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Table of Contents 3 Local Welcome 4 Welcome WELCOME Welcome to Phoenix, the perfect place to 5 Convention Officials Power Up. The energy begins Thursday night and doesn’t slow down until Sunday. The Power of Phoenix brings more than 8 Special Events 300 sessions to your fingertips, providing you the opportunity to experience writing Convention Rules and design, broadcasting, photography, 8 advertising and personal and staff recognition in four energy-filled days. Keynote Speakers From preregisterd sessions and computer 11 labs to swap shops and media tours, each day is packed with events that will keep 12 Featured Speakers you Powered Up from morning to night. 14 Middle School Sessions 14 Administrative Sessions SPECIAL 14 New Adviser Sessions EVENTS New Media Sessions From America’s Historical Newspaper 14 Display and curriculum exchanges to student contests and dances, JEA Media Law Sessions and NSPA offer convention attendees 15 activities and programs to enhance the convention experience beyond Friday 18 Thursday Chart and Saturday sessions. 19 Thursday Sessions 20 Friday Charts KEYNOTE Friday Sessions 26 SPEAKERS 35 Convention Sponsors Aaron Brown is the inaugural Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism at Arizona State University. Mary Beth 48 Saturday Charts Tinker lives in Washington, D.C., and works as a registered nurse, holding master’s degrees in nursing and public 52 Saturday Sessions health. Both have had significant influence on journalism. 64 Speaker Bios 76 Map QFHHZ!HSFHPSZ-!DKF- mpdbm!dpnnjuuff!dp.dibjs!!! Welcome eztbsu!vojßfe!tdippm!ejtusjdu Welcome DISJTUJOF!CSBOEFMM-!DKF- qpxfs!VQ" mpdbm!dpnnjuuff!dp.dibjs! ijhimboe!ijhi!tdippm Welcome to Phoenix, the nation's fifth-largest city, in the Valley of the Sun. With hundreds of learning sessions, high-profile keynotes and problem-solving breakouts, workshops and discussion groups, Phoenix is the perfect place to Power Up. Convention activities such as vendors showcasing journalism-related products and services, contests, awards gps!b!HSFBU! convocations, on-site critiques, Break with a Pro and Media Swap Shops, student dances and adviser receptions will all help you go home and power up your publication, Web site or broadcast. ÓXf!xbou!up!tbz!uibol!zpv!up!uif! The energy begins Thursday night with Aaron Brown's opening keynote. 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Their suspension from school resulted in a court case that was bsj{pob!ofxtqbqfst!bttpdjbujpo ultimately decided by the United States Supreme Court in February 1969. To mark the 40th nfejb!upvst-!UJOB!DMFBWFMJO!LMFDLB- kptufot!qvcmjtijoh anniversary of the landmark decision upholding students' free speech rights at school, dpoofdu!xjui!dpmmfhft-!EBWF!DPSOFMJVT- Mary Beth Tinker will share her story and empower students to use their voices. btv!dspoljuf!tdippm!pg!kpvsobmjtn!!! boe!nbtt!dpnnvojdbujpo mfbso!B!MPU" Both the keynote sessions, as well as the awards ceremonies Saturday txbq!tipqt-!NJDIFMMF!DPSP-!DKF-! afternoon and Sunday morning, are held in the Phoenix Convention Center. ! eftfsu!wjtub!ijhi!tdippm Most other sessions and contests are there, too, with wide hallways and nz!tqbdf0gbdfcppl-!NFMJTTB!GJUUSP- tvosjtf!npvoubjo!ijhi!tdippm spacious rooms. Other convention sessions are across the street at the ofxtqbqfs!sfdfqujpo!LSJTUJO!HJMHFS- Hyatt hotel and a few blocks away at ASU's new Walter Cronkite School btv!dspoljuf!tdippm!pg!kpvsobmjtn ///!juÖt!XPSUI!JU" boe!nbtt!dpnnvojdbujpo! of Journalism and Mass Communication. Its state-of-the-art labs and bewjtfs!iptqjubmjuz-!GBJUI!IBSSJT- studios will impress, so be sure to head over for a session or tour. dibqqbsbm!ijhi!tdippm Downtown Phoenix has grown since JEA and NSPA were bewjtfs!hjwfbxbzt-!BOOB!IPSUPO- ijhimboe!ijhi!tdippm Qipupt!cz!Bnboeb!Wphu last here in 2002. Look around the Copper Square area for jttvf!tfnjobst-!FSJO!IPXBSE-!DKF- restaurants, shopping and entertainment at the Arizona Center, tboesb!ebz!pÖdpoops!ijhi!tdippm xsjuf.pggt-!EFBOOF!IVUDIJTPO- Chase Field or US Airways Arena. METRO light rail opened last tvooztmpqf!ijhi!tippm December, and it's your convenient and inexpensive link to pvusfbdi!bdbefnz-!ZWPOOF!KPIOTPO- Phoenix as well as the airport, Tempe and Mesa. Of course, the xftuxppe!ijhi!tdippm csfbl!xjui!b!qsp0dvssjdvmvn!fydibohf-!! hotel pool is probably a good place to relax in the sun after the KJMM!KPOFT- sessions end. Make sure you wear sunscreen. dbsm!ibzefo!ijhi!tdippm tdipmbstijqt-!BOJUB!MVFSB- We've made some changes for the 2009 spring btv!dspoljuf!tdippm!pg!kpvsobmjtn convention, and we want to