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Join us in February 2014

State Convention www.aspa.ua.edu Thank you to the financial supporters of ASPA Alabama Broadcasters Association Boone Newspapers, Inc. UA Center for Community Based Partnerships UA College of Communication and Information Sciences Alabama Press Association Dow Jones News Fund UA Department of Journalism Selma Times-Journal Mercedes-Benz Endowment University of Alabama Journalism Department

Alabama Scholastic Press Association presents

FALL REGIONAL WORKSHOP HUNTSVILLE Thank you to our ASPA Board members!

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President: Melissa Dixon, Oak Mountain High School Vice President: Connie Nolen, Pelham High School Secretary: Renee Quaife, Sparkman High School Past President: Erin Coggins, Sparkman High School

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Speaker photos and bios are posted at aspa.ua.edu Welcome!

Chan Auditorium

Meredith Cummings, Director, Alabama Scholastic Press Association

Keynote Speaker

KELLY KAZEK

All Access, Amethyst Holmes

Room 229 This session allows you to learn the ins and outs of being a young reporter. Ask Amethyst anything you want! She’ll share the details of her first year as a reporter for The Huntsville Times/al.com.

Chan Auditorium What Does Your Design Say About Your Magazine?

Session One 9:30 - 10:30 Copy and Coverage: Thinking Outside The Box, Kathy Zwiebel Room 223 See what works and inspires the reader for copy and coverage by thinking outside the box. Learn creative ways to include more of your student body through alternative copy styles.

Balancing Act, Daniel Boyette Room 224 Find out how The Huntsville Times balances its sports coverage online and in print during football season. You’ll learn tips and tricks for your own website and newspaper.

Literary Magazine Behind the Scenes David Hornbuckle Room 228 The day to day of soliciting, reading, and selecting material for your literary magazine. Some suggestions for managing submissions.

Photography Tips and Tricks Sarah Cole Room 229 Learn some camera-handling basics to help you im- prove your skills with any camera. In addition, learn some simple compositional techniques that will get you on the way to more engaging and understandable images.

Session Two 10:30 - 11:30 There’s No Business Like Show Business, Matt Wake Room 224 Do you dream of covering concerts? Do you write movie reviews in your head? Learn what it takes to be an entertainment reporter in this session.

Design: Thinking Outside The Box, Kathy Zwiebel Room 223 See what works and inspires the reader for design by thinking outside the box. View the latest design trends in yearbooks.

David Hornbuckle

Room 228 Is your magazine’s design consistent? Is there a theme? Or does every page look different? Which design decisions are effective and which are not?

Session Three 11:30 - 12:30 Writing is Work, but it Should be Fun Work, Ricky Thomason Room 224 A good reporter is constantly writing. Find out why you shouldn’t leave home without a journal in this session PUB Room 101, Kathy Zwiebel Room 223 Yearbook survival kit for advisers and staff. Learn tips about how to make deadlines, organize your staff and keep them motivated.

Kay Campbell: My Life and Times in the Third Estate Room 228 What does it take to be a news reporter? Where is the news industry heading? Find out in this session.

All Access, Amethyst Holmes and Sarah Cole Chan Auditorium This session allows you to learn the ins and outs of being a young reporter, photographer or videographer. Ask Amethyst and Sarah anything you want! They will share the details of their time as reporter and photographer/videographers for The Huntsville Times/al.com.

So you want to be on TV? Claire Aiello Room 229 Learn how to make it in the broadcast business in this session. Also find out about jobs other than anchoring from WHNT’s Web Content Manager.