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Covering
$50/$40 (1st, 2nd registrant/members) REMAINING MPI SEMINARS in 2009
$75/$65 (non-members)
Participants
(coincides w/Cardinals v. Giants game)
Sports staffers play a critical role in building
readership. This seminar will explore new
ideas for drawing readers other than hard-
natural
disasters
_________________________________ core fans, addressing the new realities of the
Web, evaluating the role of special sections
_________________________________ and moving lively stories and resourceful
coverage to the newspaper at large.
_________________________________
Sept. 18-20
Address Design/presentation April 17-19, 2009
(and a little copy editing) in Davenport, Iowa
_________________________________ The role of designers and copy editors
changes daily as newspapers continue to A seminar designed to prepare
City ____________________________ evolve into 24-7 print and online platforms,
newspaper, online and other journalists
adding video and audio and addressing a for bringing to their communities the
State ________ Zip________________ multitude of other issues. New tasks require critical breaking news they’ll need to cope
new skills, especiallyat smaller papers.
E-mail__________________________ with natural disaster. Sessions will
emphasize adapting skills to multimedia
Phone __________________________ Oct. 28-30 platforms and offer practical advice that
MPI Partnership:
journlaists can use on the job right away.
Make HOTEL reservations with: 2009 APME Convention Programming Participants may attend the entire
Radisson Quad City Plaza Hotel 111 E. MPI will partner with the Associated Press program or any part of it.
Second St., Davenport, Iowa 52801 Managing Editors to offer MPI members from
(563.322.2200) non-APME papers a chance to attend
programming sessions at the annual APME
convention at MPI rates. Watch APME's web Other sponsors:
(For $106 rate, mention MPI and
make reservations by March 18.) site for program details. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Seminar co-chairs: Mark Ridolfi, Quad City Lee Newspapers
Times (Davenport),;W. Mizell Stewart,
Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press, Steve
Scripps Howard Foundation
Buttry, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) Illinois Press Foundation