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College media staffs and advisers across North Carolina are invited to attend a one-day conference on Saturday, April 5, at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The conference marks the launch of the North Carolina College Media Association, which will be based in the school. Sessions will focus on fall 2008 election coverage. Other topics will include photography management, adviser networking, understanding polls, open government and technology troubleshooting.
The registration fee is $30 per person and includes lunch. Attendees must preregister by April 2.
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The Daily Tar Heel, the campus newspaper for UNC-Chapel Hill, and The Duke Chronicle, the campus newspaper for Duke University, will each donate $1,000 as seed money for the N.C. College Media Association. The N.C. Scholastic Media Association, based in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 1938, will donate $500 to the association. Some session titles are listed below: Covering the Fall 2008 Elections: The Planning Process Moderator: Andy Bechtel, UNC-Chapel Hill assistant professor and former national editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer Panelists: Rob Christensen, author of The Paradox of Tarheel Politics: The Personalities, Elections and Events That Shaped Modern North Carolina Ryan Thornburg, UNC-Chapel Hill assistant professor of online news and former managing editor of USNews.com Leroy Towns, UNC-Chapel Hill professor of the practice and former chief of staff for Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts
Voice and Diction Lessons: Taking You from Print to On-air
David Cupp, UNC-Chapel Hill assistant professor and former news director for WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Va.
Holding Photographers Accountable
Bradley Wilson, N.C. State University coordinator for Student Media Advising
What the N.C. Open Government Coalition Can Do For You William Harrison, Elon University assistant director of Sunshine Center
Informing Design Through Trends Wayne Maikranz, UNC-Charlotte director of Student Media
Understanding Polls and Polling Hunter Bacot, Elon University associate professor of political science
Covering the Community Beyond Your Campus Jock Lauterer, UNC-Chapel Hill director of Carolina Community Media Project
Adviser Resources and Networking Kevin Schwartz, UNC-Chapel Hill Daily Tar Heel general manager
Technology Troubleshooting Panelists: Stacy Wynn, editorial production manager of The Daily Tar Heel Nicole Norfleet, The Daily Tar Heel For more information, contact Monica Hill, director of the N.C. Scholastic Media Association, at 1-888-562-6276 or
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