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photo by Nathan Lane, Davenport Central
| Welcome & Keynote | 9:00 AM | |
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| Jonathan Roger, IHSPA President | Welcome | |
| David Ryfe, UI School of Journalism & Mass Communication Director | Why Choose a Journalism Degree in College? | |
| Tim Harrower, author | Keynote | “Fun 101: How to Add More Punch and Pizazz to Your Publication.” |
| Session 1 | 9:50 to 10:30 am | |
| Logan Aimone, School Newspapers Online | Managing an Online First Newsroom | Don’t let your news website exist in the shadow of your print edition — a dynamic news website and an “online first” philosophy can transform and reinvigorate your coverage. We’ll cover managing workflow, collaboration, frequency of publication, student responsibilities, tracking and grading the work and dealing with school administration. |
| Jonathan Rogers, City High, Iowa City | Why Not Be Awesome? | Is your publication missing the wow factor or interesting stories that get people talking? This session will go over how leading high school publications are producing great content and it isn’t that hard. #contentmatters |
| Donna Manfull, retired adviser and yearbook consultant | Keeping Yearbooks Real | Unlike newspapers that are read today and disposed, yearbooks are likely to be read more in the distant future than when first published. How can yearbooks be trendy and yet retain the core values that make them valuable in 20 year? {Good design, good photography, good writing NEVER go out of style.} |
| Mark Witherspoon, Editorial Adviser, Iowa State Daily | It’s the Democalypse! Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid | You’ve just taken over the United States, and as its newest dictator, you have to decide how best to control your citizens. First things first, which First Amendment freedoms do you take away? You decide, then we’ll see how well you control the masses. |
| Vanessa Shelton, Quill and Scroll | 10 Tools For Your Editing Toolbox | Whether you’re a copy editor, section editor, media producer, social media editor or editor-in-chief, there are tools any editor can use to help produce the best possible yearbook, website, social media blast, video or newspaper. This session will focus on tools to successfully edit content and lead your staff. |
| JoAnn Gage, Mount Vernon HS Adviser | Using Social Media to Enhance School Publications |
Does your publication use Pinterest to gather ideas? Does your school promote a common hashtag for Twitter? Journalism students from Mount Vernon High School and their adviser JoAnn Gage will discuss using Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube for better publications. |
| David Scrivner, Iowa City Press Citizen photojournalist | Smart phonography | This session will help you develop your skills a photographer using only your cell phone. The cell phone camera has drastically changed the world of photography. Anyone with a phone has the ability to shoot, edit and transmit photos around the entire world (and space!). Professional photographers are using their phones in situations that may be more challenging with a large-bodied camera while others are using Instagram and various forms of social media to create online portfolios to seek jobs and freelance opportunities. We will focus on building up your arsenal of photography tools to help you create unique, thoughtful images. |
| Yearbook student panel | Hosted by Natalie Niemeyer: Des Moines East HS Adviser | How to survive strict deadlines, send in 300 pages by March and still have fun being a #yerd. |
| Session 2 | 10:35 to 11:15 AM | |
| Betty Christian Davenport North HS | Dunk the deadlines | Using your noodles, marbles & more to keep your staff energized and unified, participate in team building activities and share yours with all in attendance. – See more at: https://www.ihspa.org/2309/showcase/fall-conference-spakers/#sthash.n1XXMlP8.dpuf |
| Admissions | Iowa Overview: The Hawkeye Way | Learn more about the opportunities that await you at the University of Iowa. The UI is a top 30 public university, offering over 200 areas of study in several highly ranked programs. Students at Iowa have access to the resources of a Big Ten institution while still receiving the individualized attention that comes along with the UI’s close-knit campus. In this presentation you’ll also hear from current students about how to get involved at Iowa and why it’s so great to be a Hawkeye! |
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Tim Harrower, author |
Writing for Non-Readers | Are readers bored by all those dull 15-inch stories? Unfortunately, yes. Here’s how to make your publication more reader-friendly by rethinking and repackaging news and features into useful, interactive sidebars, fact boxes, checklists and other innovative chunks. And we’ll show how writers, editors, photographers and designers can collaborate more effectively. |
| Logan Aimone, School Newspapers Online | More Than a Story | Learn to present information on the story page — beyond just the story text. See best practices for headlines, captions, graphics, images, audio and video. Discover new ways to deliver information to your online audience through embedded information and context. |
| Gina Rogers, Grant Wood AEA Technology Consultant | In The Green | How to use green screening to make awesome videos with an iPad. |
| Kyle Philips, CR Washington Adviser | Audio Podcasting 101 | Learn all the basics of necessary equipment, planning, recording, and publishing an audio podcast for your website. |
