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Table of Contents Keynotes . 4 Media Tours . .6 Media Critiques . 6 Photo Shootout . 7 Apple Awards . 7 Portfolio Reviews . .8 Hotel Maps . 10 Pre-Con Workshops . 16 Wednesday Schedule . 16 Thursday Schedule . 18 Friday Schedule . .31 Saturday Schedule . 43 __________________________ Board of Directors Rachele Kanigel President San Francisco State University Bryan Murley Vice President Eastern Illinois University Kelley Callaway Welcome to the city that never sleeps! Vice President for Member Services Rice University As a New York native, I love coming to CMA’s Spring National Media Convention Chris Poore every March. And this year I get the thrill of sharing my hometown with you! Treasurer if you can fi nd the time, i recommend you take in a show (you can get day-of- University of Kentucky performance discount tickets at the TKTS ticket booth at Times Square), visit one of New York’s world-class museums, amble through Central Park (one entrance Bonnie Thrasher is just six blocks from our hotel at Seventh Avenue and West 59th Street) or just Secretary walk the streets and breathe in the smell of hot pretzels and roasting chestnuts Arkansas State University emanating from vendors on nearly every corner. New York is like no other place on earth. David Swartzlander Immediate Past President But plan your time wisely. While the city may beckon, there’s plenty going on Doane College inside the Sheraton that you won’t want to miss. Among the highlights of this year’s convention: Chris Carroll • More than 270 sessions led by some of the top professionals and college media advisers in the country. Executive Director • Captivating keynoters: CBs evening News anchor scott Pelley, political journalist Michael skolnik of GlobalGrind.com and media powerhouse Bonnie Fuller, whose resume includes top spots at Vanderbilt University Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Glamour, USWeekly and now HollywoodLife.com. __________________________ • Tours to major New York media outlets, including The Huffi ngton Post, CNN, Mashable, gawker, Hearst Magazines, ProPublica, democracy Now, The Wall street Journal and more. • One-on-one meetings with media professionals: The Professionals in Residence program allows you Headquarters Staff to sit down for 20 minutes with a pro in your fi eld. sign up for a slot in the registration area starting Thursday. Lori Brooks • A Journalism Hackathon: Get ready to conjure, build on and adapt story ideas in ways you never before Associate Executive Director imagined in a collaborative brainstorming session/trivia night led by dan Reimold, the author of the College Media Association textbook Journalism of Ideas and the blog College Media Matters. Advisers, there’s plenty for you, too, including more than 25 sessions geared specifi cally toward helping you do Jeff Breaux your job even better. in addition, i hope to see you at the advisers-only reception Thursday night and the Meet Business Director in the Suite social event on Friday. Vanderbilt University While this convention may seem to spring up on its own every year, it’s actually the result of months of work by Jim Hayes Associate executive director lori Brooks and our tireless headquarters staff – executive director Chris Carroll, Technology and Broadcast Business director (and designer extraordinaire) Jeff Breaux and Technology and Broadcast director Jim Hayes. Director When you see them in the hotel hallways, be sure to give them a high fi ve. Vanderbilt University And if you’re looking to get more involved in CMA, talk to one of us. Planning has already begun for our __________________________ summer workshops July 29-Aug. 1 in Nashville and our fall convention in Philadelphia, Oct. 29-Nov. 2. If you have ideas for programs you want to attend or lead and projects you’d like CMA to take on, we’re all ears. Program Design Jeff Breaux Enjoy the Big Apple! Rachele Kanigel, CMA president Program Printing and Sponsor Franklin Graphics Convention Committees Programming Lori Brooks (chair) College Media Association Candace Baltz Washington State University Sacha DeVroomen Bellman Scott Pelley Miami University - Ohio 11 a.m. Thursday | Metro East, Second Floor Kelley Callaway CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will present Rice University a NYC14 keynote on Thursday, March 13. Pelley is one of the most experienced reporters in broadcast journalism and Alexa Capeloto John Jay College has covered everything from breaking national news stories to politics and wars. of Criminal Justice The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley has been awarded several prestigious Cindy Carter honors, including a duPont, a Peabody and three Emmys. In addition to serving Louisiana State University as CBS News’ chief anchor, Pelley is a correspondent for 60 Minutes. Some of his most recent 60 Minutes assignments include an interview with the chief Paige Clancy Vanderbilt University accuser in Major League Baseball’s doping case against Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees; the