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Insi d.e Jou.:rnalism A Ne"sletter Published by the Journalism Department of Columbia College Chicago Spring 2003 Bill's Book About UPI Debuts By Riroko Abe Bill Fergusou is gea.rir,g up t<> sir;tt copies Qf/ris .; Master's Class of2004 lo11g-awaited book at un autograph parry and "" .rn. ,.,. "' ,. receptiou in tire Llbrary's second floor '.~-.... :1= . · \Veil known in the Journalism IYei.sma11 Readbtg Room ,614 S. A-Jichigun, fJfllii:, . Department for his friendliness as an from 6 to i:30 p.m. on Friday, June 6. · instructor and his service as tutor, Bill Ferguson is gaining new fame as the He also included UPI's earlier history author of "UniPrcss: United and correspondence. International Covering the 20th "We did inquiries- '\Vhere were you Century." when Kennedy was assassinated?' type After bis retirement from the United of thing. We collected these responses Press .In ternational (uPl) wire service in and tried to put them together to create 1990, Ferguson began teaching at some kind of interesting point of view," Columbia College Chicago. he said. He believes the best way to learn to The book chronicles historical world write is to read examples of good writ news, what was happening in the news ing. He otlen writes his own stories fo r room then and how reporters had cov comparison with his students' home ered each issue, together with aspects of work assignments. f ive yean; ago he how UPI itself grew in the last century. embarked on one of the biggest writing Readers may enjoy reliving the world projects of his life-a book. He said the news scene through the eyes and ears of hardest pan was compiling and com UPI reporters. Of course, this being pressing the UPI's century-long history Bill's book, there are many good exam into 400 pages. He co-authored tbe book ples taken from actual news copy. with a 36-year UPI veteran, Richard M. As one of UPl's legacy makers, Haruet who died just after the manu Ferguson said writing this book was so script was completed. much fun. He enjoyed reminiscing. He "We did it [selecting content] basically began working at UPI in 1950 and by location. We were able to determine served in the Atlanta, Chicago and what UPI people were involved in and \Vashington, O.C., bureaus for 40 years. covering. Then, we made sure we bad He returned to Washington recently for a all the facts about the stories, " Ferguson book signing at the National Press Club explained. with Mary Hamett, his late co-authors Research was based on telephone calls, daughter, that drew more than 100 peo memoirs and biographies of UPI people. ple. (Sec story J-Majors are Student Gov't Leaders page 8} Gina ,Jiannuzzi Kelsey Minor Tamas Horvath \,Ven Tuog President J-Dept. Representative Representative Representative Page 2 Inside Journalism Trai.11 ing 'Editor of the Diversity Ins titute of the Freedom Forum Visits Campus Veteran newspaper reporter and journal ism instructor Robbie lvlorganfield (standing) of the Freedom Forum's Diversity Institute ac Vanderbilt University in Nashville vis ited Columbia College in February and met with students, alumni, faculty and staffwicb au interest in both journalism and racial diversity of newspaper staffs. The Freedom forum, an oonpartisan foundation dedicated 10 free press, free speech and free spirit for all people, is aggressively seeking to identi fy, recruit and train people ofco lor fo r jour nalism careers. He discussed various internship scholar ships for photo, design and editorial interns and fe llowship opportunities for students and midcareer journalist,;. Latest Awards for Campus Journalism -- . Cali: THE COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIAT ION ..... .... 