State Convention program 2016

BE THE

ASPA STATE CONVENTION

FEB. 19-20, 2016

ASPA.UA.EDU

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

FERGUSON STUDENT CENTER

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA

SCHEDULE:

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NOTE: If you are interested in a Saturday tour of the UA campus, the Digital Media Center or the Office of Student Media, let Meredith Cummings know upon arrival or during the ASPA Board meeting. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, advisers should see Cummings for where to report for tours.

The goal of the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Journalism Week, Feb. 21-27, is to do something, whether big or small, to raise awareness about scholastic journalism. JEA hopes that your involvement and that of your students will serve to raise community consciousness regarding the benefits of scholastic journalism.

For ideas, visit JEA’s Scholastic Journalism Week page on jea.org, download a handy resolution template, check out last year’s Scholastic Journalism Week Facebook page or follow @ScholasticJWeek on Twitter. Don’t be afraid to tweet any of your own ideas using the hashtag, #SJW2016.

Friday, Feb. 19

8 a.m.

9 a.m.

10 a.m. – Noon

10 a.m.

11 a.m.

Noon

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

4 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 20

9 a.m.

10 a.m.

11 a.m.

Noon

1 p.m.

Ferguson Student Center

Registration at Ferguson Theater

Welcome and keynote

On-site competitions

Session 1

Session 2

Lunch on your own

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5

Closing awards ceremony

Reese Phifer Hall

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Lunch on your own

Tours

NOTE: On-site competitions begin at the following locations at 10 a.m., except those that cover Christi Parsons’ keynote as part of the competition. All necessary information is included in each on-site participant’s packet. Please check in at the on-site registration table upon arrival at the Ferguson Center.

On-site Competition

Yearbook copy, caption writing

News writing

Feature writing

Sports writing

Editorial writing

Editorial cartooning

Broadcast stand-up

Newscast (anchor)

Sportscast (anchor)

Yearbook layout

Newspaper layout

Literary magazine layout

Photography

Literary magazine poetry

Literary magazine fiction

Literary magazine illustration

Location

Ballroom

Ballroom

Room 2418

Room 2408

Ballroom

Ballroom

Ballroom

Back of Ballroom at 10 a.m.

Back of Ballroom at 10 a.m.

Registration table at 10 a.m.

Registration table at 10 a.m.

Registration table at 10 a.m.

Follow instructions in packet

Ballroom

Ballroom

Ballroom

ON-SITE COMPETITIONS:

The stories we tellScholastic Journalism Week

February 21-27, 2016

The stories we tellScholastic Journalism Week

February 21-27, 2016

WELCOME

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

SESSION 1 10 A.M.FERGUSON CENTER

9 A.M.FERGUSON BALLROOM

9 A.M.FERGUSON BALLROOM

Dr. Wilson LowreyChair, Department of Journalism

Meredith Cummings, MJEDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Christi Parsons“Finding Your Voice”

Former ASPA student president Christi Parsons is a White House correspondent for the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Newspapers Washington, D.C., bureau. She is a 26-year veteran of the Chicago Tribune, where she covered campaigns, state government and local politics before joining the Washington, D.C., bureau in 2006.

A recent former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, she has an undergraduate degree in journalism and English from The University of Alabama and a master’s from Yale Law School.

Audience connection and marketing your magazine LMAlicia Clavell, Room 3108How do you keep in constant contact with your readers? Do you use email marketing such as MailChimp or Constant

Contact? Are you using social media effectively? Are you getting the most from your promotional materials? This session will focus on building a connection with your readership through marketing.

Don’t tell them ‘your writing sucks’: Coaching students through editing YBJustin Daigle, Room 3700/360 Forum(Advisers and editors only) Working with members of your staff to improve their writing can be difficult. This session will

focus on providing strategies for helping members of your staff through the revision process by focusing on voice, structure and staying on message.

FRIDAY

MEDIA KEY: YEARBOOK (YB) NEWSPAPER (NP) MULTIMEDIA/ONLINE (ON) LITERARY MAGAZINE (LM) BROADCAST (BR) ADVISERS (AD) ALL MEDIA (ALL)

NOTE: ON-SITE COMPETITIONS TAKE PLACE 10 A.M. — NOON

Washington Insider/Tammy Haddad

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FRIDAY

Professional video on an amateur budget BRAndrew Richardson, Room 3115 Make your video and audio great without spending a fortune. This session will give you production techniques as well as

advice on equipment for your school’s broadcast.