hear from you. Let us know boe!nbtt!dpnnvojdbujpo! what you think by stopping one of us to chat, or fill out the nz!tqbdf0gbdfcppl-!UBZMPS!NPSSJT- tvosjtf!npvoubjo!ijhi!tdippm convention evaluation survey. You can always send e-mail, or jttvf!tfnjobst-!KPF!QGFJGG-!DKF- post comments on our Facebook page. sfujsfe!bewjtfs xsjuf.pggt-!LSJTUZ!SPTDILF-!DKF- By the time we say our goodbyes Sunday morning, we tvosjtf!npvoubjo!ijhi!tdippm hope you have been energized, charged and powered up — ready tuvefou!ebodft-!NFMBOJF!TIBXDSPGU- to finish the year and plan for the next. We hope you'll have had a tvooztmpqf!ijhi!tdippm qspnpujpot-!NBSZ!UJUVT- chance to soak up some good ideas — and some sunshine. ifsgg!kpoft!qvcmjtijoh bewjtfs!sfdfqujpo-!SBOEJ!UVSL- GSPOU!SPX;!!Ubzmps!Npssjt-!Lsjtuz!Sptdilf-!Bojub!Mvfsb/!!NJEEMF!SPX;!! dfousbm!ijhi!tdippm Boob!Ipsupo-!Disjtujof!Csboefmm-!Kpf!Qgfjgg-!Qfhhz!Hsfhpsz-!Dbsnfo!Xfoeu/!! Linda Puntney Logan Aimone tuvefou!wpmvouffst-!LSJT!VSCBO- CBDL!SPX;!!Zwpoof!Kpiotpo-!Nbsz!Ujuvt-!Sboej!Uvsl-!Nfmjttb!Gjuusp MJE, JEA Executive Director MjE, NSPA Executive Director dpspob!efm!tpm!ijhi!tdippm po.tjuf!dsjujrvft-!DBSNFO!XFOEU-!DKF- sfujsfe!bewjtfs SPECIAL EVENTS Information Network will provide Friday morning reception at the school’s new home. Refreshments no more than two people per school per session may refreshments; Friesens will provide Saturday and hors d’oeuvres will be served. sign up. Walsworth Publishing Co. has provided the morning hospitality. 8-10 p.m. Saturday, The First Amendment Forum, ASU lab in the Hyatt. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Friday and Saturday, Gilbert, Hyatt, and Rooms 316 and Cowboy Artists, Hyatt Student Evening Entertainment Lab 2 (318) ASU Dances for students on Friday and Saturday nights attending the convention and junior high publications Friday Adviser Luncheon Connect with Colleges can enter if the adviser is a registered delegate at the will have music provided by a DJ. This is a good time Adviser Reception Relax and dine with your colleagues in a relaxed This session allows students to relax and talk with convention. Enter your newspaper, newsmagazine, to enjoy the music and dancing with other student Honoring First-Time setting. This luncheon will honor the Phoenix local representatives from colleges and universities literary arts magazine, video, Web site or yearbook at journalists from around the country. Students must committee. Pre-registration was required. Please about their journalism programs, majors, student Attendees the Best of Show desk. Winners will be announced at present their convention name badge to be admitted bring your ticket. opportunities and possible careers. There will be two Advisers who are first-time the NSPA Awards Ceremony on Saturday. to the dances. convention attendees and outreach 11 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Friday, Phoenix, Hyatt 9-11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Ballrooms A-D, Hyatt one-hour sessions. Desk open: 1-7 p.m. Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 9 and 10 a.m. Saturday, Ellis West, Hyatt participants are the guests of honor Friday, Hall 2, CC at this reception for all advisers. This Friday Adviser Reception and On-site Critiques informal reception will follow the JEA Bookstore SPLC Benefit Auction Advisers who submitted newspapers, Saturday Adviser opening keynote. American Society of Check out the new resources, as well as popular Advisers are invited to this social gathering. newsmagazines, yearbooks, videos and literary Recognition Luncheon Newspaper Editors is the sponsor of this event. bestsellers, at the JEA Bookstore. Nearly 300 books The reception will feature entertainment from magazines for a critique should check appointment JEA and NSPA will present their annual awards. New 9:30-11 p.m. Thursday, Ellis, Hyatt relating to journalism are available, including a live blues band and a fundraising auction to times posted in the registration area in Hall 2, CC. and renewing Certified Journalism Educators and textbooks, curriculum development, yearbook, benefit the Student Press Law Center. The local A schedule will be posted near the critique area Master Journalism Educators also will be recognized. Trade Show Exhibits newspaper, design, photography, writing, desktop committee has collected a variety of interesting on Friday and Saturday. Since critiques are only 30 Speakers will be Linda Drake, the National Yearbook Dozens of national and local vendors and colleges publishing, advertising and broadcast. Did you items, including signed sports memorabilia, art, minutes long, it is important to be on time.