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Volume 4,Headliner Issue 1 SUMMER 2008

The new state-of-the-art Caponigro Multimedia Lab, being installed this summer in Moore 424, will have 18 student workstations and a mediated station for the instructor as well as video-conferencing and virtual classroom capabilities.

Inside the Headliner Page 2 PageS 4-5 Page 9 Page 11 A note from the department Students launch e-zine China Daily experience Elliott Parker retires after 30+ chair; broadens worldview years at CMU Page 6 2008 JRN Hall of Fame details Five inducted into Hall of Fame Page 10 Page 12 Page 3 Page 7 Hartman teaches at King Saud Hearst Visiting Professionals Curriculum evolves Terry Foster is Alum of Year University include John Zogby 2 Headlinerthe A letter from the Department chair

Dear Alumni: of Caponigro Public Relations, Inc., and mon- follow on the department’s efforts to grapple ey from the university, will be completed by with convergence and on the student-created I hope you are enjoying summer. the start of the fall semester. and –produced e-zine, Grand Central. Here in Mount Pleasant, work began in Once the lab is in place and the new media/ Thank you all for your continued interest in May on the construction of the state-of-the- online journalism major curriculum approved and support of the department. And a special art Caponigro Multimedia Lab on the fourth by the Academic Senate, the department will word of thanks to Eric Baerren, a 1993 CMU floor of Moore Hall. implement courses for the new major. journalism graduate and now a self-employed Designed by the architectural firm, the Among the courses in the new major are freelance writer in Mount Pleasant, for writ- Smith Group, Detroit, the new facility will Introduction to Online Journalism, Advanced ing the stories in this edition and Ken Mc- combine the latest hardware and software for Online Journalism, Computer-Assisted Re- Donald, a 1987 graduate and CMU journal- multimedia instruction with virtual classroom porting, Multimedia Reporting, an Online ism instructor, for his design work. and video-conferencing capabilities. Journalism Practicum and Online Journalism Best wishes, The lab, funded by a gift from Jeff Caponi- Internship. gro, a CMU alumnus and founder and CEO I hope you will enjoy reading the stories that Maria

Join us Oct. 25 as we induct the 2008 class into the CMU Journalism Hall of Fame The inductees include: p p Michelle Bearden (1976 graduate) Mike Green (1975-1980) p p Sheila Gruber McLean (1982 graduate) Jim Reindl (1978 graduate) p p Randy Lovely (1986 graduate) Richard Milliman (Honorary) Also honored will be the: 1978-79 CM Life staff on the 30th anniversary of their Pacemaker award(Tony Dearing, editor-in-chief )

The sixth annual Tickets are $60 banquet will be held Order them: p Oct. 25, 2008, at the online at Centralboxoffice.cmich.edu p Soaring Eagle Inn & By mail: Conference Center Hall of Fame Tickets (formerly the Holiday Attn: Jennie Vickers Inn) 436 Moore Hall, CM Life p 6:00 p.m.: Welcoming Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 May be paid by check (payable to CMU) preception p p 7:00 p.m.: Dinner By phone: 8:00 p.m.: Induction (989) 774-3493 ceremony May be paid by credit card (American Ex- press, Visa, Mastercard and Discover card) Headlinerthe 3

The hallway outside of the Caponigro Multimedia Lab on the fourth floor, Moore Hall, will have a new seating area along- side multiple plasma TV screens. SPOTLIGHT ON NEW MEDIA Curriculum evolves to meet changes

f you were to ask Professor Dennis Jef- plications. Media outlets offer blogs for quick not forgetting the fundamentals, Jeffers said. fers what he thinks the media will look hits and breaking news. Journalism-related Students will still need to know how to write Ilike in 18 months, he’d probably answer, blogs and websites pose the question of how well, follow Associated Press style, how to “I don’t know.” to make use of social networking sites such as craft strong ledes, and the importance of ac- But, Jeffers said, that’s not necessarily a Facebook and Twitter. curacy. “Facts are facts,” he said. reason for concern. Tomorrow, Jeffers said, tools will be avail- But, it will also require training students in The reason for this able that exist today only in the imagination. ways that meet the needs of industry. It’s not kind of uncertainty is But, it’s nothing new. a great deal different from the old days, when that no one has a firm “It’s like moving from the typewriter to the students were required to pass a typing test, idea of what kinds of word processor,” Jeffers said. Jeffers said. technology will be avail- The act of tying all of these elements to- able then, or how media gether is called convergence. Because technol- Convergence influenced the new media companies will be able to ogy is rapidly changing, it’s not a static thing. curriculum the department is getting ready to use those distinctive ele- “It’s an evolving process,” Jeffers said. roll out and can be seen in new courses. The ments to do what good Dramatic changes in the media have journalism department’s new media/online journalists do. blurred what were obvious differences between journalism major will be offered in spring 2009 “It’s always going to the various media. The move of readers to the after it is approved by the Academic Senate in Dr. Dennis come down to, ‘what is Web has made it so that all media outlets offer fall 2008. Journalism students made progress Jeffers the story,’” said Profes- video, audio, text and blogs. in convergence this spring through Grand sor David London, who “Distinctions almost don’t matter any Central e-zine, a student-run Web-only mag- heads the department’s more,” London said. azine that blends together stories, photos, and curriculum committee. His committee has What does matter is the bottom line. multimedia. To check out Grand Central, go been working on the new media curriculum “Essentially, what it really means is gearing to http://www.grandcentralmagazine.com. since April 2005. up for what the consumer wants,” he said. Convergence also is a concept designed to It used to be that a journalist would sit at For journalism schools, that means keep- be elastic enough to remain relevant while go- a typewriter and bang out a story. Today, jour- ing abreast of developments in what media ing into a future that can be summed up with nalists make use of video, audio and text ap- outlets can do on the Web, but it also means just a question mark. 4 Headlinerthe

