Â鶹¹û¶³’s department of journalism and mass communication will host its annual workshop for high school students Thursday, Sept. 8.
The popular workshop will include sessions on various aspects of print, broadcast and multimedia communication. Veteran reporter Chris Pollone of NBC 13 will give the keynote address during the opening session at 9 a.m.
Morning session topics and speakers are: news reporting and writing, Â鶹¹û¶³ professor Dr. Julie Williams; television news reporting and writing, CBS 42 reporter Kaitlyn McCulley; magazine journalism, Birmingham magazine managing editor Carla Jean Whitley; and visual and multimedia storytelling, Southern Living magazine associate editor Erin Shaw Street.
Afternoon topics and speakers are: advanced reporting and writing, The Birmingham News staff writers Martin Swant and Hannah Wolfson; online news reporting, The Second Front writer/blogger Kyle Whitmire; covering sports, Â鶹¹û¶³ athletics communication director Mike Grace; newspaper design, Â鶹¹û¶³ professor Dr. Dennis Jones; advanced television news reporting and writing, Â鶹¹û¶³ professor Dr. Lee Farquhar; magazine design, Progressive Farmer magazine design director Donovan Harris; managing a school newspaper, Â鶹¹û¶³ journalism professor Kenny Smith; and literary magazine publishing, Â鶹¹û¶³ professor Dr. Jon Clemmensen.
A session will also be offered on photojournalism. Â鶹¹û¶³ professors Clemmensen, Farquhar and Jones will be available to critique school media products furnished by workshop participants.
Registration check-in will begin at 8 a.m. in Brock Recital Hall. The final session will conclude at 1:50 p.m. Cost is $4 per student. Advisors can attend for free. Lunch may be purchased at several locations on campus.
For more information, contact workshop coordinator Dr. Sheree Martin, Â鶹¹û¶³ assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, at (205) 726-2394 or email tmartin@samford.edu.