emphasis on how to take care of ourselves.
THURSDAY (3-3:50 p.m.) Ethics & Advice for Job Seekers Paul Alexander (News Director - KRIS 6 News) Copano Find out how to get ahead in today’s industry. Since graduating from Texas State University in 1976, where he was a two-time TIPA first place award winner, Paul Alexander has spent more than four decades in radio, TV and print media.
Entrepreneurial Journalism Jennifer Preyss Mathlouthi (Founding editor, Preyss/Math Media) Laguna Madre Newspapers are in an uneasy transitional phase, with many conjecturing on the future of print. Jennifer will lead the class in a discussion on how to think like small-business owners and guide students into understanding their brand and ways for new and midcareer journalists to supplement their income through ETHICAL side projects, such as freelancing, podcasts, editing and consulting, book publishing, speaking events, etc, allowing journalists a cushion should their newspaper be the next to fall. Make it Work Natalie Webster (Copy editor, Houston Chronicle) Nueces A From pitfalls to watch-for’s to tricks to keep up your sleeve, this session will give you the tools you need to succeed in making big plans and knocking them out of the park. Recommended for section editors. How to Survive Mother Nature Icess Fernandez Rojas (Lone Star College-Kingwood) Nueces B Hours after the staff of The Howler left their semester training and planning session, Lone Star College-Kingwood Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters threaten the campus. Within hours, seven of nine campuses’ buildings are destroyed by toxic flood water (flood water mixed with sewage water).
Fish swam through faculty offices and the semester, which was supposed to start the following week, was delayed by three weeks as all classes turned into online classes. The Howler, the student-run paper, wasn’t a year old when it had to cover the historic 100-year flood with no equipment, newsroom, and with a staff scattered across the suburbs of North Houston dealing with their own flood woes. With no campus, the student journalists had to learn how to reach an audience and focus their reporting to what they needed to know. It wasn’t the buildings that washed away; Harvey threatened the very existence of The Howler. Here’s the story of how novice student journalists not only survived but thrived despite the odds.
THURSDAY (4-4:50 p.m.) Journalism Ethics Nicole Morris (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) Laguna Madre In this highly competitive industry, reporters strive to get the news out first, sometimes at the expense of accuracy and ethics. This session discusses real-world scenarios that will test a journalist’s ethics as they balance getting the story first with getting the story right and ethically. Digital and Social Media: How it affects the modern-day journalist and PR specialist Meagan Falcon (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) Aransas If you’re looking for tips on how to market your work on social me-
dia, this presentation will dissect how to use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to your advantage as well as displaying tips how to market digital works online. Friends and Colleagues: Being the boss of a college newsroom Cody Bahn (Houston Chronicle) Nueces A
Being a college newsroom editor can be difficult. Let’s talk about how being the same age range and/or skill level as your staff shouldn’t keep you from being the very best. We will go over tips for hiring, managing and retaining your staff. Why Understanding Religion Will Help you on your Beat Jennifer Preyss Mathlouthi (Founding editor, Preyss/Math Media) Nueces B
Understanding some of the basic questions to ask someone about their faith may be the difference in writing an OK story versus a viral story. Faith crosses over into every area of life and newsroom beat, and with fewer newspapers offering a dedicated faith reporter on staff, it’s up to other beat journalists to cover this much-loved section. Every journalist should understand why asking religion questions during interviews is paramount to getting to the bottom of the real story, whether writing on education, government, health, travel, entertainment or business.