Members of the Grand Central team are (left to right): Row 1 – Sophie Hays, Mike Fuksman; Row 2 – Anthony Orlando, Julie Demers, Kristen Newhouse; Row 3 – Kim Walz, Ben LaMothe, Sara Bohan; Row 4 – Kent Miller (faculty adviser), Josie Schimpf, Carisa Seltz. Since this photo was taken, Ben LaMothe (editor-at-large), Josie Schimpf (director of p.r. and marketing) and Anthony Orlando (sports editor) have graduated. SPOTLIGHT ON NEW MEDIA Staff of 70 students launches e-zine

he video cuts on to a darkened, Online News Association to provide students public relations and modeling for the maga- blurred picture. A female voice talks with an opportunity to get experience in on- zine’s Style section. Tabout being born blind, and how she line journalism in a format that leans heavily The students came from a variety of dis- relates to the world. Fade out, and fade in “I on magazine-style storytelling. It has an eclec- ciplines. Although many of them were jour- credit God with making me who I am.” tic blend of subject matter, ranging from tech- nalism students, Grand Central also included It is the first of four chapters about Cheryl nology to fashion to sports. among its staff students studying political sci- Wade, a Midland-area newspaper reporter Its staff numbered a total of 70 students, ence, fashion and even education. who was born blind. Her story is told on and the range of their jobs was broader than The idea was to give students experience in Grand Central magazine, CMU’s new stu- what most people might traditionally associ- online media, which is something employers dent-run, Web-only publication. ate with a student publication, said Ben La- increasingly seek. Grand Central magazine, or e-zine, was Mothe, Grand Central’s first editor-in-chief. Each weekly edition was filled with up to launched in the spring semester by the jour- There were students working as photographers nalism department’s newly created Central and writers, but there were also students doing Continued on Page 5 Headlinerthe 5

Continued from Page 5 Grand Central Puts CMU in Top Ten Multimedia Ranks 14 feature stories of between 500-1,200 words in length, some of them dealing with topics that were anything but fluff. One story, for -in Grand Central, the journalism department’s multimedia e-zine, secured 10th place stance, dealt with violence in youth sports. nationally for CMU in the first annual Hearst Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition So far, each edition requires about 25-30 this spring. Cumulative points for the multimedia entries from Grand Central submitted hours of formatting, LaMothe said, before it by students Dan Stew- goes live on Thursdays. After the predictable art and Neil Blake shot wrinkles are ironed out and a more consistent CMU into the top ranks process is established to fill the site with con- behind the University of tent, LaMothe said the idea is to start stag- North Carolina, Chapel gering content so that it is refreshed during Hill, which won first the week. place in the Multime- The magazine consists of six sections – dia Competition with Sports, Arts & Entertainment, Technology, the highest accumulated Style, Multimedia (where the video story of student points in this Cheryl Wade is hosted) and Travel. All sec- competition. UNC was tion editors had latitude in developing stories followed by: Western and building their sections. Kentucky University; Carisa Seltz, editor of the Style section, University of Florida; said she was never hurting for story ideas. Syracuse University; Writers either pitched their own or developed University of Min- ideas she offered. nesota; Arizona State “Never once did I have to assign a story,” University; University of Kansas; San Francisco State University; Michigan State Uni- she said. versity: Central Michigan University. LaMothe and Grand Central’s staff have had to answer a question currently before me- dia managers across the nation – how to pay most online publications and websites see in Dedicated students the bills and generate traffic. their own traffic. The journalism department sponsors the When someone broke into the small com- Seltz, a 19-year-old sophomore from Har- magazine, and an alumnus donor provided puter lab in Moore Hall that once functioned bor Beach, said that as spring semester’s Style other money that’s being used for the e-zine. as the magazine’s office and stole a couple of editor, she spent 20-40 hours a week on Grand Grand Central has done some ad swaps with computers, Grand Central magazine became Central. The Style section also required her to a campus radio station and is looking into something else – a virtual newsroom. work with the modeling director and attend to other details associated with stories devoted to the future potential of revenue-generating ad The lab was locked until a more secure fashion. It was time she spent without pros- sales. door was installed, but the staff found that pect of pay or college credit. they could do all of their work on the Web, 45K Page Views and 12K Site Visitors “I am amazed at the dedication of editors making use of Gmail and Google docs to edit towards their sections,” said faculty adviser stories and send them to the webmaster. The If there’s something storytellers want, Kent Miller. magazine’s storyboard and schedule also were however, it’s an audience. Between Grand Maria Marron, department chair, said, organized online. Central’s launch in January 2008 and the end “Grand Central offers students the sort of The staff still met face to face with semi- of March, the site had attracted 45,000 page cutting-edge publishing experience that they regularity, said section editor Seltz, but indi- views and between 10,000 and 12,000 unique need in today’s multimedia environment. Stu- viduals working whenever they could find ac- site visitors. That is an average of four page dents need to be so versatile in their skills that cess to the Web undertook the actual hands- views per visit. LaMothe said, “I’m happy with they need to be involved in online journalism, on work. our progress.” the sort of opportunity that Grand Central as Interestingly, LaMothe said site traf- Stories were sent from section editors to well as CM Life presents.” fic seemed to remain consistent through the LaMothe, who distributed them to other sec- For Seltz, who will be Health and Fitness week, not spiking on days when new content tion editors. Once everyone had a look at each editor next fall, there was a different kind of goes live and then dropping the longer it re- story, they were sent back to LaMothe, who motivation. mains the newest thing on the page. This is sent them to a copy editor for a final edit and “It’s something you can look at and say, ‘I something that tends to conflict with what then to the webmaster. was part of that when it started,’” she said. 6 Headlinerthe

Photo courtesy of CM Life Young journalist of the year Adam Graham (second from left) poses with Hall of Fame inductees C. Marshall Mat- lock (far left); Paul Chaffee (third from left), Lorrie Lynch (third from right); John Grogan (second from right) and Steve Jessmore (far right) at the induction ceremony in November 2007.

