Keynote Debbie Hiott, Editor-in-Chief, Austin American-Statesman

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1 ASNE HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM INSTITUTE University of Texas, Austin July 13-25, 2014 George Sylvie, Ph.D. and Ellen Austin, M.Ed., Directors Tracy Anne Sena, M.Ed., Master Teacher Shannon McGregor and Rachel Mourao, Graduate Assistants #ASNEtexas journalism.utexas.edu/asne INSTITUTE SCHEDULE Sunday, July 13 3 p.m. Hotel check-in begins. 6 p.m. Registration and Opening Reception for fellows at DoubleTree: Austin, 2 nd Floor. Pick up Institute books and materials. Meet Institute faculty over beverages and hors d oeuvres. 7-8:30 p.m. Welcome, Dinner and Participant Introductions George Sylvie Monday, July 14 Keynote Debbie Hiott, Editor-in-Chief, Austin American-Statesman All classes will meet in the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center, Building A (CMA) at the southwest corner of W. Dean Keaton and Whitis Avenue, a block east of Guadalupe. All classes today will meet in the Lady Bird Johnson Room, CMA (Note: The ground-floor Lobby is considered the 3 rd Floor.) 8:30-9:15 a.m. Welcome, expectations and assignments Ellen Austin and Tracy Anne Sena 9:15-9:30 a.m. Megan Schumacher, American Society of News Editors (ASNE) 9:30-10 a.m. Meet cadres, icebreaker, get your beats. Lucky charms 10-10:20 a.m. [Break] 10:20 a.m.-noon Robert Quigley, Senior Lecturer, University of Texas Journalism 2014: Where we ve been and where we re going. Speaker lunch with Austin business journalists and tech invitees. 1-2:15 p.m. Megan Fromm, Content/Curriculum Developer, International Center for Media and the Public Agenda, University of Maryland Teaching News Literacy (Part I) 2:15-2:30 p.m. [Break] 2:30-3:30 p.m. Megan Fromm Teaching News Literacy (Part II) 3:30-4 p.m. [Break. Go to 3 rd Floor Lobby for camera checkout procedure with Larry Horvat, then go to to make sure you can logon to the university computers.] 4-5 p.m. Newswriting 101 (George) 5-5:15 p.m. Assignment overview (Ellen) 5:30-7 p.m. Hors d oeuvres reception at DoubleTree, Bluebonnet I (1 st Floor)/Dinner on your own. Everyone must check login credentials before leaving campus today. If there is a problem, see Rachel Mourao. See Assignment Sheet for suggested bedtime reading. Tuesday, July 15 8:30 a.m. Shuttle leaves DoubleTree Hotel for visit to Austin Statesman. (Have your reporter notebooks and a camera with you.) 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Statesman tour, budget meetings, 1-on-1 with reporters and editors, lunch, return to campus. ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 1 of 7