Get your head in the game YBKane Belew, Room 3107Learn the rules of yearbook headline and caption writing to grab your readers’ attention. Students will walk away with

refreshing ideas on headlines and tips on proper caption writing.

Ten things we can learn from Ernie Pyle NPErin Coggins, MJE, Room 3111World War II journalist Ernie Pyle was beloved by his audience and his sources. This session will use samples of Ernie’s

work to examine what made this journalist such a legend.

Write tight for TV and video BRChandra Clark, Room 3104You may have it all figured out when it comes to video and b-roll, but can you write a script that can change the world in 30

seconds or fewer? Learn how to write tightly and effectively for TV and video in this session.

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SESSION 1 (continued)

Refine your technique BRAndrew Richardson, Room 3115You will leave this session with plenty of tips to make your broadcast high quality. This session will focus on camera

placement, lighting, positioning and more.

Slash pine LMBrian Oliu, Room 3108In this session, Oliu will discuss the process that goes into running a small literary press and literary journal, including how

to put an emphasis on creating a literary object that both reflects upon and honors the work inside. Oliu will also talk about developing bonds with the community through literature.

The WRITE stuff NP, YBJustin Daigle, Room 3700/360 ForumWant copy that your peers will actually read? Learn helpful strategies and tips to improve your captions, theme copy and

general body copy by implementing “the WRITE stuff” into your publication.

SESSION 2

ASPA Board meeting ADMeredith Cummings, MJE, and Connie Nolen, Room 3125/302 Anderson Room(Advisers only) The annual State Convention meeting for the ASPA board. All advisers are welcome

and encouraged to attend. New officers will not be elected.

11 A.M.FERGUSON CENTER

Beyond the boring ALLMarquis Munson and Cole Thompson, Room 3111Come hear from the guys behind their own sports website “Dixieland Sports” and their podcasts “Cypress Ave Park” and

“The Morning After.” Both UA journalism students have covered various sports events, such as SEC Media Days and the College Football Playoffs. They will help you brainstorm ways to add multimedia to your existing sports coverage.

Show, don’t tell ALLDianne Bragg, Room 3104We all have heard “Show, don’t tell,” right? And “details, details, details”? Details turn good stories into great stories. In this

session, you will learn how to get more details, because even the smallest details make a difference.

Makin’ design magic ALLAnna Waters, Room 3115If you already know a little bit about design, see how far you can take it. This session will offer some cool layout techniques

and attempt to answer any questions you may have about design.

Sorting the submission slush pile LMAlicia Clavell, Room 3108Learn how best to seek, log and sort literary submissions. Then, get ready to write! We’ll try our hand at writing a rejection

letter, an acceptance letter and a submission cover letter for creative work.

How to be a really good sports writer YB, NP, ONTom Arenberg, Room 3111What to do, what not to do and how to learn the skills you need. The instructor is a sports journalism veteran, so he knows

all the answers. Bring your questions!

Putting the sexy back in reporting: Interviewing techniques YB, NPJustin Daigle, Room 3700/360 ForumIs your writing in a rut? It all comes down to the interview. Learn techniques for having a natural conversation to get the

facts needed to write a great story.

From an idea to a finished product ON, BRRobert Clay, Room 2408There are a lot of steps between having an idea for a video and producing a final product. In this session, you will learn the

basic steps to turn your ideas into action.

Forum for Y’ALL ALLTeaching Journalism Students, Room 3125/302 Anderson RoomLearn about the new campaign developed by UA’s Teaching Journalism class called Forum for Y’ALL to help your school

media become a public forum and be protected from censorship.

SESSION 2 (continued)

SESSION 3BREAK FOR LUNCH ON YOUR OWN FROM NOON — 1 P.M.

1 P.M.FERGUSON CENTER

NOTE: ON-SITE COMPETITIONS END AT NOON

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Feature writing and personality profiles: Get ideas from the best YB, NP, ONSusan G. Newell, MJE, Room 3107/300 Mortar BoardExamine the writing of professionals. Use description, in-depth reporting and compelling leads to pull readers in.