SPOTLIGHT ON CLASS OF 2007 Journalism Hall of Fame inducts five

ive people were inducted into the from the Saginaw area to sign into the CMU career. Grogan graduated in 1979 and went CMU Journalism Hall of Fame Nov. program. His relationship with the program to work for The Herald-Palladium in St. Jo- F3, 2007, including one man who is not stretches back two-and-a-half decades, and seph and then to The Kalamazoo Gazette. His a CMU alumnus. The Class of 2007 comprises former employees who’ve gone on to other work in both places led him to a fellowship Paul Chaffee, John Grogan, Steve Jessmore, papers remember his boundless enthusiasm at the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs at Lorrie Lynch and C. Marshall Matlock. and willingness to promote Central’s journal- The Ohio State University, where he earned a Paul Chaffee, editor and publisher of The ism program. master’s degree, and to the Poynter Institute Saginaw News, is serving his second term “His newsroom is one of many in the state for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla. He as chairman of the Student Media Board of that are jokingly referred to as a ‘CMU Mafia’ later became a reporter for The South Florida Directors at his adopted CMU. Although he stronghold, based on the number of Chippe- Sun-Sentinel, the editor-in-chief of Rodale’s didn’t attend the university – Chaffee gradu- was on the staff and in the management ranks,” Organic Gardening and then a columnist for ated from the University of Minnesota in wrote Tony Dearing, class of 1979, editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Grogan’s first book, 1969 – he is credited with doing a great deal to The Flint Journal, in his letter of nomination Marley & Me, has sold more than 3.2 million help CMU’s journalism program and promote for Chaffee. copies (and counting) in 29 languages and is its graduates. Chaffee worked his way up to John Grogan’s non-fiction bestseller, Mar- being made into a movie starring Jennifer An- being publisher in Saginaw from the position ley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst niston. of metro editor, and he is credited with not Dog, may have made him famous, but it was Kim Clarke, class of 1982, executive writer just hiring CMU students as interns and full- work that started with three-and-a-half years time reporters but also encouraging students as a reporter for CM Life that launched his Continued on Page 13 Headlinerthe 7

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON Foster gets Alumnus of Year award

erry Foster, whom the Department of Jour- Daytona 500 and Indy 500. nalism honored in April as the 2008 CMU It was in 1988 that he finally found his current TJournalism Alumnus of the Year, started his home at The Detroit News, covering both the Uni- career as a sports writer covering high school and versity of Michigan football team, and the Detroit college sports for The Grand Rapids Press. Today, you Pistons’ two-year championship runs of 1989 and can find him talking about sports in hisDetroit News 1990. blog, during a popular daily radio show or on one of his monthly appearances on Fox Sports in Detroit. When he later became a columnist, he covered Foster’s career began with his 1981 graduation the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, the Stanley from CMU after a four-year period during which Cup, the World Cup, the World Series and on two he spent three and a half years writing for CM Life. occasions, the Olympics. During his tenure, Foster covered CMU’s football He added radio to his repertoire 10 years ago at team, both basketball teams, and women’s tennis. He the first all-sports radio station in Detroit, WDFN, also wrote as a sports columnist. Sports Radio 1130. For years he shared the show, He joined The Detroit Free Press in 1982, first “The Sports Doctors,” with Art Regner, and for the Terry Foster was the working as editor and writer for the paper’s Macomb last four years has shared the mic with Mike Valenti keynote speaker at the County section, and then taking on the Univer- on 1270 AM/97.1 FM. The Valenti and Foster show department’s annual sity of Michigan football beat. He also covered the is the top-rated afternoon drive-time show for men scholarship luncheon. Wimbledon tennis tournament and reported on the between the ages of 25-54 in metro Detroit.

p tudents who received scholarships from Sarah Schuch, a sophomore from Pam Klein Memorial the Department of Journalism were Swartz Creek, is a journalism major with a Scholarship Shonored at the luncheon held April 2 news-editorial concentration and an art mi- p at the Bovee University Center. Brian Manzullo, a junior from Sag- nor.p Ashante Thomas, a sophomore from inaw, is majoring in journalism and minoring Kelly Fitzpatrick & Bruce Wood Detroit, is a journalism major with a news-ed- in media design, production and technology. itorial concentration and a minor in Spanish. Memorial Scholarship Kenneth W. and Margaret Cuff p Suttons Bay senior Dan Stewart is Study Abroad Scholarship Saunders Scholarship p double-majoring in journalism with a con- Sarah Navis, a senior from Hopkins, p Brian Brunner is a senior from Huber- centration in photojournalism and art with a is a double major in Spanish and journalism tus, Wis., majoring in journalism with a news- concentration in photography. with an advertising concentration. editorial concentration and minoring in sports Gilbert O. Maienknecht Leadership Award studies and English. p Scholarship Sandra Burkhardt is a senior from St. Journalism Scholar of the Year p Clair Shores with a double major in integra- p Laura Danielson, a sophomore from Laura Danielson (see above) Caledonia, is a journalism major with a news- tive public relations and communications and a double minor in journalism and leadership Outstanding Senior editorialp concentration and a minor in music. Daniel Monson, a junior from Dexter, studies. p is majoring in journalism with a news-editori- Alexander Stawinski is a senior ma- al concentration and a minor in sport studies. Jim and Carol Wojcik joring in journalism with a concentration in photojournalism. McCabe Scholarship Scholarship p p Eric Joyce, Saginaw junior, is a journal- Friends of Journalism Garret Michael Ellison is a junior from ism major with a news-editorial concentration Traverse City, majoring in journalism with a Scholarship andp a cinema studies minor. p news-editorialp concentration. Jake May, a sophomore from Grand Jamie Roemer, a junior from Milford, Jaclyn Meinke, a junior from Dundee, Haven, is majoring in journalism with a pho- is earning a double major in apparel merchan- is majoring in journalism with an advertising tojournalism concentration. dising and journalism with a news-editorial concentration. concentration. 8 Headlinerthe

SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT INTERNSHIPS Interns pave way for future students

hen Kameel Stanley is in Washington, D.C., this NAME PAPER/COMPANY LOCATION TYPE summer, she is not just working a much-sought Barlow, Ashley BlackBook New York N/E after internship at The Washington Post. She’s also W Berndt, Justin The Oakland Press Pontiac N/E an ambassador for CMU’s journalism department. Bernstein, Brysen WCMU Radio/PBS Mt. Pleasant N/E “Our interns of today are working for our interns of the fu- Bourassa, Holly MPACT, Channel 18 Monroe Photo ture,” said internship coordinator, Professor Jim Wojcik. “Suc- Christens, Jon Scott, Phillips & Associates Chicago PR cessful first-time internships build relationships between the Couisineau, Melissa The Flint Journal Flint Photo department and the paper, and help future students looking for Danielson, Laura Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen PR experience and material for portfolios get a foot in the door.” Davis, Emily Cass City Chronicle Cass City N/E Stanley’s path to the Post, in fact, resulted from her previous DeFever, Dana The Flint Journal Flint N/E internships and benefited from past CMU success stories. Doerr, Erich Clare County Review Farwell N/E During her freshman year in 2006, Stanley had an intern- Dziekan, Sarah The George Moses Company Brighton ADV ship with The Jackson Citizen Patriot, which was followed by a Ellison, Garret The Grand Rapids Press Grand Rapids N/E Fitzsimmons, Kyle Lake Orion Review Lake Orion N/E stint with The Grand Rapids Press from January-May 2007. The Fournier, Nate Travelzoo Chicago PR Booth company owns both newspapers. Foyt, Caitlin The Grand Rapids Press Grand Rapids N/E “We’ve always had a great working relationship with Booth Gladstone, Jeremy Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills PR Newspapers,” Wojcik said. The department has more than 100 Gubin, Stephanie Ziibiwing Cultural Center Mt. Pleasant PR graduates in the Booth chain. Guenthner, Christina Lansing City Pulse Lansing N/E Last summer, Stanley served an internship with The St. Pe- Harris, David The State Journal Lansing N/E tersburg Times, Fla., an internship highly coveted nationwide, Heer, Kathryn Huron Valley Chamber of Com. Milford PR where she said she sought to develop her voice as a writer. Lee, Melissa Antrim Review Bellaire N/E Stanley’s success opened the door for others. This summer, Keida, Beth Eiler Communications Ann Arbor PR Jake May is interning there. Kish, Mike The Detroit Tigers Detroit PR Stanley’s experience at St. Petersburg helped her get the Klema, Erin Huron Daily Tribune Bad Axe N/E LaFlamme, Ann Marie CW50 Detroit PR internship with The Washington Post, where she’s on the paper’s Madeleine, Brian Common Ground Bloomfield Hills PR metro desk. Manzullo, Brian Saginaw News Saginaw N/E Internships are critical to building both professional expe- May, Jake St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg, FL N/E rience and portfolios in a highly competitive market, Wojcik Mayberry, Meredith The Citizen Ortonville N/E said. He recommends students land as many as possible, even Miller, Sarah Sydney Daily News Sydney, Australia Photo if they are not for college credit. And, it’s not always just about Mulholland, Michael The Greenville Daily News Greenville N/E getting a big name for your resume. Nevills, Joe Thoroughbred Times Lexington, KY N/E One of the department’s best relationships is with The Cass Ottusch, Tim News-Herald Southgate N/E City Chronicle. This summer, as in many past summers, a CMU Persons, Nick Bay City Times Bay City N/E student – Emily Davis, in this case – is spending summer in Schimpf, Josie The Detroit Pistons Auburn Hills PR Cass City, doing just about every job there is to do at a news- Scott, Jessica Saginaw News Saginaw Photo Sgro, Robbie Oceana County Journal Hart N/E paper, from taking photos to covering meetings to chasing Siller, Patrick Phear Creative New York Photo ambulances. Smalligan, Christa CityLife Newspapers Wellington, N.Z. N/E Relationships between media outlets and the journalism Stanley, Kameel The Washington Post Washington, DC N/E department are largely dependent on the quality of work from Stanwinski, Alex Monroe Evening News Monroe Photo students, Wojcik said. That is reinforced by the connections Staten, Christina UAW-GM Center Detroit PR brought to the department by faculty. Stewart, Dan Citizen Patriot Jackson Photo Wojcik said he’s “always felt very comfortable,” putting up Thompson, Kristy Next Media Saginaw PR CMU journalism students against those from bigger institu- Veselenak, David The Daily Tribune Royal Oak N/E tions. He points to the success of graduates, to the number Visnaw, Josh Detroit Lions Detroit Photo of awards won by CM Life, the university’s student newspa- Waller, Danielle Foundry Literary & Media New York N/E per, and to the success of student photographers, for example, Washington, Alexandra Lansing State Journal Lansing N/E Wayland, Mike The Polestra.com N/E whose work at professional-level conferences is judged by those working in the field. N/E: News/Editorial; PR: Public Relations; ADV: Advertising; Photo: Photojournalism. the Headliner 9

SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT INTERNSHIPS China experience broadens worldview

rik Nilsson went to Beijing as a jour- nalism intern for The China Daily and Efound the experience so rewarding that he landed a job at the newspaper after he was done. Now, he’s got some company. In January, Todd Balazovic left Mt. Pleas- ant for his turn with The China Daily, which is one of the journalism department’s opportuni- ties to learn about journalism in other coun- tries and to get experience in the field. But, it’s more than that. It’s also an opportunity for young journal- ists to go off and see a different chunk of the world, said Professor Jiafei Yin, a former staffer with The China Daily who oversees the schol- arship. The internship not only provides valuable experience for students hoping to get some kind of competitive edge in the journalism job Dr. Jiafei Yin meets with China Daily intern Todd Balazovic. market but also to come home with a broader point of view about the world. used in the West is estate journalism, while I could do that would be more enthralling.” This isn’t just important to students with most media in China and many other coun- The China Daily is an English-language pa- their sights on big markets but translates well tries practice development journalism – that is, per that serves Beijing’s community of West- into the kind of community journalism that is journalism that foremost serves the purpose of ern expatriates. It was started back in the early the hallmark of CMU’s program. A student development and does so because it needs to.” 1980s to serve overseas investors looking for who takes overseas experiences back home China is a growing and emerging econ- sources of information. In the beginning, it had will have a better understanding of how world omy, Professor Yin said, but not in ways that a reputation for publishing very formal govern- events relate to the local community and is bet- are widely understood in the West. Although ment reports. Its business section remains very ter situated to help relate international news to many of the coastal cities and Beijing are popular with investors looking for specific in- a local community, Yin said. cosmopolitan, the interior still lags behind in formation. For the students, it’s meant prodding the terms of services available to its people. This Professor Yin helped to create an exchange natural curiosity that prompts people to seek means there is a huge disparity in how wealth program between CMU and The China Daily careers in journalism. is distributed and makes it somewhat difficult when she came joined the journalism faculty “Experiencing other cultures through to persuade people to take jobs in the nation’s in the late 1990s. Under that program, which is youthful eyes has instilled in me an insatiable interior. sponsored by the Dow Company, Midland, The desire to know the people of the world,” Bala- China Daily can send a member of its staff as a Varied experiences zovic, a graduate of Whitehall High School, visiting scholar to CMU, while CMU sends an said in an e-mail. “This internship has endowed intern to Beijing. me with a chance to learn about the people of “I couldn’t imagine a more interesting job,” Establishing a successful program hinges China through their media, which is one of the Nilsson wrote. “Coming here through the on sending quality students, Yin said. Qualities most rudimentary functions of any culture.” CMU internship led to a life of adventure I the university looks for include solid skills and There are important differences between couldn’t have imagined before coming down an ability to think critically. A solid academic how China approaches its media and how the here – visiting remote villages in Hainan prov- grounding is also critical. United States does. ince’s rainforest, spelunking through yawning It certainly helps to have someone on the “Few people in the United States under- caves around Beijing, scaling the mountains of inside: Nilsson has helped mentor Balazovic stand that a different paradigm of journalism is Hunan province’s Zhangjiajie, discussing with during his time in China. The fact that the pa- practiced in China and many other countries – Chinese tattoo artists, bar owners and DJs the per hired a CMU intern for its full-time staff or why,” Nilsson, who interned with the paper latest trends in their fields; there’s something shows that the intern was well selected, and it in 2006, wrote in an e-mail. The model mostly new and exciting every day – I don’t know what augurs well for the future, Yin said. 10 Headlinerthe

SPOTLIGHT ON FACULTY Hartman teaches at Saudi university

r. John Hartman recently returned from a week-and-a-half long trip to DKing Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was the Al-Jazirah (newspa- per) Chair of International Journalism. While in Riyadh, Hartman said he gave a speech on American journalism trends and held a couple of seminars on news writing. Students, he said, seemed generally well in- formed about media issues and asked ques- tions about both the content and structure of Western media. Hartman said he was well treated in Saudi Arabia and plans to return in the fall for the second trip of what could be a four-year rela- tionship with the university. It was the uni- versity who contacted Hartman, he said, and it had to do with his research on USA Today, which has seen him produce two books and a number of columns on the subject. He was invited to apply to teach at King Saud twice a year for four years, although the Dr. John Hartman poses with Ibrahim Al Beayeyz, mass communications commitment can be canceled after the first chairman, and Ali Alkarni, professor of journalism at King Saud University. one. Hartman said the experience gave him the To facilitate the trip, the journalism de- King Saud University. Although the depart- opportunity to finally meet the people with partment gave Hartman time off. CMU’s ment has no direct role in Hartman’s trip, whom he has been building a relationship for President Mike Rao, Provost Julia Wallace, there is the possibility that it could lead to ties six months. The fact that he traveled halfway College of Communication and Fine Arts and a developing relationship between CMU across the world to finally meet people he’d Dean Sue Ann Martin and journalism depart- and King Saud University. known only electronically was fascinating, he ment Chair Maria Marron extended greetings “There are lots of possibilities to - beex said. through Dr. Hartman to various officials at plored,” Hartman said. London to spend year in Cairo, Egypt

uture opportunities for nuturing an everything these days, advertising and mar- “What I will bring back is a fairly rich overseas relationship is something keting have become globalized, he said. experience,” he said, adding that he can use FDr. David London has in mind while While there, London said he hopes to not this to help broaden the perspectives of his preparing for his upcoming sojourn in the only see some of the country’s archaeological students. That, in turn, is critical to fostering a American University Cairo. treasures but also to look for ways to open a sense of cultural understanding. London will leave the United States in connection between AUC and CMU, sug- It’s something he’s building into his prepa- mid-August and return the following June, rations to go overseas. He’s preparing how to gesting that it could be a way to encourage spending a full academic year teaching adver- teach his subject matter in a way that is ap- tising and integrated marketing communica- Egyptian students to come to Mt. Pleasant to propriate for Egyptian culture. It’s critical, he tions courses at the American University of study. But he said he’ll return with something said, while over there to respect the local cul- Cairo, a school of about 5,000 students. Like less tangible. ture and not do things to offend his hosts. Headlinerthe 11