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War Repo Foreign Correspondent Speaks Between Iraqi Trips Chicago Tribune Staff Reporter Bill Glaubcr addressed the Journalism Department's Advanced Reporting and Topics in Journalism (Hwnan Rights & the Media) classes in late February between trips Fox News Channers Rick Leventhal is embedded with to Iraq before and during the war. A long-time for Introduction to Mass Media students who attended a J>anel discussion on "\Var Reporting in the 21st eign correspondent, be joined the Tribune last August Century" at the Chicago Cultural Center moderated by after 25 years with the Baltimore Sun, a Tribune Toe Weck Magazine's consulting editor, Harold Evans Company paper. For the lost seven years he was and featuring tonner NBC-TV Gulf \Var correspondent based in London, covering major conflicts in Europe Arthur Keot and Colonel ~tuart Wagner, deputy director and the Middle East. He has covered wars and polit of Pentaion publtc affairs planrung for Operations ical unrest in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Desert Sliield and Desert Storm. Journalists on assign ment in the M.id East participated via satellite. fUNNY BUSINESS. This year's John Fischetti Editori:il Cartoon Competition awarded the S3,000 first prize lo Bruce Plante, editorial canoon1st for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, and the S 1,500 second prize to Chris Britt ofThe State Journal Register (Springrield, 111.). The May I even< includ· ed an auction of 42 original. signed editorial cartoons donated by Karen Fischeni and past wiJUtcrs of 1he Fischetti Competition. Proceeds of the annual event (m\d the Fischetti Scholarship Endowment. Fro.-n left: Barry Rice, acting. chair of the Jounlalism Department; Doreen Bartoni. dean, School of Media Arts; first-prize winner Plante; Karen Fiscbeni; second-prize winner Britt; and Bill Hood. chainnan of Columhia College's Board of Trustees. Page 4 Inside Journal ism New Faculty Profiles for Spring Semester C raig Aaron, who is News. Prior to that>s he was producer of included research and editin_g for Senior teaching lntroduction the 6 p.m. News fo r First State News, White House Corrcspondem Helen to Magazines, is man Wilmington, Del., where she also bad been Thomas. Earlier in his career, he was man aging editor o f In an anchor reporter fo r Wl.LM-AM aging editor for high-tech magazines and These Times where he Ne,vsradio. Earlier she was ne,vs direc newsletters of Phillips Publishing Inc. in has been since, I99 7. tor/anchor at WBUX-AM, D0yles1own, Houston and \Vashington. He was a busi He worked his way up Pa. • Desk/Production assistant at KYW ness reporter for 1he (Boulder) Daily through tbe editorial Aivf Newsradio in Philadelphia and pro Camera and a stringe.r for the Associated ranks of Lhe biweekly political news ducer/news aochor fo r \VXPN-FM. Press in Denver. magazine ITOin assistant editor 10 oe"'is and Philadelphia. fcarures editor'. Mary Galligan, who He also was editor of the book "Appeal to Elizabelh Owens-Schiele is teaching ' teaches the Reporting Reason: 25 Years In These Times" (Seven lntroductlon to Writing & Reporting. She of Public Affairs-Srate Stories Press), a compilation o f $elected is executive editor/general manager of coucse in the graduate archivnl articles and images along with Tribune Media Services . She ,vas named program, is a former c-0mmissioned essays. Previously he 2002 Employee of ,he Year for her creation press secretary to the worked as a researcher at Chicago maga• and ongoiog success of the On the Mark L-- ~ -zr fo rmer Illinois Lt. z:ine and iotemed at the Memphis Flyer, an Media. specialty publications division of Gov. Bob Kustra. allernalive newsweekly, aod the Internet TMS. Before joining the Tribune, she was Currently a frceJanc.e writer, she prevfous• Underg round, where he reviewed web assistaut fearures editor and director of ly worked for the Chicago Sun-Times as an sites, wtoh?- and edited for the monthly special projects at the Chicago Sun-Tunes. editorial writer, was Midwest correspon~ covering technology aod culture. where she had started as syndicate manag dent for U.S. News & World Rcpon. was er/editor. Prior to that she was managing an editorial writer for Lindsay-Schaub r-:;;.,,;;;;::--1 Frank Alkycr IS editor in Bannockbum and staff ,•.iriter in Newspapers in Decatur. Ill., and an educa• · · ··. ::, :~ teaching Magazine Park Ridge for the Pione.e.r Press cion writer for the Muskegon (Michigan) Editing.