Photography basics ALLJonathan Norris, Room 3104Have an interest in photography but not a lot of experience? In this beginner’s session, students will learn what camera

settings are best for which situations. An open forum for questions will follow the presentation.

Polish and shine! BRTerri Brewer, Room 3115Need more polish and shine when it comes to on-air presentation? This is the session for you! Experienced news reporter

Terri Brewer will give you tips for success.

For new advisers ADSusan Newell, MJE, Room 3125/302 Anderson RoomNew adviser? Afraid of what the future has in store? Do you have questions keeping you awake at night? Fear not! A

seasoned adviser is here to help. Come to this session frazzled, and leave relaxed and energized!

Theme it like you mean it YBJustin Daigle, Room 3700/360 ForumIt all comes down to the visual and verbal elements. While creating your yearbook theme, you need to think about your

brand and how that tells your story of the year.

Choosing covers and creating blurbs LMAlicia Clavell, Room 3108How do you create the perfect cover for your literary magazine? What about the perfect cover blurb? We’ll take a look at

some successful magazine covers and blurbs; then, we will craft our own!

How to write a sports game story that everyone will read YB, NP, ONTom Arenberg, Room 3111It’s the most basic kind of sports story, but there are new ways to do it. Come find out how to make your story stand out

from the rest.

Copyright 101 ALLMatt Bunker, Room 2418What you must know about copyright as a student journalist or adviser. Can you use it? Can you play it? Don’t put your

school media in jeopardy by violating copyright.

SESSION 3 (continued)

SESSION 4 2 P.M.FERGUSON CENTER

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Audience-submitted content ALLBrett Sherrick, Room 3107News audiences can also be news producers. Journalists have access to a wide range of content created directly by the

audience, from letters to the editor to social media posts. This talk will discuss the legal, ethical and practical issues when journalists have access to audience-submitted content.

Making ethical decisions: A primer in using codes of ethics in journalism ALLJen Hoewe, Room 2408Journalists are sometimes faced with ethical dilemmas. They have to decide how to report in a way that will expose the

truth while also minimizing harm. They have to weigh the implications of their personal biases while being independent and professional. In this session, we’ll discuss how journalists use codes of ethics to help them make ethical decisions.

Advanced photography ALLJonathan Norris, Room 3104In this advanced photography session, students will learn about compositions and what makes a great photograph. It will

also discuss how to use specific equipment and settings to get the pictures you want.

SESSION 4 (continued)

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Trust and Respect: Working with your school administrator AD2015 ASPA Administrator of the Year William Smith and Murphy High School Adviser Barbara Bateman, Room 2418Hear how one school built a program with support from administration and how you can do the same.

Making an idea come to action ON, BRRobert Clay, Room 3104Coming up with video story ideas can be hard, but after the idea comes the planning, which can be a real challenge. In this

session, you will learn how to get creative with video ideas and then start the planning process.

Coverage is king: How to provide purposeful coverage YBJustin Daigle, Room 3700/360 ForumTired of covering the same stuff in the same way each year in your publication? Learn new creative forms of storytelling

through use of striking angles, mods, sidebars and alternative story forms.

The effects of news on the public: How journalists influence people’s attitudes ALLJen Hoewe, Room 2408As a journalist, the news that you present influences the people who read, watch or listen to it. This session will examine

how the news content you create influences the public. We’ll also look at how you may be influenced by the media you consume.

Tech talk: Literary magazines and technology LMAlicia Clavell Room 3108Literary magazine publisher Alicia Clavell examines the use of technology in the field of publishing. She will discuss

print versus online venues, how to choose the right medium for your publication and how to use publication technology effectively.

SESSION 5 3 P.M.FERGUSON CENTER

AWARDS CEREMONY 4 P.M.FERGUSON BALLROOM

Mark Mayfield EmceeAssistant Director, The University of Alabama Office of Student Media

Larry Haynes Administrator of the Year

Adviser of the Year

Alabama Broadcasters Association Broadcaster of the Year

Rick Bragg Award for Feature Writing

Bailey Thomson Award for Editorial Writing

Journalist of the Year

J.B. Stevenson Award

Spirit Award

AWARDS PRESENTERS

WORKSHOPS 10 A.M.REESE PHIFER HALL

SATURDAYNOTE: SATURDAY’S SESSIONS ARE MORE FLUID, ONE-ON-ONE STAFF WORKSHOPS.