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Workshops
This Amp Goes to 11: Notes from a Decade as a Freelance Live Music Writer Richard Guerrero (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) Copano My 20-year career in communications includes stints in both newsprint publications and higher education public relations. In the middle of it all, I managed to spend eight years as a freelance music writer covering a wide variety of genres, with a special emphasis on niche subgenres, such as extreme metal, hardcore punk and even Texas country. I’ll present some insight gained from those experiences, how technology altered the music journalism industry along the way and offer some thoughts on what students can do to prepare for tomorrow’s music journalism industry today. Phone Photography and Social Media Cat Herndon (Nerdy Cat Creative - Owner) Laguna Madre Cat will discuss how to take better photos with a smartphone including tips on lighting, cropping and focusing. She’ll discuss how to avoid blurry images and get usable photos with a smartphone. She’ll also cover basic editing of photos using apps. The second part of this presentation will include social media scheduling, live videos and how to reach more people via social media.
How Good Media Writing Can Help You Get a Job Mike Tharp (Dallas Morning News {veterans columnist}, AARP Magazine) Aransas Short explanation of how to improve the content you produce, and a few job sites that make sense for college journalism students to consult. Then a long Q&A.
THURSDAY 7:30-10:30 p.m. Student game night! Nueces A FRIDAY (10-10:50 a.m.) PR is Not the Devil: A journey from journalism to the so-called dark side Michelle Villarreal Leschper (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) Nueces A Journalism was my foundation for every job/career I’ve had from the newspaper industry to now PR. It’s not only learning how to craft a story and draw readers in, but I learned to be bold, assertive and have a thick skin.
My First Time Covering MLB Spring Training Yi-Chin Lee (Houston Chronicle) Laguna Madre This one’s bound to be a hit with sports reporters! Houston Chronicle photojournalist Yi-Chin Lee will share a series of adventures from covering MLB Spring Training for the first time. The Art of Storytelling Icess Fernandez Rojas (Lone Star College-Kingwood) Aransas Tired of the basic 10- to 12-inch story? Are you thinking that stories should be longer than 500 words? Do you get bored telling stories and wonder who is actually interested in this? In this interactive session, learn some exercises you can take back to your newsrooms to add the spice that’s missing in your newsgathering and reporting. Stop thinking of your work as a basic article and start thinking of it as a story. Using some basic storytelling techniques, make your story stand out and your audience take note.
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Drone Journalism Chris Ramirez (Lead coach, Corpus Christi Caller-Times) Nueces B
Bad Ledes Chris Whitley (Tarrant County College) Nueces A
I will discuss how the use of unmanned drones have helped the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and the USA Today Network widen its depth of coverage.
They are everywhere ... infecting your stories, your publications and your way of life! Will nothing stop them? Come to this session to find the cure.
Reporting on Immigration Issues in STX Raul Alonzo (Reporter and journalism student, Island Waves) Beatriz Alvarado (Community organizer for RAICES and former reporter for Caller-Times and USA Today) Nueces B
Learn the basics of reporting on immigration, like the government structures that make up the our immigration system, shortcuts to finding public information, historical context to better understand the current climate, and tools to help you competently report on the border.
Know your rights!
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Freedom of the Press on Campus: A view from the ground Augustin Rivera Jr. (General Counsel, Del Mar College District) Laguna Madre
Exploring the current state of Freedom of the Press on Campus, including a review of legal principles, recent developments and emerging trends. Building a Freelance Photography Career Annie Mulligan (Freelance photographer) Aransas
Building a freelance photography career is a challenging task. Developing a diversity of clients, keeping track of your business and focusing on the quality of your photography can be a dizzying experience.
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Workshops Am I Boring You? Finding the Relevance in Your Stories Kay L. Colley (Associate professor and student media director, Texas Wesleyan University) Copano With today’s short attention spans and fast-paced world, if you don’t show readers how your story is relevant to them, they’re gone. This workshop will help you find and keep readers and viewers by finding relevance.
FRIDAY (2-2:50 p.m.) Making the Transition to a 4-year University (panel) Beth Francesco (Director of student publications, UT-Arlington) Nueces A If you’re planning to transfer to a four-year university, don’t miss this panel of students who made the move and lived to tell about it. They’ll share their experiences in finding the right program — the good, the bad and the ... wait, I didn’t expect that. Newspaper Photography Mark Mulligan (Photo editor, Houston Chronicle) Nueces B Working as a staff photographer at a daily newspaper is a unique job, especially these days as newspapers downsize and staffs shrink. It’s also an exciting opportunity every day. Each day brings a new surprise, a different assignment, a new challenge.