2 1:15-2:20 p.m. Skill builders Basic WordPress: CMA (Tracy) Interviewing, Reporting and AP Style: CMA (Ellen) 2:20-2:40 p.m. [Break] 2:40-3:45 p.m. Skill builders Hallmarks of a good news website: CMA (Tracy) Interviewing, reporting and AP Style: CMA (Ellen) 3:45-4 p.m. [Break] 4-5 p.m. Cadres meet 5-6 p.m. Dinner: CMA Discuss individual news story topics. 2. Select a reporter of the day who will post a story tonight (see below). 3. Set a time and place for your cadre to meet tonight to proof drafts before turning them in. 6-9 p.m. Cadres meet, write individual stories; edit with peers. [7-7:50 p.m.] Optional: Beginning InDesign: CMA (Tracy) [8-8:50 p.m.] Optional: Beginning Photoshop: CMA (Tracy) ASSIGNMENT 1: News story due by 9 p.m. to Tracy (hard copy). First upload reporter: Meet with Shannon by 8 p.m. in CMA to post your story and photo (with caption and headline package). Be sure to follow AP Style caption writing. Wednesday, July 16 8:30 a.m. AP Style Quiz #1: CMA Be sure to bring AP Stylebook to class. 9-10:20 a.m. Sarah Quinn, Poynter Institute Visual journalism: Sight, sound, movement [Part I] CMA :40-Noon 1-1:15 p.m. [Break] Sarah Quinn Visual journalism: Sight, sound, movement [Part II] CMA Speaker Lunch with Sarah Quinn: CMA (Catered BBQ and Texas-style: Vegetarian option, gluten-free option) 1:15-2:20 p.m. MoJo (Mobile journalism) skill lessons Choose one option. Photography: Composition and core photographic principles: CMA (Ellen) Social media: Developing your plan: Location TBA (Tracy) Advanced option: Alternative story form creation: CMA (Sarah Quinn) 2:20-2:40 p.m. [Break] [2:30-5:30 p.m.] Optional: Video Expedition (Alyssa Boehringer, Adviser. McKinney HS: McKinney, Texas) 2:40-3:45 p.m. MoJo (Mobile journalism) skill lessons Choose one option. Multimedia coverage: CMA (Ellen) Photography: Composition and core photographic principles: CMA (DeAnne Brown, Adviser. Westlake HS: Austin, Texas) Advanced option: Alternative story form creation: CMA (Sarah Quinn) 3:45-4 p.m. [Break] 4-5 p.m. Worktime for those not on Video Expedition. 5-6 p.m. Dinner: CMA ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 2 of 7

3 6-9 p.m. Cadres meet 1. Discuss design assignment. 2. Plan sports assignment for baseball trip, according to your beat. Participants who feel more comfortable with multimedia can opt to create a multimedia package. Write individual stories; edit with peers. Set up cadre social media accounts. (You are also encouraged to create your own personal social media accounts. See server handout for a list of journalism-related people to follow.) Decide on your social media bylines. (See handout if you missed the session this afternoon or need help.) Optional:: Publication critiques. Sign up in advance: 3 rd Floor Lobby. (Jeanne Acton, DeAnne Brown, Alyssa Boehringer) [7-8 p.m.] Optional:: InDesign and using grids for images CMA (Tracy) ASSIGNMENT 2: Use InDesign to create a basic package (article, photo, cutline, byline) using your news story. (See Assignment Sheet for details.) Hard copy due to Tracy by 9 p.m. Thursday, July 17 8:30 a.m. News tag (with NPR): CMA :20 a.m. Bobby Hawthorne: Feature writing: CMA :20-10:40 [Break] 10:40-Noon Bobby Hawthorne: Sports writing and sports columns: CMA :15 p.m. [Break] Working lunch with Bobby Hawthorne and sports writer panel (Jim Butler, Daniel Davis, Jeff Linwood, Robert Quigley, Michael Reeves, Kevin Robbins and Cindy Royal): CMA (Catered by Whole Foods: Vegetarian option, gluten-free option) 1:15-2:45 p.m. Skill builders (45 minutes, each) Headlines and captions/cutlines: CMA (Tracy) Teaching sports coverage & sports photography: CMA (Ellen) 2:45 p.m. Return to hotel. Change for baseball game. (Shorts and T-shirt; sunscreen and hat highly recommended.) 4 p.m. Bus departs from DoubleTree for Round Rock Express baseball excursion. 5 p.m. Round Rock Express baseball, field and clubhouse tour; mini-press conference with team manager. Dinner is at the ballpark and on your own. 7:05 p.m. Round Rock Express v. Iowa Cubs. Watch the game and do your team coverage assignment (including bylined social media coverage during the game, photos with smart device uploaded during game). Take notes for a news brief (photo plus no more than 150 words) on your topic related to events, people or encounters at the ballpark and for a short feature ( words), both of which are due by Friday evening. 10 p.m. Bus leaves for hotel (or right after the game, if it ends earlier). Friday, July 18 8:30 a.m. AP Style Quiz #2: CMA Be sure to bring AP Stylebook to class. 9-10:20 a.m. Frank LoMonte, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center: CMA :40-Noon Frank LoMonte [Part II]: CMA Speaker lunch with Frank LoMonte: CMA (Tex-Mex) ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 3 of 7