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8:30 a.m.

9 a.m.

10 a.m.

11 a.m.

Noon

1 p.m.

Join us in the ASPA lobby on the third floor of Reese Phifer for doughnuts, juice and milk! (Bring your own coffee!)

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Lunch on your own

If arrangements have already been made, advisers should see Meredith Cummings for where to report for tours.

William Smith2015 ASPA Administrator of the Year, Murphy High School

Meredith CummingsDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Meredith CummingsDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Meredith CummingsDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Meredith CummingsDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Meredith CummingsDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Meredith CummingsDirector, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Anna WatersProgram Assistant, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

] Each staff will work with a media professional to accomplish goals specific to that school.

SESSION LEADERS

Christi Parsons is a White House correspondent for the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Newspapers DC bureau. She is a 26-year veteran of the Chicago Tribune, where she covered campaigns, state government and local politics before joining the Washington bureau in 2006. A recent past president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, she has an undergraduate degree in journalism and English from The University of Alabama and a master’s degree from Yale Law School.

Tom Arenberg worked for many years as an editor at The Birmingham News and the Alabama Media Group, including 18 years as The News’ sports editor. Before that, he worked as a reporter. He currently is a second-year journalism master’s student and teaching assistant at UA, where he teaches Beginning Sports Writing and Reporting.

Anna Waters, program assistant of the Alabama Scholastic Press Association, is a thesis-track journalism master’s student and graduate assistant at The University of Alabama. She also serves as the program assistant for the National Elementary Schools Press Association. While earning her bachelor’s degree in journalism, Waters worked as the visuals editor of The Crimson White, the independent student newspaper of The University of Alabama. She has also written for al.com and worked as the news editor for Dateline Alabama, a copy editor/designer for Tuscaloosa News, a designer for Mosaic Magazine and an advertising intern for Strategic Marketing Solutions, LLC in Dothan, Alabama. As part of her assistantship, she also leads after-school journalism classes at elementary schools in the Tuscaloosa area. In high school, Waters served as the editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper in Slocomb, Alabama.

Meredith Cummings, MJE and director of the Alabama Scholastic Press Association, has more than 20 years of experience in print, web and multimedia reporting. She is president of the Society of Professional Journalists Alabama Professional Chapter, and adviser for the Capstone Association of Black Journalists. She is a member of the SPJ’s Journalism Education Committee. A newspaper, website and magazine reporter for 16 years before joining academia, Cummings currently blogs for al.com. She is also the director of the National Elementary Schools Press Association, as well as the director of the Multicultural Journalism Workshop at The University of Alabama. In that capacity, she works with K-12 students around the state to help them start and improve broadcast, newspaper, magazine and multimedia journalism through training, workshops and a mentoring program for teachers.

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SESSION LEADERS

Alex Hauser is a junior at The University of Alabama studying visual journalism and is an ASPA alumna. She currently works with the Office of Information Technology at The University of Alabama as a graphic designer. When she’s not designing, she can be found playing with her puppy, Buzz Lightyear, and singing Disney songs.

Marquis Munson is a senior at The University of Alabama graduating in May 2016 with a major in sports journalism. Since attending Alabama in August of 2014, he has had the opportunity to intern and work in sports media on and off campus. He started writing for the student newspaper, The Crimson White, on their sports staff, working as a contributing writer and staff reporter. He also has worked for the student radio station 90.7 The Capstone, hosting two radio shows. He has since become assistant sports director for the station. Munson has had internships with Alabama Public Radio, The Tuscaloosa News, and Tide 99.1.

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SESSION LEADERS

Erin Coggins, MJE, has advised the award-winning publications at Sparkman High School for the past 14 years. Her staffs and students are recognized at the state, regional, and national levels. She has been named the ASPA Adviser of the Year four times and has been honored with a Gold Key from CSPA and a Distinguished Adviser and Special Recognition award from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. Her love for WWII journalist Ernie Pyle is unsurpassed and motivates her to help students excel in the field of journalism.

