State Convention

kentucky high school
journalism association

2008 KHSJA Convention Program
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Louisville
May 7, 2008

Session topics A=All B=Broadcast N=Newspaper Y=Yearbook

8-8:55 a.m. Registration (Conference Center Lobby)

9-9:25 a.m. Welcome remarks by David Greer, KHSJA administrator; keynote speaker, Jamie Gumbrecht, lifestyles writer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, formerly of the Lexington Herald-Leader (Grand Bell Hall) (A)

9 a.m.-noon Continuous yearbook display (Julia Belle Foyer) (Y)

First time period – 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.

Producing PSAs that capture viewers’ attention. Archie Borders has many years experience in independent film production. His work was broadcast recently on the Sundance Channel. (Julia Belle Ballroom) (B)

Telling important stories with photojournalism. Jim Winn, a 2005 graduate of Western Kentucky University, has won awards in numerous photojournalism competitions, including the Hearst Photojournalism Championship in 2005. Now, he is photojournalism adviser for student publications at UK. (Burley-Cumberland) (N, Y) (Repeats next time period)

Using graphics to tell your story. Graphic designer Julie Clay shoots photos, writes and designs for the Student Loan People and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. Her job focuses on creating books that tell students how to get into and pay for college. She is a former newspaper journalist. (Derby) (N, Y) (Repeats next time period)

Phun with PhotoShop. Lisa Tackett Griffin has been a trainer/guru in the newspaper and publishing field for more than 20 years. She’s a staff member of the University of Tennessee/Tennessee Press Association Institute for Newspaper Technology. She conducts training for several publishing software programs, including PhotoShop. (Farmington) (N, Y)

The secrets of editorial cartooning revealed! Linda Boileau is an internationally syndicated cartoonist and illustrator who’s published more than 3,000 cartoons in newspapers such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and USA Today. Living in Kentucky, Linda’s editorial cartoons have appeared in The State Journal in Frankfort for more than 20 years. She has exhibited her work at the Museum of Cartoon Art in San Francisco and has been in Pelican's Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year series for 15 years in a row. (Appalachian) (N)

You can publish controversial stories in your school newspaper. Here’s how. Jim Lang is the newspaper and yearbook adviser at Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs, Ind. He teaches each summer at the Indiana University High School Journalism Institute and is a former president of the Indiana High School Press Association. He was the 2006 Ella Sengenberger Adviser of the Year and a 2007 Dow Jones Distinguished Adviser. (Iroquois) (N, B) (Repeats next time period)

Headline writing is truly an art. So is getting someone to open up during an interview. Learn from a pro. Ben Post is an experienced veteran of The Courier-Journal in Louisville and has been managing editor for the past eight years. He was also a reporter for newspapers in Ohio and Pennsylvania, in addition to being a military journalist with the Army. (Heartland) (N, Y)

My six-week assignment in Iraq. Jamie Gumbrecht, formerly of the Lexington Herald-Leader and now with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, volunteered for an assignment in Iraq earlier this year. She wrote numerous stories for newspapers and posted material to her blog. Hear her observations and impressions of covering the war. (Goldenrod) (A)

Second time period – 10:20 to 11:05 a.m.

Challenges of doing a daily live TV show. Randy Herndon, NBCT, is in his 17th year of teaching at Graves County High School in Mayfield, where he teaches television production, broadcast journalism and serves as the advisor for the WGCE cable TV station. His students have won national recognition for their daily live TV broadcasts. Herndon graduated from Murray State in 1989 and worked as a radio announcer and free-lance audio-video producer for 13 years before entering education. (Julia Belle Ballroom) (B)

In-Depth with InDesign. Lisa Tackett Griffin has been a trainer/guru in the newspaper and publishing field for more than 20 years. She’s a staff member of the University of Tennessee/Tennessee Press Association Institute for Newspaper Technology. She conducts training for several publishing software programs, including InDesign. (Farmington) (N, Y)

My life in TV news – scaling new heights in search of the ultimate story. Kerri Richardson is an Emmy-award winning television journalist who jumped out of the newsroom recently to work in the communications office of the mayor of Louisville. A Shelbyville native, WKU graduate and veteran of TV stations in Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, Evansville and Louisville, she worked at WHAS-TV in Louisville for five years. She covered presidents, pigs and punk rockers and has been known to scale fences in a skirt and heels to get to a story. (Appalachian) (B)