4 1-2:30 p.m. Topic seminars: CMA (30 minutes, each) Photo Ethics (Tracy) Handling tough topics (Ellen) Q&A about your topics of choice (Frank) 2:30-2:45 p.m. [Break] 2:45-5:30 p.m. Write individual stories; edit with cadre. ASSIGNMENT 3: Cadre social media coverage from Thursday s game due by 5:30 p.m. (Print out cadre tweets, FB posts, Instagram photos, and the brief from your cadre with photo and cutline). 5:30 p.m. Dinner on your own. You are done for the night. Enjoy Austin! See you tomorrow morning. Saturday, July 19 Lunch and dinner are on your own today :45 a.m. Staff policies: Why and how? CMA (Tracy) 10:45-11:00 a.m. [Break] 11-Noon Going after the long-form feature: CMA (Ellen) Sit with your cadres and prepare to generate story topics. Lunch on your own. Afternoon activities are optional. The next scheduled Institute event is Sunday at 6 p.m. Computer labs are available noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, but please confirm when/if you will be there, for staffing purposes. (See Assignment 4, below.) 1-5 p.m. Optional: Individualized/group excursions Tour of State Capital or WWI Exhibit or LBJ Library or something else you want to see/do. Dinner Evening Dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow are on your own. Austin music scene with your new friends. Don t know where to go? Ask Shannon for ideas. ASSIGNMENT 4: Staff Handbook policies due by 4 p.m. Monday. See Assignment Sheet for details. The language in these policies is specific to your school, your publication and your staff: 1. Mission statement (no more than 2 sentences long) 2. Editorial policy 3. Staff ethics statement (including grounds for discipline and removal from staff) 4. Obituary policy 5. Letter to Editor policy (print) 6. Comment policy (online) 7. Social media policy Sunday, July 20 Noon-4 p.m. Lunch is on your own today. Labs are open. Please confirm with Tracy when/if you will be there, for staffing purposes. 5:45 p.m. Chartered riverboat dinner cruise on the Colorado River/Lady Bird Lake and night photography in Austin. Bring your photo gear of choice. Meet at riverfront on your own, pursuant to your Sunday activities. We suggest sharing a cab (less than 10 minutes from hotel. Funds for this were allotted in your per diem). Alternatively, the route is easily walkable, but temperatures may be in the high 90s at this time of year. Beverages will be provided throughout the evening. Lone Star Riverboat Cruises, 208 Barton Springs Rd., Austin (Located on the other side of the river to the left of the Hyatt Regency. If driving, park in the Hyatt garage, $6.) ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 4 of 7

5 Monday, July 21 8:30 a.m. AP Style Quiz #3: CMA Be sure to bring AP Stylebook to class a draft hardcopy of your Staff Handbook policies. 9-10:20 a.m. Meet in cadres to go over staff policies and make revisions. 10:20-10:40 [Break] 10:40-Noon Editorials: CMA (Tracy and Ellen) Lunch: CMA :30 p.m. Emily Ramshaw, Editor, Texas Tribune: CMA :30-2:45 [Break] 2:30-4 p.m. Writing and reporting time. Turn in Staff Handbook policies in hard copy by 4 p.m. 4-5 p.m. Cadres meet. 1. Discuss (and decide on) your staff editorial topic. 2. Plan your cadre multimedia packages for the week. 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own 6:30-9 p.m. Reporting and lab time. Finish feature piece. Begin work on design pieces. [6:30-9 p.m.] Optional: SNO 1:1 Have questions about School Newspapers Online? Kari Koshiol will be in CMA to chat with you. ASSIGNMENT 5: Feature piece draft (hard copy) due to Tracy by 9 p.m words draft length, minimum three sources and five quotes. Your individual feature piece will also go online as a multimedia piece, so plan ahead to conduct interviews with visual and multimedia options. Shoot video clips. Record interviews as you go. Take dozens of photos. When your story is underway, you will start to see the direction you want to take with multimedia. Tuesday, July 22 8:30 a.m. News tag (with NPR): CMA :20 a.m. Maurice Chummah, Texas-based feature writer for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Los Angeles Review of Books and others: CMA :40-Noon Tamir Kalifa, Austin-based freelance photographer (and UT journalism alumnus) whose work has been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, Austin American Statesman, and many others: CMA Working lunch with Maurice and Tamir: CMA Working Together: The story behind the story of the San Antonio Four 1-1:15 p.m. [Break] 1:15-2:30 p.m. Writing and reporting time. [1:15-2 p.m.] Optional: Quick and dirty digital portfolios: CMA (Tracy) If you are applying for graduate units from Kent State, Dr. Bowen requires a digital portfolio. 2:30-4 p.m. Deborah Esquenazi, Sundance Documentary Film Fellow for 2014, and award-winning documentary film and radio producer, instructor and journalist: CMA p.m. Lab time for individual reporting, writing, and design. Photo essays due by 5 p.m. 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own 6:30-9 p.m. Individual reporting, writing, and design; lab time. Work on design pieces. ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 5 of 7