only interview with one of the Navy SEALs who helped Jessica Clary Savannah College of Art kill Osama bin Laden; and an award-winning series that shed light on homeless and Design-Atlanta children in central Florida. Pelley joined CBS News as a New York-based reporter in 1989. He later Frank Coffman Rock Valley College served as a correspondent based in Dallas and CBS News’ chief White House correspondent, where he covered the Monica Lewinsky scandal and Andy Dehnart Stetson University the impeachment of President Clinton. Pelley began in journalism at 15 as a copyboy at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper. He attended Texas Tech Allison Bennett Dyche University. He was inducted into the Texas Tech University alumni Hall of Fame Appalachian State University and serves on the board of the university’s School of Mass Communications. Joe Gisondi Eastern Illinois University Jim Hayes Vanderbilt University Bonnie Fuller Nanci Healy 11 a.m. Friday | Metro East, Second Floor New York University Noted editor Bonnie Fuller, founding president and editor-in-chief of Don Krause HollywoodLife.com, will present a NYC14 keynote on Friday, March 14. Truman State University The much-written-about Fuller is known for transforming young women’s Jake Lowary media, having launched and re-invented many national women’s magazines and Austin Peay State University celebrity weeklies. Running HollywoodLife.com — with celebrity news, style, entertainment and Michael Longinow Biola University young women’s issues — is a different beast, Fuller said. The pace is faster, the resources are tighter and “I’m in the trenches with (my staff),” she told The Wall Dan Reimold University of Tampa Street Journal. Fuller’s resume includes stints as editor-in-chief of YM, Cosmopolitan, Melinda Shelton Glamour and US Weekly, where she’s credited with creating the modern celebrity Xavier University of Louisiana newsweekly when she revised the title; and executive vice president and chief David Simpson editorial director of American Media, overseeing multiple publications. Georgia Southern University Fuller is also a regular contributor to the Today show, Good Morning Michael Smith America, The CBS Morning Show, Access Hollywood, Showbiz Tonight, Good Campbell University Day New York, Inside Edition and Cosmo Radio. She also writes for The Michael Taylor Huffington Post and authored the book The Joys of Much Too Much: Go For The Henderson State University Big Life – The Great Career, The Perfect Guy and Everything Else You’ve Ever Bradley Wilson Wanted. Midwestern State University Mark Witherspoon Iowa State University Susan Zake Kent State University Michael Skolnik 11 a.m. Saturday | Metro West, Second Floor Critiques Civil-rights leader Michael Skolnik will present NYC14’s closing keynote Adrianne Henderson Roger Williams University address Saturday, March 15. Skolnik is a filmmaker turned social media trailblazer (120,000+ followers Jessica Clary on Twitter) and journalist/advocate. He is political director for hip-hop pioneer Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta Russell Simmons and president of GlobalGrind.com, an online destination founded by Simmons with more than 6.5 million viewers per month. Media Tours Skolnik focuses on fighting violence, poverty and ignorance. He has led Alexa Capeloto John Jay College of Criminal national conversations about the death of Trayvon Martin and subsequent trial Justice/CUNY of George Zimmerman, race and the Obama presidency, the Boston Marathon Nanci Healy bombings and the rise of violence in Chicago. As a leading voice for young New York University America, he regularly appears on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, HLN and other networks. Professionals in Residence With the “He Has A Name” campaign, personalizing victims of violence, Lila Carney Quinnipiac University Skolnik used journalistic skills to carry the torch for social change. He regularly speaks to audiences of young Americans about their capacity to bring about Vendor Coordinator change. Anne Richard University of Oklahoma He is a graduate of UCLA. OFFICIAL CONVENTION SPONSOR OF THE NYC14 ADVISER RECEPTION CMA Says Critiques Thanks In Need of an Expert: We’d like to thank a number of Critique Me organizations and people who gave freely of their time, expertise and travel budgets From pro resume reviews to in-depth publicationublication discussions, to provide sessions, critiques and special NYC14 has a variety of options for critiques. events to NYC14: CMA Critiques: You’ll get 50 minutes of an expert’s undivided attention. If you paid when you registered for the convention online, you should Student Press Law Center already have a time slot reserved. Check in with our critiques team in the www.splc.org registration area (9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday and Friday) with questions or to help you fi nd your table. if you didn’t register online but you’d still like a Society of Publication Designers critique, stop by. if there are still slots available, we’d love to fi t you in.