Kane Belew, CJE, is a representative of Walsworth Yearbooks. His career in sales started as a student at The University of Alabama working at The Crimson White Newspaper. In addition to helping students create awesome yearbooks, Belew shares yearbook sales tips with students to attain revenue goals with confidence.

Brian Oliu is originally from New Jersey and currently teaches at The University of Alabama. He is the author of three full-length collections, So You Know It’s Me (Tiny Hardcore Press, 2011), a series of Craigslist Missed Connections; Leave Luck to Heaven (Uncanny Valley Press, 2014), an ode to 8-bit video games and Enter Your Initials for Record Keeping (Cobalt Press, 2015), essays on NBA Jam. i/o (Civil Coping Mechanisms), a memoir in the form of a computer virus, is forthcoming in 2015. His works in progress deal with professional wrestling and long-distance running (not at once).

Dr. Chandra Clark is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama. She teaches introductory and advanced broadcast news and production, producing, social media, and new media marketing classes. Clark started in a television station when she was 16 as a volunteer, and her passion for journalism has developed, following a career as a senior producer at the ABC affiliate in Birmingham, a freelance producer for the National Association of Broadcasters, and a broadcast media marketing specialist for the Capstone. She has produced a series of award-winning videos for the National Association of Broadcasters relating to broadcast television and radio coverage of the deadly April and May 2011 tornadoes in Tuscaloosa and Joplin, plus Hurricane Sandy’s devastation along the East Coast.

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SESSION LEADERS

Andrew Richardson is Manager of Marketing and Communications in the Office of Information Technology at The University of Alabama. As an undergraduate, he worked at Alabama Public Radio and as the Multimedia Editor and Producer at The Crimson White. He has worked at UA in multiple professional communication roles for about six years, and he holds a B.A. in Communication and M.A. in Higher Education Administration.

Robert Clay is an Emmy-winning filmmaker with over 10 years of experience in the creative industry. He was the lead producer on Alabama Inc., a business docu-series that aired across Alabama on Alabama Public Television. He is co-creator of SEC Shorts, a weekly comedy series featured on the SEC Network and now airing on al.com. His documentary films have aired in film festivals across the Southeast.

Jonathan Norris is a graduate student at The University of Alabama studying journalism. As an undergraduate at UA, he studied visual journalism, including photography, video and magazine design, and served as a photographer/videographer for Dateline Alabama, as well as the photo director for Alpine Living, a biennial travel magazine produced by UA students. In 2015, he won a regional SPJ Mark of Excellence award for online feature reporting for the Dateline Alabama project, “91 Minutes in April,” and he was a region finalist in sport photography for his “Seniors Leave Alabama Perfect.” In 2012, Norris interned with the Department of Homeland Security in the media support division.

Justin Daigle, CJE, advises Reflections, the yearbook of Brighton High School in Colorado. Over the past 10 years, his students’ publication has earned state and national awards including a 2012 Silver Crown from CSPA and a 2014 Pacemaker Finalist from NSPA. Daigle has been honored as the 2009 Colorado High School Press Association Journalism Adviser of the Year and as the 2015 JEA National Special Recognition Yearbook Adviser of the Year. He also won the Journalism Education Association 2010 National Rising Star award. He is the current CHSPA Past-President of his state organization. A true yearbook nerd since he was in middle school and editor of his high school newspaper, Daigle loves to travel to journalism camps and conventions to help empower journalists to create the best yearbook for their peers.

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SESSION LEADERS

Dr. Matthew D. Bunker is the Reese Phifer Professor of Journalism at The University of Alabama. He practiced law before going into academe. Bunker is the author of more than 50 legal journal articles and three books dealing with intellectual property, the First Amendment, and media law. He teaches a media law course at UA. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and a J.D. from the University of Kansas.

Dr. Brett Sherrick is an instructor in the Department of Journalism at The University of Alabama. His research interests include video games, persuasion, digital media, sports media, and media effects, and he primarily examines these topics from a social scientific perspective. He is particularly interested in how games and other digital media can be used to improve the lives of media consumers.

Dr. Dianne Bragg is an assistant professor in the journalism department at The University of Alabama. She teaches a variety of classes including mass communication law and regulation, history of journalism and the First Amendment, mass communication theory, and journalistic principles. Her research interest areas are 19th-century newspapers, in particular the antebellum era. She serves in leadership positions with several academic organizations, including the American Journalism Historians Association and the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression.

