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Allan Loudell, DPA Program VP
Ph: 302-478-2700
E-mail:
aloudell@wdel.com
2008
April
May
September
APRIL 2008
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23 April |
The 2008 High School Communications Contest Awards Luncheon |
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Location: |
The News Journal, 950 W. Basin Road, New Castle |
The 2008 High School Communications Contest Awards Luncheon
will be held on Wednesday, April 23, in the Bill Frank Conference Room of
The News Journal, 950 W. Basin Road, New Castle, Delaware. Award
certificates will be presented to winners, and each participating school
will receive a portfolio of winning entries and judges' comments. The
luncheon will be preceded by an interactive discussion, “The Future of
Journalism,” between the contest winners and News Journal Assistant
Managing Editor/News Greg Burton.
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9:30 |
a.m. |
Registration |
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9:45 |
a.m. |
Speaker (will begin promptly) |
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10:45 |
a.m. |
Photo
for News Journal |
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11:00 |
a.m. |
Awards
presentation |
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12:00 |
p.m. |
Lunch
in the Bill Frank Room and tour of News Journal |
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1:00 |
p.m. |
Wrap-up |
For more information on the contest, co-sponsored by DPA and
The News Journal, contact DPA Student Activities Director
Barbara Roewe.
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29 April |
DPA Annual Meeting &
Communications Contest Awards Banquet |
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Program: |
“The Character Issue in Political
Coverage” |
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Speaker: |
Ronald Smothers, Distinguished
Professor of Journalism
University of Delaware
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Location: |
University & Whist Club, 805 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, Delaware
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Time: |
5:30 p.m. Social Hour with cash bar
6:30 p.m. Dinner, Program, Awards Presentation
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Cost: |
$35 members, $40 non-members |
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“The Character Issue in Political Coverage”
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Former NYT Reporter Ron Smothers to Weigh In |
Whether
the subject is Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, Jim McGreevey or Eliot Spitzer,
journalists have long had a tough time reporting political figures' moral
indiscretions. Questions arise: What does the public want to know?
What does the public need to know? How much is too much? And,
especially, in the age of the Internet, blogs and even the old-style
tabloids, if traditional journalism eschews such reporting in covering these
sensitive and often sensational stories, do we make ourselves irrelevant?
Ronald Smothers, Distinguished Visiting Professor of
Journalism at the University of Delaware, will be putting all of this in
perspective for us when he speaks about "The Character Issue in Political
Coverage" at Delaware Press Association's Annual Meeting and Contest Awards
Banquet at the University & Whist Club on Tuesday, April 29.
Smothers arrived at UD last September after a distinguished
35-year career as a reporter at The New York Times, where he often
focused on the political scene. He covered national political campaigns,
served as City Hall Bureau Chief in New York, covered state houses in
Trenton and Albany and served as national correspondent and Southern Bureau
Chief in charge of covering eight states in the Deep South.
Read more about Ron Smothers
Join us in The Ballroom at the elegant University & Whist
Club, 805 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, on Tuesday, April 29, to help honor
those who entered the 2008 DPA Communications Contest and to enjoy a display
of the award-winning contest entries.
Social hour with cash bar begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at
6:30 p.m. Following dinner and our speaker, the communications contest
awards will be announced, certificates will be presented to the contest
award winners and cash prizes given to the contest sweepstakes winners.
There is a parking lot at the club (to the left and to the
rear), as well as free on-street parking on adjacent streets should the lot
be full. Valet parking is available at the front door, and there is a
handicap access ramp into the club from the parking area at the rear of the
building.
Directions to the University & Whist Club: From
Pennsylvania Avenue (Route 52) heading south into Wilmington, turn right
onto Broom Street (if heading north out of the city, turn left onto Broom).
Landmark: The Church of the Holy City is on the SW corner of Pennsylvania
Avenue and Broom Street. After the turn onto Broom, go past Padua Academy
(on right) to the next stop sign. Cross through the intersection and turn
right into the University & Whist driveway (on the corner of 9th & Broom).
Cost: members $35; non-members $40.
For more information: contact Katherine Ward at
DelawarePress@aol.com.
– Make a reservation –
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MAY 2008
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21 May |
DPA Board Meeting |
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Location: |
Methodist Country House, 4830
Kennett Pike, Wilmington |
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Time: |
6:30 p.m.
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SEPTEMBER 2008
2008 NFPW / Media Network Idaho Communications Conference
The
members of Media Network Idaho (MNI) will host “Kickin’ Back in Idaho,” the
2008 NFPW Communications Conference, September 11–13 in Idaho Falls. You can
network with communications colleagues from across the U.S., enjoy speakers
and panel discussions on a variety of topics and cheer for our 2008
Communicator of Achievement, Barbara Roewe, as she participates in the
national COA competition.
Click
here for a schedule of speakers, workshops and activities.
There will be
a three-day pre-conference trip, September 7–9, to Sun Valley, Idaho,
Jackpot, Wyoming, Shoshone Falls and the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Get pre-conference tour details, including info on getting to and from
Idaho.
Plan to enjoy a post-conference tour of Yellowstone National
Park (overnight at the Old Faithful Inn) and take a leisurely float trip
down the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park (overnight in Jackson
Hole, Wyoming), September 14–16.
Click this link for post-conference tour details.
If you wish to take either or both of these tours, click
the links above and sign up now because they are filling up fast.
The Shilo Inn, located on the scenic Snake River near the falls, will be
the full-service site for most of the conference activities. The hotel has
non-smoking guest rooms available, and the room rate, single or double, will
be $89 for a street view room, $99 for a river view room. Call 208-523-0088
for your reservation and ask for the NFPW room rate.
The conference registration form will be available through
the NFPW Web site this summer.
For more information, contact Katherine Ward: 302-655-2175
or DelawarePress@aol.com.
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