The History of Hispanics in U.S. Media Dr. Manuel Flores (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) Copano A review of the story behind Spanish-language media in the United States. Literary Journalism: When creative writing and reportage intersect Sarah K. Lenz (Del Mar College) Aransas See how features of creative writing such as imagery and lyricism can complement interviews and traditional research when drafting narratives. Join creative nonfiction writer Sarah K. Lenz as she discusses the writing process behind her awardwinning essay “Lightning Flowers,” which was inspired by a haunting, antique photograph of three corpses.
FRIDAY (3-3:50 p.m.) Remotely Interesting: A Guide to Making Your Workspace Your Own Cayce Berryman and Steven Martinez (Newspaper designers/finishers, Gannett) Nueces A Remote work is often challenging because of the lack of direct interaction and, sometimes, because of the location. Learn how to keep a team atmosphere, stay organized, be prepared for sudden changes, design for cities you’ve never visited and more in a telecommute environment.
Surviving the Hot Seat Tony Balandran (City editor, Victoria Advocate) Nueces B Your resume, your clips and the preliminary phone call have landed you a face-to-face job interview with the editors where you want to work. How do you prepare? What will the editors ask you? What are they really looking for? And how do you not screw up this chance? A 30-year veteran journalist who has interviewed lots of job candidates is kind enough to share with you some insight about this important step. Adapting to the Changing Face of Sports Journalism Len Hayward (Sports Editor/USA Today Sports Network Region Editor, Corpus Christi Caller-Times) Aransas We will focus on how to adapt to being a sports journalist in the era of social media and being digitally focused in your reporting, while also focusing on finding the good stories that resonate with your audiences. We will talk about finding time for enterprise and feature stories, while also covering the day-to-day work.
FRIDAY (4-4:50 p.m.) Reporting the Hell out of a Narrative Feature Joe Pappalardo (Contributing editor for Popular Mechanics) Nueces A A discussion of narrative tricks and reporting tips to make features read like fiction.
Reporting, Producing and Podcasting in Public Radio Reynaldo Leaños Jr. (Immigration and border reporter, Texas Public Radio) Nueces B
If you’ve ever considered a career in public radio, then this is the panel for you! In this panel we’ll talk about the changing and growing climate within public radio. We’ll also dive into some of the job opportunities within the industry and discuss where the business might be headed in the coming years. I’ll share some of my experiences being at various local and national media houses where I’ve interned, worked and freelanced, such as Public Radio International’s The World and Global Nation, NPR News, NPR’s Latino USA and local public radio stations across Texas. I’ll also talk about some of the daily tasks radio reporters and producers encounter on a daily basis and answer any questions you might have about the industry. I want to make this panel as dynamic as possible and help you navigate the public radio news industry. Hope to see you there! Your Opinion Doesn’t Matter: Overcoming Bias in News Reporting Ron George (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, retired) Aransas
Journalists are among the most opinionated people on Earth. Their opinions are rooted in a variety of sources, just like everyone they cover as news, from politicians and scientific experts to police officers, hardened criminals and innocent
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Workshops victims of violence. Somehow, though, journalists are required to rise above their biased opinions — and those of others — in order to report the news of the day accurately and fairly, a process seldom appreciated by either the public or the people they cover as news. It’s not just hard. It’s improbable, but giving up is not the solution. It takes a somewhat rigorous combination of courage and humility. Journalism’s goal is a reasonable snapshot of what may be true — and to maintain one’s sense of purpose and sanity in order to fight another day.
GRADUATING SOON? NEED A JOB?
