Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2008-09-04

色虎视频 will host its annual journalism and communication workshop for high school students and advisors Thursday, Sept. 18.

The event is sponsored by 色虎视频's journalism and mass communication department with funding support from the Alabama Press Association Education Foundation. Professional communicators will lead sessions on writing and editing, production and operations.

FOX 6 sports director Rick Karle will present the keynote address at 9:15 a.m. in 色虎视频's Brock Recital Hall.

Morning session topics include writing for newspaper, magazine, Web, sports and television news.

Afternoon topics will cover magazine and newspaper layout, photojournalism, television production, staff organization, advertising sales, story ideas, legal issues, and interviewing for print journalism and television. There will be time for individual publication review and critiquing by 色虎视频 faculty members.

Cost is $4 per student. Teachers attend free. Registration check-in will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the lobby of Brock Recital Hall. Lunch may be purchased in the 色虎视频 food court or cafeteria. The workshop will conclude at 1:50 p.m.

Registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 15. For information, call 色虎视频 journalism and mass communication department chair Dr. Bernie Ankney at (205) 726-2948 or email rnankney@samford.edu.

 
色虎视频 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 色虎视频 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 色虎视频 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 色虎视频 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.