You can publish controversial stories in your school newspaper. Here’s how. Jim Lang is the newspaper and yearbook adviser at Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs, Ind. He teaches each summer at the Indiana University High School Journalism Institute and is a former president of the Indiana High School Press Association, the 2006 Ella Sengenberger Adviser of the Year and a 2007 Dow Jones Distinguished Adviser. (Iroquois) (N, B)

Managing the journey from high school journalism to college journalism – and beyond. Jo-Ann Huff Albers, now retired, is the founding director of the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism & Broadcasting. She spent 27 years in daily newspapers as an editor and publisher before joining WKU in 1987. She was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2002 and has served in leadership roles in various professional journalism organizations and received numerous awards. (Heartland) (A)

The care and feeding of an award-winning yearbook. The 2007 Talisman, Western Kentucky University’s yearbook, has been named a finalist for a national Pacemaker Award. The 2006 Talisman earned a Gold Medalist rating by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Katie Clark of Bowling Green was editor of the 2006 Talisman and she’s with us today to explain the ins and outs of publishing an award-winning yearbook. (Goldenrod) (Y) (Repeats in final time period)

Third time period – 11:10 to 11:55 a.m.

TV show-and-tell. See what other schools are doing in TV production. Steve Galyon, moderator and NBCT, teaches broadcast journalism at Henry County High School. He started the program 11 years ago and is past president of the Student Television Network and co-chair of the STN annual convention. He was the 2008 recipient of Media Adviser of the Year from Western Kentucky University. (Julia Belle Ballroom) (B)

Print meets cyberspace. John Mura is multimedia manager for the Courier-Journal in Louisville. He oversees the newspaper’s web operation, as well as all photo and video projection at the paper. Previously, he was assistant managing editor/news where he oversaw the daily news operation. He’s been a journalist for 29 years. (Burley-Cumberland) (A)

Broadcast your school’s games via the Internet. Boyd County High School in Ashland audiostreams its football and basketball games to an audience near and far via the Internet. Steven Cole, a student at the school, explains how they do it. (Derby) (B)

Get a line on Illustrator. Lisa Tackett Griffin has been a trainer/guru in the newspaper and publishing field for more than 20 years. She’s a staff member of the University of Tennessee/Tennessee Press Association Institute for Newspaper Technology. She conducts training for several publishing software programs, including Illustrator, a program she says is not fully appreciated despite its many capabilities. (Farmington) (N, Y)

Show me the money! Carol Bond Theiss, an English and journalism teacher at Fleming County High School, knows the secrets of dramatically increasing advertising revenue for your school publications. She was a working member of the print media until the fall of 2004 when she began her teaching career. Prior to teaching, she worked for The Courier-Journal in Healthcare and Automotive Recruitment Sales where she received Salesperson of the Month nine out of 12 months. Prior to that, Theiss was a weekly and daily newspaper publisher for Park Communications and CNHI in Kentucky and Texas. (Appalachian) (N, Y)

Lesson plans for broadcast. Bobbi Templet, NBCT, is the broadcast journalism adviser at Oldham County High School. The broadcast program started three years ago and currently has 30 students enrolled. She previously served as the newspaper and yearbook adviser. She plans to attend the STN adviser camp this summer. Meanwhile, Dr. Noel Gnadinger, broadcast journalism adviser at South Oldham High School, taught English for four years before becoming a librarian. Now in her third year as a media specialist, she took over Dragon News from the retiring librarian. Her students produce a newscast, which airs every three weeks on a closed circuit broadcast. (Iroquois) (B)

Managing the journey from college journalism to the job market. Benjy Hamm is editorial director for Landmark Community Newspapers Inc., a company that owns more than 50 newspapers and 7 college sports publications in 14 states. The company, headquartered in Shelbyville, has more than 20 newspapers and other publications in Kentucky, including Cats Pause, which covers UK sports. Hamm is active in training, hiring and recruiting for LCNI. He is a former reporter and newspaper editor for papers in North and South Carolina. (Heartland) (N)

Noon to 1:30 p.m. KHSJA Awards Luncheon (Grand Bell Hall) (A)