| J.R. Ogden, Gazette Sports Editor | Reporting – before you start writing” | |
| Digital and Print editors panel | Hosted by Sara Whittaker: Iowa City West HS Adviser |
More details soon |
| Session 3 | 11:20 to 12 | |
| Liz Martin, Gazette Photojournalist | How to avoid the photo bomb | Creating compelling photos that tell the story of your school |
| Logan Aimone, School Newspapers Online | 15 for ‘15 | Fifteen things today’s online news staff should think about and do for 2015 — and beyond. |
| Jim Straub, Morgan Adrian, Amanda Tillery and Brian Hempstead | H(app)ening Publications | This session will focus on apps (iOS and Android) that will enhance your readers’ experience. Additionally we will explore apps that will make journalism life easier. Two key parts of this session will be exploring apps that will help you take stunning photographs with a smartphone and including augmented reality technology to make your yearbook or newspaper come to life. |
| Brian Steffen, Simpson College | Beyond Old Media: Your Future in Journalism | Journalism and media are evolving at light speed in the 21st Century, and many young people are wondering whether it’s a good career choice for them. With 10 years experience in journalism and 25 years in journalism education, Brian Steffen of Simpson College will show you why there have never been more opportunities in the profession and what you can do to best prepare yourself to take advantage of them. |
| Donna Manfull, retired adviser and yearbook consultant | Better Yearbook Coverage Tell the WHOLE story | Whether a traditional or chronological book, make a commitment to cover all students, clubs, organizations, sports and academics at your school. Make it a book everyone will want to buy. Starting with the ladder, include as many activities as possible. We will discuss covering beats, conducting interviews and giving surveys as well as creating sidebars and writing captions. |
| Charles Munro, University of Iowa |
Broadcast – Tips and oportunities |
What is a producer |
| Tour Daily Iowan & Adler Journalism Building | SJMC Ambassadors | Meet the UI booth in the ballroom to tour the Daily Iowan and Adler Journalism Building |
| Adviser meeting | ||
| Lunch | Noon to 1:10 | |
| Adviser | Adviser lunch | Adviser of the year & Stratton awards |
| Student | Check the list of downtown venues or the River Room in the Memorial Union | |
| Session 4 | 1:15 to 1:55 | |
| Lyle Muller, IowaWatch.org | How to Amaze Your Readers By Going Deep | Seldom does telling people what they already know excite them. But tell them something they didn’t know, or didn’t even think they could know. This workshop tells you how much readers like that, and how you can write those kinds of stories. |
| Lucas Grundmeier Evening breaking news editor, Register Media | Dominating breaking news coverage | How to keep calm when news breaks and use all of the tools, new and old, at your disposal to discover and dispense timely, accurate content that your audience craves – and how to think of the questions that lead to important follow-up stories. |
| Chris Snider, Drake University | Building a social media strategy | This hands-on session will walk you through building a social media strategy for your publication. You’ll take a look at what you’re currently doing and use proven ideas to build a plan for the future. We will explore the idea of native content, as well as creating content that benefits your followers. |
| Brian Ray, Hawkeye Sports Photographer | Chasing the dream: | Come learn about sports photography and pursuing the career of your dreams from University of Iowa Athletics Department staff photographer Brian Ray. |
| Logan Aimone, School Newspapers Online | Get Engaged: | Social Media Beyond Facebook, Twitter and Instagram |
| Allison Berryhill, Atlantic High School adviser and Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Iowa Attorney General & Student-Press Advocate. | Can We Report That? | A high school principal is arrested for public intoxication; a school fight results in a death; a beloved teacher commits suicide; a student lights a tampon (??) on fire and throws it in a trashcan. Can you report these stories? You bet. Find out what you can cover in your publications (everything) and how you can do it (legally, bravely). This interactive, high-energy session will give you use-tomorrow strategies for writing about tough topics. |
| Max Fruend, Interactive Media Journalist, The Gazette and KCRG | Digital tools and when you use them | The digital area has afforded journalists a myriad of storytelling techniques. It is no longer just text. You have photos, videos, graphics, data, charts and maps to name a few. But with so many options, the modern journalist is often confronted by two questions. What is the best tool I can use to tell my story? And, Do I have enough time to get this done? I am here to show you some projects we have taken on at The Gazette. Some of the tools we used, and how to make the decision of what is the best way to tell your story in the shortest amount of time possible. |
| Donna Manfull, retired adviser and yearbook consultant | Writing for yearbooks | This isn’t a novel or a magazine. It’s a yearbook, and the writing for it needs to fit the purpose of a yearbook. Tell the story, make it accurate, get everyone involved — and make it fun so people will want to read it now and in years to come. [Would cover everything from beats to interviewing to surveys to writing styles to sidebars to captions, etc.] |
| Closing & Awards | 2:00 to 2:30 | |