SPOTLIGHT ON FACULTY Parker reflects on 30+ years at CMU

ooking back at a teaching career that The shared darkroom in Anspach gave way time. He’s keeping active with training mod- spanned three decades at CMU, El- to a dedicated photo darkroom when the In- ules in computer-assisted reporting for jour- Lliott Parker identified three things as dustrial Engineering & Technology building nalists in the middle of their career, and next highlights – expanding the photojournalism was opened in the early 1990s. Today, that year hopes to return to a place where he’s spent concentration, working to develop a minor darkroom has been closed, and everything is a good chunk of his life – Southeast Asia. in media design, production and technology, done digitally. After working a stint for United Press In- and establishing a study- And the focus on training news photogra- ternational in Kansas City, Kan., Parker first abroad program with phers today is less about shooting photos and went to Southeast Asia as a member of the Nanyang Technological more about using them. Peace Corps. University, Singapore. The Web and other new technologies have He then moved to the war corps in In- Well, OK, there are opened up new sources for journalists, and it’s dochina – specifically Laos, Cambodia and four highlights. important to know how to use them, Parker Vietnam – and after finishing graduate school “Working with stu- said. Photojournalists today have to think back in the United States, he taught in Malay- dents who went out and about editing more than about shooting and sia for seven years. made a name for them- about how to place photos on the page or the In 1976, after a year at Temple Univer- selves,” said Parker, who Web. sity, Philadelphia, he came to CMU where retired last year. It also remains a tough market for journal- he helped build the photojournalism spe- Elliott One of those people ists, especially photojournalists, he said. Pho- cialty. Since then, he has helped to build the Parker is Steve Jessmore, who tojournalists have been hit harder proportion- program that gives students a chance to see last year was inducted ately than other elements of news operations. part of the world he’s familiar with through a into CMU’s Journalism Hall of Fame. But, Parker said there will always be a need for study-abroad program with Nanyang Techno- When Parker started teaching at CMU professionally trained photojournalists. They’ll logical University in Singapore. The program in 1976, news photography classes shared a just have to get used to more public input into provides two benefits. darkroom with CM Life in the basement of the process. “First, it’s a really great internship or op- Anspach Hall. Much has changed since then, Retirement for Parker has meant adjusting portunity to study abroad,” he said. “Second, not just in the department but also in news to a more open schedule. There’s no longer the it’s a lesson to journalism students that there’s photography in general. pressure to be in a classroom or meeting on a world outside of Michigan.” Palen the poet publishes 6th volume

t’s probably fair to say that Professor journalistic traditions, it was sort of assumed poet will be just a little bit uncomfortable John Palen has been a journalist his en- that Palen would wind up in the business, he about what they find. Itire life. But, he’s been something else his said, but he started writing poetry as a boy and “What you want to do in poetry is get away entire life, too. 53 years later has found that the one has a way from poetic subjects,” he said. He’s been a poet. of feeding the other. You can do that in a number of different Palen recently published his sixth chapbook “Being a journalist has shown me some ways, he said. One of his favorite poets bor- of poetry, a short collection of poems called things to write about,” he said. rowed language from a catalogue of steel pipe Harry Truman All The Way. Its content, Palen He cited a story of a little girl who’d fall- fittings to craft a poem. Palen once wrote a said, is about growing up in the Midwest, fam- en into a backyard well, and a huge fireman poem using terminology from an encyclope- ily and kids, music, cooking, and newspapers. who jumped in without a thought for his own dia of pocket watches. Good poetry and good journalism, Palen safety to rescue her. Palen described the act as The theme of the poem was how man- said, share common ground. Both seek to say “recklessly heroic.” kind’s advancing knowledge is more like a something important with an economy of The idea is to slice open a little corner of wave than the stroke of a paintbrush. The wave words and through careful use of language. life, he said, to explore, “with senses alert and Coming from a family with longstanding eyes wide open.” If successful, both reader and Continued on Page 13 12 Headlinerthe