FRIDAY (5-5:50 p.m.) Seeing What They Don’t Want You to See Jim Sernoe (Midwestern State University) Aransas
An examination of open records, FERPA and open meetings laws. Get a Job! The Befores and Afters of Graduation Cody Bahn (Houston Chronicle) Laguna Madre
Nervous about post graduation? We all go through it. Get some quick tips on how to make yourself stand out before graduation, after and once you get an interview.
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Students have the opportunity to discuss topics and issues of their concern. Conducted by the TIPA Student Officers
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Paul Alexander: News Director for KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi. Previously News Director, KVEO-TV, Brownsville and McAllen. 45 years experience in television, radio and print media. Reporting/anchoring stints included KTBC, Austin; KOLD, Tucson; KMOV, St. Louis; KSAT, San Antonio; and The News of Texas. BA Journalism Texas State University, 1976 (where he was a two-time TIPA first-place award winner) and MA Communications University of the Incarnate Word (where he was selected the Outstanding Graduate Student in the School of Arts and Sciences, 1998). Raul Alonzo is a Corpus Christibased writer and occasional activist. He spent several years as a member of the Corpus Christi Immigration Coalition, as well as working with various activist organizations in South Texas. Beatriz Alvarado covered immigration issues for the Caller-Times/ USA Today network about four years before accepting a position with the Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services, or RAICES, as a community organizer. Cody Bahn is a Houston Chronicle photojournalist. He is a University of Texas at Arlington and Del Mar College alumnus, where he worked at both The Shorthorn and The Foghorn as a reporter, photographer, designer and eventually editor-inchief. He currently carries the titles photographer, husband, dog father and amateur chef. Tony Balandran has been with the Victoria Advocate since March 2011 and has been its city editor since September 2014. A graduate of the University of Kansas, he has worked for four professional news
Speaker Bios companies. He started as a reporter at The Fort Collins Coloradoan in 1989. He was hired as the assistant city editor at The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune in 1996 and later relocated in 1999 to The Kansas City Star, where he worked as the Northland bureau chief. Balandran has coached and mentored many reporters during his career. Cayce Berryman is a designer for the USA TODAY Network and the senior editor for Kingsman Editing. Kim Bruce is an associate lecturer of media communication at West Texas A&M University, where she teaches courses media and PR writing, new media, public relations and publicity and PR campaigns. Before she began teaching she worked as a magazine editor, communications consultant and in university media relations. At WTAMU, she also advises Eternal Flame, the student magazine; 1910 PR, the student-run PR agency; and the Bateman Team, the PRSSAaffiliated competitive team. Her first experience with study abroad was as a Rotary International team member to the Dominican Republic for a month in 2012. Since then she’s led travel writing study abroad trips to Japan and South Korea in 2013 and 2015. This year in May she help lead a student group on a museum media and cultural experience study abroad to Edinburgh, Scotland; London; and Paris. Kay L. Colley, Ph.D., is associate professor and chair in the department of mass communication at Texas Wesleyan University. She teaches journalism and public relations courses. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism, a master’s of international journalism and a doctorate in higher education.
She has advised student media for more than 20 years. She serves as Student Media Director at Texas Wesleyan. Meagan Falcon is an entertainment reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, which is a part of the USA Today Network. She graduated from Del Mar College in Corpus Christi in 2017 and has an associate degree in digital media, advertising/public relations and journalism. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in communication at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Falcon worked as the web editor for the Del Mar College Foghorn from 2015-16 and was a social media specialist for Del Mar College from 2016-17. While working for the Caller-Times, she has covered breaking and trending news stories involving local business, political figures and celebrities. Icess Fernandez Rojas is an educator, writer and a former journalist. She is a graduate of Goddard College’s MFA program. Her work has been internationally published in Queen Mobs Lit Journal, Poetry 24, Rabble Lit, Minerva Rising Literary Journal and the Feminine Collective’s anthology Notes from Humanity. Her Houstonbased story “Happy Hunting” will appear in the forthcoming Houston Noir anthology. Her nonfiction/memoir work has appeared in Dear Hope, NBCNews.com, HuffPost and the Guardian. She is a recipient of the Owl of Minerva Award, a VONA/ Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation alum, a Dos Brujas Workshop alum, and a Kimbilio Fellow. She’s currently working on her first novel and memoir. Follow her on Twitter: @Icess and at her website: http://icessfernandez.com.