Cole Thompson is a senior at The University of Alabama finishing his degree in sports journalism. While at the Capstone, Thompson worked as the lead Alabama beat writer for WVUAFM.com from 2013-2015. Thompson recently was hired as the lead sports writer for TheOdysseyOnline.com. He has also contributed to TheReadOptional.com and WalterFootball.com with NFL Draft talk. This past summer, Thompson worked for the NFL Network for SirusXM in New York City. He also has a college football podcast called “The Morning After” that airs with The Odyssey as well as his new podcast “On The Clock.” Thompson, along with three other Alabama students, recently launched their new website DixielandSports.com, which will feature sports south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

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SESSION LEADERSTerri Brewer joined WBRC FOX6 News in April 2013 as part of their Tuscaloosa newsroom.

However, Terri is not new to Tuscaloosa. She is a graduate of The University of Alabama and began her broadcasting career with Alabama Public Radio. Before joining WBRC, Terri was with WVUA-TV in Tuscaloosa for nearly eight years, working in numerous roles, including anchor, producer, reporter, assistant news director and host of WVUA LawCall. One of Terri’s proudest achievements was serving as producer of “Faces of the Storm,” an hour-long documentary on the April 27, 2011, tornado. Although Terri is not originally from Tuscaloosa, she is proud to call it home and is honored to continue sharing the stories of West Alabama.

Alicia K. Clavell is founder, editor and publisher of Southern Women’s Review, an online and limited-edition print journal. Clavell has been writing about life and style in the South for almost two decades—whether in the pages of Southern Living magazine or in her book by Rockport/Quarry press, Southern Kitchens and Dining Spaces. She is also a former Hackney Literary Award winner and a two-time winner of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Barkesdale-Maynard Poetry Prize. Clavell currently serves as an instructor and freelance writer/consultant for magazines and online venues.

Dr. Jen Hoewe is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at The University of Alabama. Her research examines the effects of news media consumption on individuals’ attitudes and behaviors, as well as public opinion. Dr. Hoewe teaches news writing and reporting, political communication, journalism ethics, media effects and research methods. As a University Graduate Fellow, she completed her Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University.

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Susan Newell, MJE and NBCT, has advised award-winning scholastic newspapers and yearbooks in a local middle school and high schools. She is Alabama’s JEA Director, has served as a SIPA board member and as ASPA president. She is an Alabama Advisor of the Year, a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Special Recognition Advisor and Distinguished Advisor and an ASNE Reynolds HSJ Institute fellow.

THANK YOU

Dean Mark Nelson and the C&IS Dean’s OfficeDr. Wilson Lowrey, Journalism Department Chair

Holley Mabury, Crechale Stevens and the Department of JournalismDepartment of Advertising and Public Relations

Department of Telecommunication and FilmDepartment of Communication Studies

Diane Shaddix and the C&IS Graduate ProgramSteve Diorio and the staff of WVUA-TV

Paul Wright, Mark Mayfield and the Office of Student MediaJohn Stevenson with The Randolph LeaderTeaching Journalism (JN 436/536) class

Jason Frost, Krista James, Alex Hauser, Lauren Meadows, Cara Walker, Matt Wilson and all our wonderful session leaders!

Alabama Broadcasters AssociationAlabama Press Association

JostensPicaboo Yearbooks

Walsworth Yearbooks

Jostens

President Connie Nolen, Pelham High School, PelhamPast President Melissa Dixon, Oak Mountain High School, Birmingham

Vice President Renee Quaife, Sparkman High School, HarvestSecretary Capri Day, Hillcrest High School, Tuscaloosa

Member at large, Mobile, Barbara Bateman, Murphy High SchoolMember at large, Montgomery, Susanne Harrison

Member at large, Auburn, Beth Antoine, Auburn High SchoolMember at large, Birmingham, Melissa DixonMember at large, Huntsville, Michelle Sisson

Director Emeritus Marie ParsonsDirector Meredith Cummings

Program Assistant Anna Waters

The Alabama Scholastic Press Association would like to say thank you to:

Patrons:

Sponsor of the Adviser Hospitality Room:

And another thank you to our ASPA board members:

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