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Notes from today's CSPA:
Yesterday, I was blown away by design. Today, it was photo. Sharon Olson from Bishop Gorman, a private school in Las Vegas, showed off some ridiculous digital photos that had showed up in their yearbook. She gave me a CD of the photos after the performance but asked me not to post them online, so if anybody wants to see what good high schoolers can do, come by and see me. At a stimulating session on the rights and responsibilities of the press given by AP Supervising Editor Marco Mulcahy, I met Megan Chase, the Woodlan High School sophomore from Fort Wayne, Ind., who wrote a pro-gay rights editorial in her high school paper which outraged the administration who then asked for editorial oversight. Mr. Mulcahy said he'd be willing to speak to Spec. Score! One of the speakers failed to show up so Key Nguyen and I fielded questions and talked about our own stories from Spec. Conclusions: students think covering riots is cool, but that drinking beer and shopping on Fifth Avenue is cooler. Banner headline from "Building a Better Blog," hosted by Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society at Penn State Malcolm Moran: Middle-Aged Journalism Professors Distrust Wikipedia, Blogs: Cite Uncertainty About Future of Old, New Media.
1 comment:
Josh,
Thanks for answering the prior questions -- your responses are certainly enlightening.
How does the Spec go about training reporters? As an organization, do you employ more 'creative' approaches such as sending reporters off to bring back stories to hone their observation skills? Or is it more of a traditional approach?
Perhaps more out of personal curiosity, have you found any particularly creative ideas to inspire stories from predecessors or just in field experience?
And how does the Spec work with CSPA? I understand there's a collegiate competition -- is your paper allowed to enter? Do you see the conference as a bit of a recruiting grounds? Or are you an intern for CSPA?
Great blogging!
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