SPOTLIGHT ON VISITING PROFESSIONALS Hearst grant provides guest speakers

he Hearst Visiting Professionals in journalism this year included one of Tthe nation’s leading experts in opin- ion polling, an award-winning environmental beat reporter, an expert in computer-assisted reporting and a group of feminist authors/ scholars. John Zogby, whose firm Zogby Interna- tional is considered one of the leaders in track- ing public opinion – both nationally and glob- ally, spoke to students and faculty Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29. Zogby also par- ticipated in the “Terror at the Voting Booth: How Fear is Used in Politics,” conference where he discussed shifts in public opinion that favor political violence under conditions of perceived danger or vulnerability. Also speaking in the Hearst Visiting Pro- fessionals series were: p Jeff Alexander, the environmental beat reporter for The Muskegon Chronicle. A 1984 graduate of Michigan State University, Al- John Zogby (above) and John Moore (below) spoke to CMU students this exander is one of the state’s longest-serving past year as part of the Hearst Visiting Professional series. environmental beat reporters and his work is p p credited with helping persuade lawmakers to John Moore, managing Kelly Kolhagen, ban drilling for oil beneath the Great Lakes. editor of The Ventura County Star, managing director, Hass Last year, he published a book about how hu- Calif., who guest lectured in vari- MS & L Public Relations, ous classes about new media ini- Troy. man development has damaged the Muskeg- p on River and how people today are working tiatives and convergence at The Gary Glenn, presi- to restore it. Ventura County Star. dent of the American p Womengirlsladies: Kristol Brent Zook, Family Association of Other departmental guests Michigan. an award-winning journalist whose work in- p included: Sherry Knight, Sa- cludes I See Black People, and Interviews with p African American Owners of Radio and Televi- Anya Kamentz, an advocate line, president of Knight- for financial literacy and respon- writers. sion; Gloria Feldt, author of The War on Choice: p the Right-Wing Attack on Women’s Rights; sibility, and author of Generation Lou Frey and Jim Courtney Martin, journalist and teacher who Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time Lloyd, both former mem- to be Young bers of Congress. has written for Newsweek, The New York Times, p p The Village Voice, Bust, Bitch, and other pub- Kellie MacAloon, Detroit Jon Beebe, Novi, lications; and Deborah Siegel, a writer and manager of advertising sales for Vanity Fair, emerging media manager, Ford Motor Com- Gourmet and Teen Vogue. pany consultant whose works include Sisterhood, p p Interrupted: From Radical Women to Girls Gone Don Tanner, of Tanner-Friedman Stra- Melissa McGuire, arts and entertain- Wild. tegic Communications in Farmington Hills. ment editor, The Ludington Daily News p p p David Donald, training director for the Krishna Prasad, a visiting professor and Jim Schaefer, investigative and enter- blogger from Bangalore, India. prise reporter for The Detroit Free Press Investigative Reporters and Editors and the p p National Institute for Computer-Assisted Re- Rick Warzywak, Atlanta, a traveling Tom Wickham, Flint, manager of com- preacher and evangelist. munications, global division, General Motors porting, lectured to classes and held a hands- p on workshop for professionals. Jeff Sauger, Royal Oak, a photographer. Corp. Headlinerthe 13

Continued from Page 11 could have stopped with most useful to him is the Rustbelt Roethke just “Raid kills bugs,” Writer’s Retreat on the campus of Saginaw moves through, and behind it falls away pieces Palen said, but adding Valley State University. of human knowledge. As technology has be- the redundant word Unlike other conferences, where atten- come more advanced, that’s included the loss “dead” gives it emphasis. dance is open, it is an invitation-only affair. All of terms used to describe pocket watch com- Understanding how of the poets in attendance have published, and ponents. to craft poetry requires they share and learn from peers rather than Although he’s now published six chap- a knowledge and under- provide a learning experience for novices. books and two full collections of poetry, Palen standing of poetry’s tra- Palen said he writes his poetry mostly in said there was never a question of becoming a ditions, he said. A poet’s the summer, when he has time. A poem, he professional poet. Dr. John knowledge “must go said, isn’t something you can just sit down There is no career as a poet, he said, and Palen back to more than the and bang off on a computer. There are drafts many of the best poets can actually be found Rolling Stones.” It also and revisions until you think you’ve got it working in the advertising industry. requires a lot of reading, just about right. It might take six months or Lew Welch, for instance, was one of the and much learning that takes place outside the a year of tinkering – with time spent working beatniks who ran with Jack Kerouac and Allen classroom. a number of poems at once – to finally get a Ginsberg, but his most famous work is an in- Palen said he’s worked with a number of poem to where he’s happy with it. It’s an in- secticide slogan – “Raid kills bugs dead.” You mentors and attends workshops. One of the tense process, he said.

Continued from Page 6 found himself shooting some of the same news pears on the inside front cover. The magazine events with Jessmore, calls him ‘the spiritual has a circulation of 22 million and appears in and communication counsel, University of soul of photojournalism in our state.’” 608 newspapers. Michigan, noted in her letter nominating Won Pacemaker The Journalism Hall of Fame shares the Grogan for induction into the Journalism Hall name C. Marshall Matlock with an interna- of Fame, that “Grogan’s penning of Marley & The first of many accomplishments in Lor- tional award in newspaper design. Matlock, a Me has done more than establish the author rie Lynch’s journalism career was guiding CM 1967 graduate of CMU, lends his name to the and raise the visibility of CMU as his training Life to a Pacemaker Award in 1975. Lynch is “SND Matlock Designer of the Year Award.” ground. It has been used to promote literacy now a celebrity columnist for USA Today, a While at CMU, Matlock served as managing and reading, as well as raise awareness about newspaper for which she served as one of the editor of CM Life, but it was through teach- the trials and tribulations of pet ownership.” founding staff members. ing and not newspapers that he provided his If you talk to anyone about photojournal- Her post-college career started with The greatest contribution to journalism. Matlock ism in Michigan, the name Steve Jessmore Traverse City Record Eagle and included stints earned his master’s degree from CMU and in will inevitably be one of the first to come at The Ypsilanti Press, The Battle Creek Enquirer, 1973 took a position on the faculty of the S.I. up. Jessmore, now photo editor of The Sun The Sacramento Bee and The Marin Indepen- Newhouse School of Public Communication News, Myrtle Beach, S.C., was the director of dent-Journal. As the bureau editor for USA at Syracuse University. He retired in 2006, af- photography for The Flint Journal, and chief Today in San Francisco, Lynch reported on the ter 33 years of teaching at the university. In photographer for that newspaper from 1999 beginnings of the AIDS crisis. She now writes his early career, he inspired future journalists as well as being a five-time Michigan Press the “Who’s News” column for USA Weekend. through the classroom. He would go on to Photographers Association Photographer of Lynch has won the writing award from the win, in 1976, Columbia University’s “Gold the Year. Jessmore entered CMU to pursue a National Association of Newspaper Colum- Key Award,” and, in 2006, SND’s “Lifetime pre-med degree but graduated in 1981 after nists, writing awards for public service and Achievement Award.” switching his major to journalism. He worked feature writing from both the Michigan As- Dr. Barbara Bealor Hines, professor and for The Saginaw News for 14 years before tak- sociated Press and United Press International director of the graduate program, School of ing a job with The Flint Journal. Not just a and a 1977 Michigan School Bell award for Communications, Howard University, Wash- great photographer, Jessmore is also regarded education writing. She is an adjunct journal- ington, D.C., wrote in her nomination: “Mar- by colleagues as a great teacher. He has served ism professor at the American University in shall has always been a trailblazer.” She re- as an adjunct faculty member in photojournal- Washington, D.C., and taught a special celeb- counted how, in 1979, he sought funding from ism at CMU. Jessmore won the Distinguished rity journalism class at CMU in 2005. the Gannett Foundation to develop a confer- Journalism Alumnus Award in 2000. He Sandy Petykiewicz, class of 1975, publisher, ence on “Scholastic Journalism in the 80s” held served three terms as president of the MPPA. The Jackson Citizen Patriot, wrote in her nomi- at Syracuse University. “It led to publication Rick Fitzgerald, class of 1975, wrote in nation letter for Lynch: “She currently writes of a working document that opened doors for his letter of nomination that Rodney Curtis, the most popular feature of USA Weekend cooperative opportunities between state, re- a Detroit Free Press picture editor “who often magazine, the “Who’s News” column that ap- gional and local press associations.” 14 Headlinerthe

SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS Chippewa quarterback reports issues

or his Journalism 516, Public Affairs “It can create a lot of loose talk about him becoming the next quar- Reporting course, Brian Brunner got long days,” he said. terback to leave the MAC for the National Fto know the Village of Lake Isabella. When Brunner, a Football League. He covered planning board meetings and vil- fifth-year senior from That resulted in emotional ups and downs lage council meetings. Hartford, Wis., came for Brunner, who said that the experience will Great people, he said, and the issues were to CMU, he hoped eventually make him a stronger person and fascinating. to graduate and go to more capable of dealing with problems later As the semester ended and his time on the work for newspapers. in life. beat expired, the biggest issue was how to deal Thanks to a changing Brunner said that he likes to keep a dis- with septic issues on five property plats around Brian media dynamic, he’s tinct separation between sports and academics the village that involved about 900 individual Brunner looking to new media and maintains an interest in news and politics. property owners. The village was seeking a so- for a career. That occasionally leads to the breaking down lution to ground stability problems with the And covering the of a stereotype. health department and the Michigan Depart- news can provide a break from the pressures Professors occasionally say, “I’m shocked ment of Environmental Quality. of sport for this student athlete. that you’re an athlete,” he said. It was a great form of escapism, he said, “It can provide a nice escape at times,” he It’s easy to let athletics envelop your per- from an average day that included not only said. sonality, he said, but he tries to prevent that. balancing academics but also the time com- That perhaps is especially important be- “I think it’s good to have broad horizons,” mitments of being a Division I student ath- cause the life of a student athlete can be filled he said. lete. with emotional ups and downs thanks to Balancing sports and athletics also means Brunner is a quarterback on CMU’s foot- things that happen on the field. juggling the various elements students need ball team, one of a handful of students who Brunner started the 2006 season as the to make themselves marketable to potential balance sports and courses and who are pursu- Chippewas’ starting quarterback and left the employers. While lots of journalism students ing a career in journalism. season opener against Boston College with a spend their summers in internships, Brunner Journalism is especially challenging, Brun- second-quarter concussion. He was replaced said he’ll join the football squad for summer- ner said, because of its many outside-the- by backup Dan LeFevour, who ultimately time training and will get some experience classroom commitments. But, he loves being took the team to a MAC championship and working for CM Life. He hopes to intern busy and loves the separation between news Motor City Bowl victory. next spring for The Wisconsin State Journal in and sports. LeFevour has started since, and there is Madison, Wis. Goodall receives Lem Tucker scholarship

yle Goodall, a graduate of Lake Goodall officially received his honor at the moved again in 1977 to CBS, where he worked Orion High School, is the winner 12th annual Lem Tucker Media Leadership until his death in 1991. During his career, he Kof the Lem Tucker 2008 scholarship. Speaker Series on May 1 at the Antheneum, won two Emmys – one in 1979 and the other He says that good journalism can empower a hotel in Detroit’s Greektown. Ed Gordon, in 1983 – and provided early and continuous people. host of “Our World with Black Enterprise,” coverage of the shooting of then-President Goodall wrote in his Lem Tucker essay, part was the keynote speaker. Ronald Reagan in 1983. of the scholarship application, that journalists Lem Tucker, a native of Saginaw, was the The scholarship given in his name isa who wish to empower people must do so in a first African American elected to student body four-year, full-tuition award. It is given to a way that places an emphasis on good ethics. president at CMU, and also served as presi- student who wishes to pursue a career in print When he hears a story idea, he wrote, the first dent Pi Kappa Delta, a national speech honor- or broadcast media, who meets the scholar- question that pops into his head is whether the ary fraternity. He graduated in 1960. ship criteria and who is selected from a pool story is a fair one, clean of bias and opinion, His broadcast career started with NBC in of candidates by the Lem Tucker Scholarship and built on a foundation of solid facts. 1965. Then he moved to ABC in 1972 and Selection Committee. Headlinerthe 15 Alumni Information Request

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SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS Stawinski receives national award from SPJ

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