Manuel Flores, Ph.D., is a professor of journalism/communications at Texas A&M UniversityKingsville. He is the author of “Hispanics in the Media — More Than 200 Years of Spanish-Langauge influence in U.S. Communications” and has written many articles on the impact of journalism and communications on society. He previously was a professor at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi and worked as a sports reporter columnist at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and the Irving Daily News. He has also served as adviser to student newspapers at A&M-Kingsville and DMC and is the sponsor of A&M-Kingsville’s American Advertising Federation Student Chapter.
Beth Francesco is director of student publications at UT Arlington, home of The Shorthorn. She also freelances as an editor and consultant on digital projects for news organizations. As a student journalist (many moons ago), she worked at the Foghorn at Del Mar College before transferring to UT Arlington’s The Shorthorn. Follow her @bethfrancesco.
Julie Garcia is from Southeast Texas and graduated from Lamar in 2010 — she was editor of the University Press from 2008-10. Since then, she has worked at the Beaumont Enterprise, Port Arthur News, Victoria Advocate and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Her experience spans daily breaking news, features, sports, business, health care and local government reporting. In addition to being a community journalist, she has been sent to cover state breaking news events, including the floods in Wimberley, the Santa Fe High School shooting and family separations at the Texas-Mexico border.
18 Nancy Garcia, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at West Texas A&M University, where she teaches international journalism, multimedia journalism, feature writing, new media, introduction to media communications and quantitative research methods. Additionally, Garcia is the faculty adviser for The Prairie, the university’s news organization. Garcia’s research interests include the retention and transference of tacit knowledge in organizations, knowledge management, media literacy through service learning, news literacy and issues in news consumption in different communities. Recently, she spent a summer in China teaching oral communication and researching faculty experiences with short-term international immersion teaching programs. She earned a B.S. in Mass Communications- Advertising/PR from West Texas A&M University in 2009, an M.A. in Mass Communications from Texas Tech University in 2011, and an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration in 2017. Pete Garcia is the managing editor for the Alice Echo-News Journal. He’s worked in every area of the newsroom and covered everything from crime and cops to courts and city hall. Still, his background is in sportswriting. He has almost 30 years of experience covering and writing every level of sports. He went to Texas A&I University and later Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He is a former staff writer at The South Texan at TAMUK. Ron George is a retired journalist, university research-development officer and ordained minister of The Episcopal Church. His journalism career included covering Apollo moon missions as part of a team for The Houston Chronicle and ma-
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Speaker Bios jor federal trials as a courthouse reporter for The Dallas Morning News. He worked 16 years for The Corpus Christi Caller-Times in the news and features departments and as an assistant city editor. He taught journalism at Texas A&M University in College Station and was faculty news adviser for The Battalion, A&M’s student newspaper. He retired in 2015 from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he was a writer and prime editor on a team that produced a successful proposal for one of six test sites for unmanned aircraft systems awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration. He writes for pleasure at https://pelicandiaries. wordpress.com/ Shane Gleason is an assistant professor of political science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Richard Guerrero Jr. has served as a copy editor for the Waco Tribune-Herald, as a page designer and a freelance writer for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, as a staff writer for Del Mar College and as a copy editor for Community Impact Newspaper. He is currently a Communications Specialist III at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Britt Haraway’s collection of short stories “Early Men” was published in the fall of 2016 by Lamar University Literary Press. His stories have appeared in the Natural Bridge, Moon City Review, New Madrid and elsewhere. His work was selected for the The Best of Small Fictions 2016, guest edited by Stuart Dybek. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Writers. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the creative writing program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he is fiction editor of RiverSedge literary magazine and the faculty adviser for Gallery Magazine.
