Classic journalism in the age of Twitter will be the topic of the keynote speech at the New England Scholastic Press Association's 61st annual conference at Boston University Friday, May 1.
Doors open at 8, and sessions will be from 9 until 2:30 at Boston University's College of Communication, 640 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
Students, teachers, Boston University faculty and full-time journalists and media specialists will share information with the aim of supporting excellence in scholastic journalism.
Keynote speech
Thomas Fiedler, dean of the College of Communication, will give the keynote speech.
Fiedler won top honors during his career as an investigative reporter, political columnist, White House correspondent, war correspondent, editorial-page editor and, ultimately, the executive editor of The Miami Herald.
His reporting on the 1988 presidential election won him the Society of Professional Journalists' top award.
His investigative report about an extremist cult’s political tactics was part of a Miami Herald series that won a 1991 Pulitzer Prize. During his 2001-2007 tenure as executive editor, the paper won two additional Pulitzer Prizes. Also at the conference, delegates will find panels, exhibits, round-tables, lectures and workshops where they can learn about the latest trends and share concerns and ideas.
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Presentation of the All New England Awards will honor outstanding print and broadcast productions in their school population categories. Publications and broadcasts will also receive Special Achievement Awards based on the excellence of individual submissions.
Benefits of pre-registration
Those whose forms arrive at Boston University by April 1 will receive more details about the conference including a preliminary program and speakers' list, and a list of places to have lunch.
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The NESPA Special Achievement Awards are designed to reward excellence in individual and teamwork for New England’s secondary school media.
This competition is open to students who have contributed to a student broadcast medium or publication at a public, independent or parochial senior high school. The contest seeks to provide increased public recognition for deserving scholastic media journalists. Judges include members of the working press and faculty of the Boston University College of Communication.
Those entries evaluated as “outstanding” in the categories noted here will receive NESPA Special Achievement Award certificates.
Entries must have been broadcast or published between April 2, 2008 and April 1, 2009.
DEADLINE for receipt of entries at the College of Communication: April 1, 2009.
Preparation of entries: Send complete page, unmounted tear sheet on which each entry appears.
Tape a fi lled out copy of entry form to the upper right corner of the back of each entry. Broadcast entry must be accompanied by appropriate script and essential program credit information. Enclose Special Achievement fee and forms with your entries. Fill out forms in full.
Please send materials to:
Helen F. Smith, executive director
New England Scholastic Press Association
Boston University College of Communication
640 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, Mass. 02215
Winners receive their awards at the annual conference on the Boston University campus. Download entry forms and contest categories in the NESPA newsletter.
The NESPA Publications and Productions Contests are open to all school publications and broadcasts, both NESPA members and non-members. Awards will be given to broadcast (audio and video) productions, magazines, newspapers and yearbooks. All publications are evaluated and rated individually. Those receiving a Highest Achievement rating in Scholastic Editing and Publishing become eligible for first, second and third place All-New England certificates in the following size categories, using grades 9-12:
Entry information: Broadcasts, please submit audio and video productions of the 2008-2009 school year, plus any one or two from January, 2008 - June, 2008. Magazines, submit all 2008-2009 school year issues. Newspapers, submit all 2008-2009 issues plus any two from January, 2008-June, 2008. Yearbooks, submit 2008 edition.
Please include $5.00 for postage and handling for each entry you want returned. You MUST note which entry(ies) you wish returned.
Entry fee: None for NESPA members; $15 per broadcast or publication entry for non-members.
Entry deadline: April 1, 2009. Download the entry form.