6 ASSIGNMENT 6a: Photo essay (print version) due by 5 p.m. (Upload a digital slideshow to your site by 9 p.m. Wednesday.) Photo essay is a 2-page magazine spread with captions and a headline, built on a grid. Uploaded photos will be a image, photo slideshow on the site. Wednesday, July 23 8:30 a.m. AP Style Quiz #4: CMA Be sure to bring AP Stylebook to class. 9-10:20 a.m. Ken Paulson, CEO, First Amendment Center,: CMA :40-Noon Jeanne Acton, University Interscholastic League/ILPC Journalism Director: CMA Utilizing state and national journalism education associations/ The active adviser. Working lunch CMA Catered by Chuy s. 1-2:30 p.m. Specialized writing Personal columns and opinion writing: CMA (Jeanne Acton) Yearbook Advising: CMA (Cindy Todd, Adviser. Westlake HS, Austin.) 2:30-2:45 p.m. [Break] 2:45-3:30 p.m. Cadres meet. Brainstorm individual column or opinion pieces for each cadre member. 3:30-5 p.m. Writing and reporting time 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own 6:30-9 p.m. Reporting and lab time. Optional: Publication critiques (yearbook, newspaper, newsmagazine, website) by Jeanne Acton, Cindy Todd, et al. Sign up in advance. ASSIGNMENT 6B: Upload a digital slideshow from your photo essay to the site by 9 p.m. ASSIGNMENT 7: Personal column (hard copy) due to Tracy by 9 p.m words. Thursday, July 24 8:30 a.m. News tag (with NPR): CMA :20 a.m. Neal Justin, TV and radio critic, Minneapolis StarTribune: CMA :20-10:40 p.m. [Break] 10:40-Noon Neal Justin, TV and radio critic, Minneapolis StarTribune: CMA Noon-1 Lunch: CMA p.m. Individual and cadre work time. Mail your books home this afternoon. (Talk with Shannon for UPS location.) 5-6 p.m. Dinner : CMA p.m. Individual work and lab time. Work on print design pieces, upload. Complete multimedia packages. Print out portfolios. Turn in by 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Amy s Ice Cream social in CMA SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT: Portfolios due to by 8 p.m. For graduate credit, please review additional assignment requirements outlined in Kent State information. ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 6 of 7

7 Friday, July 25 8 a.m. Check out of hotel and store luggage with concierge before leaving for CMA 8:30 a.m. Last day reminders and schedule for departure. 9 a.m. Closing Keynote Evan Smith, Texas Tribune Editor & CEO: CMA :30-10 a.m. [Break/Get ready for cadre presentations] 10-11:15 a.m. Final cadre presentations (5-7 minutes each) CMA Farewell from Glenn Frankel, Director Moody College of Communication, School of Journalism Noon Return to DoubleTree Closing luncheon and distribution of certificates Departure IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR GRADUATE CREDIT, in order to receive credit, your digital portfolio and your additional 15 Story Ideas assignment must be submitted to: Candace Bowen, Ph.D. <cbowen@kent.edu> at Kent State University no later than 5 p.m. on Aug. 10, ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute UT (Austin) 7 of 7