Len Hayward has been working in sports journalism for a quarter century, working in nearly every corner of Texas, except East Texas. He has worked in small markets and major markets, including Fort Worth, Midland, Odessa, Corpus Christi and Lubbock. Cat Herndon is a professional photographer and designer in Corpus Christi. She specialized in newborn, child and family photography with her successful business Cat & Co. Studio. She also runs Nerdy Cat Creative Design, which specializes in branding, social media marketing and web design. She is a student at Del Mar College and the editor-inchief of the Foghorn News. Reynaldo Leaños Jr. covers immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border for Texas Public Radio. Prior to joining Texas Public Radio, Leaños was a freelance journalist in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and in New York City. His work has appeared in Public Radio International’s The World and Global Nation, NPR News, NBC News, NPR’s Latino USA, KUT’s Texas Standard and KUT. He has an undergraduate degree from Texas State University, where he studied journalism and international studies. Leaños also has a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in international reporting. Yi-Chin Lee is a Houston Chronicle staff photographer who is a University of Minnesota and University of Missouri grad. Sarah K. Lenz’s nonfiction has appeared in Crazyhorse, Colorado Review, The Fourth River, Entropy, and elsewhere. Three of her essays have been named Notable in Best Ameri-
can Essays. In 2015 she received the New Letters Readers’ award in nonfiction. She holds an MFA from Georgia College and teaches composition and literature at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi.
Michelle Villarreal Leschper has nearly a decade of communication experience in the public and private sectors and enjoys telling her community’s story. She is a Corpus Christi native and started her career as a multimedia journalist for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Villarreal Leschper most recently spent five years as a public information officer for the City of Corpus Christi and now works for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a communication specialist III. Villarreal Leschper received her B.A. from the University of Houston in 2010 and M.A. from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2012. While pursuing her master’s degree in English, she published an academic paper on feminine identities and presented research on new media at the national Conference on College Composition and Communication. Her other full-time jobs are wife and mom to two children and a fur baby, and she enjoys taking her family to the beach and traveling. She also owns and co-hosts “Life’s a Mother” podcast with her two sisters and is a board member with the Corpus Christi Maternal Mental Health Coalition.
Stephan Malick is a co-adviser and the advertising director for the University Press newspaper and a professor of practice in the Department of Communication and Media at Lamar University. He has multiple lifetimes of professional experience as a reporter, advertising executive, educator and Jedi Knight, and despite all that punishment still enjoys working in media.
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Steven Martinez designed newspapers for USA Today Network for almost three years. Nicole Morris is a journalism lecturer and newspaper adviser at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Before this position, she spent more than 20 years in the field of journalism, as an executive editor and owner-manager of various newspapers, magazines and online newspapers throughout South Texas. She is an award-winning journalist, having earned awards for news writing, investigative reporting, design and more from the Texas Press Association, Texas Bar Association and APME. Robert Muilenburg is an associate professor of journalism at Del Mar College, where he also serves as an adviser for student publications the Foghorn News newspaper, The Siren literary magazine and www.foghornnews.com. He has more than 25 years of experience in photojournalism. Annie Mulligan is a freelance photographer, videographer and educator located in Houston. She primarily works for the Houston Chronicle as well as a diverse range of clients, including Buzzfeed and the Washington Post. Mulligan has a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. After college, she worked in Cairo, Egypt, as a photographer and videographer. After Cairo, Annie moved to the Pacific Northwest to serve two years with Americorps before steadily freelancing as a photojournalist for The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash. She recently moved back to her native Texas with her husband, Mark, and their two sons.
