Our Voice: Trip to Texas for convention was beneficial
This past week from Oct. 29-Nov. 1, select members of The Colonnade traveled to Austin, Texas, to attend the College Media Adviser and Associated Collegiate Press National Convention in attempts to further educate the staff about the field of journalism.
We felt that the trip was highly beneficial because it allowed the members of the staff that went to broaden their knowledge and creativity. By having multiple sessions to choose from nearly every hour, beginning at 8 a.m. and often running to at least 4:30 p.m., the convention allowed staff members to learn vital information from seminars ranging from investigative journalism to 100 great story ideas.
These sessions gave students the advantage of learning about a specific component of journalism in a fun, relaxed environment while simultaneously allowing staff members to interact and learn from college journalists nationwide.
The Texas trip was also extremely valuable to those who attended because it gave The Colonnade newspaper staff the chance to receive advice from another school’s media adviser and have our paper critiqued. An experienced professor sat down with our staff and carefully went over virtually every aspect of The Colonnade with us.
He showed us how to better our newspaper’s layout and design and showed us how each section of the paper could be improved. We feel that this extremely informative critique session will help us advance the development of The Colonnade in all aspects and aid us in producing an overall better paper.
The trip also put us in a hotel just several miles from the University of Texas at Austin and gave Colonnade staff members the chance to explore downtown Austin firsthand.
As a staff, we feel that the Austin trip and similar trips are essential if we wish to further expand our journalism knowledge and continue progressing as an informative campus news outlet.
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on Nov 6 2009. Filed under Our Voice.
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