Speaker Bios Mark Mulligan is a staff photographer for the Houston Chronicle, where he takes pictures, flies the Chronicle’s drone and helps out as a photo editor. He is married to photographer Annie Mulligan and dad to two hilarious boys. Mark went to the University of Texas at Austin, where he started working at the college newspaper. He moved on to working for weekly newspapers in Virginia, and then worked for seven years at The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash. A native Houstonian, Mulligan moved home to Texas with his family in 2015 to work at the Chronicle. Joe Pappalardo is an author and award-winning feature writer who has worked on the staff of Smithsonian Air & Space, the Dallas Observer and Popular Mechanics. Jennifer Preyss-Mathlouthi is a five-time nationally award-winning journalist and founding editor of PreyssMath Media in Atlanta. Entering journalism in 2007, PreyssMathlouthi worked her way up from copy intern to features editor to editor-in-chief of the Victoria Advocate’s GC magazine before launching her own media company. Preyss-Mathlouthi is a noted religion journalist and columnist, reporting on the intersections of faith and global issues for a nearly a decade, which she explores in her new podcast, “Religion Latte.” PreyssMathlouthi is a subject matter expert on world religion and international culture, and has traveled to more than 23 countries on five continents, interviewing people of various faith backgrounds in each location. She has twice been named the national Religion News Association Cassels Religion Reporter of the Year, and earned more than 25 additional media honors, including the Texas Associated Press Managing Editor’s
STAR Award for her four-part series “A Woman of War.” Preyss-Mathlouthi earned a master’s degree in international business in 2017; she is married and resides in Atlanta. Chris Ramirez is the lead coach for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He is responsible for managing day-to-day coverage of breaking news and enterprise news. He started his career working for a daily newspaper in the U.S. Virgin Islands and has also worked for the Albuquerque Journal, the Arizona Republic, and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Ramirez was also part of the USA Today Network’s reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for explanatory reporting. Augustin “Augie” Rivera Jr. is the General Counsel for the Del Mar College District in Corpus Christi, where he oversees legal matters for the college. Rivera joined Del Mar College’s administration in 2015 after more than 25 years in private practice. A native of Driscoll, Rivera is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1988. Sarah Salter, Ph.D., is assistant professor of English at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Salter’s teaching and research interests include the history of multi-ethnic periodicals in the United States, the development of editorship as historical and aesthetic practice, and histories of migration and cultural community in the United States during the nineteenth century. Jessica Savage is an awardwinning investigative journalist for KRIS 6 News. She started her career as a newspaper reporter in East Texas and made the switch to
television news about four years ago. Her sourcing and ability to access public records is what sets her apart.
Jim Sernoe serves as chairman of the Mass Communications Department at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
Mike Tharp: Reporter/editor for Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Far Eastern Economic Review, U.S. News & World Report in Dallas, Tokyo, San Francisco and Los Angeles; executive editor, Merced (CA) Sun-Star; covered seven wars including Vietnam as Army correspondent; visited 61 countries; Journalism teacher at Cal State Fullerton and UC Merced eight years; four years teaching journalism at Tarrant County College and North Lake College; currently veterans’ columnist at Dallas Morning News and freelance writer for AARP Magazine and Bulletin.
Natalie Webster began her journalism journey — journey-lism? — at UT Arlington’s The Shorthorn, where she started out putting commas in places before ascending to a position that had both hyphens and an office. Since graduation she has worked in three cities, copy edited and designed 13 newspapers including the Virginian-Pilot, won a Texas APME award for design and consumed more coffee than is healthy.
Chris Whitley leads Tarrant County College’s journalism program and its student newspaper, The Collegian. He has been a college media adviser for 18 years. Before then, he was a journalist who has written for NBC, The Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth-Star Telegram and Southwest Airlines magazine.
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The determination to move from campus news coverage to national news coverage. From producer to manager and writer to reporter, you can achieve your dreams. You’re ready to do whatever it takes to get a degree and end up exactly where you want to be. That’s what we call grit. With that, you can build a career and make a difference. We call that greatness. So, transfer to A&M-Commerce, and we will give you the tools you need to succeed. Learn more at TAMUC.EDU.
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