2009 PSPA Convention Program

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Pennsylvania School Press Association

Convention 200976th annual celebration in State College

Inside

Welcomeand

greetingsfrom PSPA

Keynotespeaker

Contestinformation

Session gridsfor Thursday

and Friday

Breakoutsession

information

Arearestaurants

Conventionspeakers

Penn Stater Conference Center

State College, PennsylvaniaThursday and Friday, March 12-13, 2009


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welcome Keynote Speaker

Other Speaker Highlights

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Welcome to Centre County, home of the PennState Nittany Lions! At the 76th annualPennsylvania School Press Association

convention, we are getting centred as we lookat scholastic journalism today. What are the

newest trends? How will student journalismchange over the years? As we move into a

technologically-advanced society, we haveincluded a technology strand this year that willhelp staffs and advisers use a variety of online

resources and tools for their publications.Sessions are scheduled on Thursday and Friday

at the Penn Stater Conference Center.

Information on speakers and breakout sessionscan be found in this convention program. Allof the sessions will be located in the PresidentsHall and the Senate Rooms located on the main

oor of the Penn Stater. Exhibits,featuring universities and yearbook companies

will be located in the lobby of the PresidentsHall. Thank you for attending the 76th annual

Pennsylvania School Press Associationconvention in Centre County.

Kristin GironConvention

co-chair

Wanda PletcherConvention

co-chair

Contest/Tour InformationThe writing contest will be held on Thursday, March 12thfrom 2-4 p.m. Students must have pre-registered for thissession. Tickets will be placed in the registration packet foryour school. Winners of the writing contest will be namedat the closing ceremonies on Friday afternoon.

Carry-in contests will be held from 9 a.m. to noon onFriday, March 13th. Again, students must have

pre-registered for this session. Winners of the carry-incontest will also be named at the closing ceremonies onFriday afternoon.

A sightseeing tour of Penn States campus will be availableon Thursday. Bussing will be provided. Tour informationwill be available at the registration table.

a Steve Manuel, senior lecturerof Communications at Penn State,has had his photographypublished in more than 115publications. A former spokesman for the U.S.Department of Defense,Manual recently travelled toKuwait and Iraq with

comedian Dane Cook.a Christopher Wink, afreelance journalist and bloggerfrom Philadelphia, will discussthe importance of creating anonline media empire andmultimedia storytelling.

Tim Harrower

Tim Harrower is a design god.An award-winning editor,

designer and columnist at a

variety of newspapers,Harrower is responsible for a

number of newspaperredesigns across the country.

His rst book, TheNewspaper Designers

Handbook, is a xture innewsrooms and classrooms

around the world and has beentranslated into Russian,

Chinese and Polish. Along withthe keynote on Thursday night,Harrowerwill alsopresentsessions

onThursday

andFriday.


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Thursday Schedule

10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Convention sessions10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Vendor tables/exhibitsopen1 p.m. - Adviser luncheon in Deans Hall

1 p.m. - Student luncheon in Deans Hall2-4 p.m. - Write-off contest5:30 p.m. - Banquet dinner with featuredspeaker Tim Harrower. All-state awardswill be given.8-10 p.m. - Ice Cream Social - tickets neededto be purchased at registration

9 a.m.-3 p.m. - Convention sessions

9 a.m.-3 p.m. - Vendor tables/exhibits open12 p.m. - Adviser luncheon in Deans Hall12 p.m. - Student luncheon in Deans Hall2 p.m. - Closing ceremonies2 p.m. - Write-off and carry-in contestwinners named

Friday Schedule

PSPA Board members

Bob Hankes - PresidentMike McVitty - Vice President

Carissa Pokorny-Golden - TreasurerStacey Aronow - Secretary

Darcy Goshorn - Webmaster

Sam BidlemanJane Blystone

Rick BrooksChuck BrittainHelen FallonKristin Giron

Janice HateldCasey HenryJohn KupetzDenise Valerio

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Thursday Session Breakdown10-10:50 a.m.

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Tips for Creating a StellarLiterary Magazine - This sessionwill help sta members create an

outstanding magazine thathonors the best work of yourstudent writers and artists andimpresses readers and judges alike.

Janice Hateld Pres Hall 1

Yearbook Design Trends 2009- In this overview of design todaycurrent samples from all forms ofmedia are discussed. Students willsee how to use and adapt concep-tual materials from mass media intotheir publications.Rick Brooks Pres Hall 2

Navigating the College Maze-AidLink, a community outreachprogram of Complete CollegeSolutions, presents an insiders lookat how to handle the college process.Speakers will review how studentscan maximize their eligibility for aidby identifying lower cost schools,comparing college costs and

understanding aid and loan options.Aid appeals will also be discussed. Q& A will follow the presentation.

Josh Ettterman and Michael KarpPres Hall 3

Newspaper Design: A CrashCourse- A world-famouscelebrity plans to visit your school.How should you present the story?Our animated, interactive tutorialexplores dozens of options - the

good, the bad and the ugly - forlayouts, headlines and visuals.Tim Harrower Pres Hall 3

1-1:50 p.m.

11-11:50 a.m.

Improving Your Still Photos andVideo - Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photographer John Bealeteaches photojournalism at PennStates College of Communications.

More Matter, Less Art - Thissession will underscore theimportance of giving emphasis tosubstance over rhetorical ourishesin news writing.Mike Joseph Pres Hall 2

The Business of Yearbook, NowMore Than Ever - In thischallenging economic year, makingsure you have the revenue to create

your dream book is more importantthan ever, but book and advertisingsales are often overlooked until itstoo late and your eort is in debt.Its not hard to ensure a nanciallysuccessful yearbook, it just takessome forethought, creativity and anorganized eort. Learn somestrategies that you can take homeand use immediately or next yearregarding book sales, ad sales andfundraisers.

Scott Geesey Pres Hall 3

Telling Tales: The Art of Fea-tures- This session will give youngreporters tips on nding, developingand crafting engaging features thatcaptivates readers as much as goodction can.Chris Rosenblum Pres Hall 4

12-12:50 p.m.

Mind Your Own Business- ItsMarch and its not too late to sellmore yearbooks. If you Mind YourOwn Business by using Taylorsnew business resource and stimuluspackage, you will watch your salesincrease. The Yearbook Paybookis step by step guide to increase

your yearbook sales and revenue.Come listen and learn how to makemoney.Taylor Pres Hall 1

Changing to a Magazine Format-This session will reveal how onenewspaper sta make the move to amonthly magazine. We will presentsome design, writing, editorial,

production, and readershipsolutions with lots of show insteadof tell.Red & White staf Pres Hall 2

Improving Your Digital Photos-Almost everyone owns a digitalcamera of some sort. Even those

who own and use digital single lensreex cameras do so without a basicknowledge of composition and

what pixels are and how they work.

Knowing a few basic rules can makea world of dierence in onephotographs; photographs thatcommunicate to the reader;photographs that make people stopand say, how did he/she do that? Ifa reader looks at your photographfor more than three-quarters of asecond, youve succeeded inproducing a memorable image.Steve Manuel Pres Hall 3

Student Press Rights- This sessionwill explore the history of studentpress rights and what rights student

journalists have in Pennsylvaniaright now. We will also exploreseveral common laws that impact

working press: Pennsylvania OpenRecords and Sunshine Laws and

what they mean for reporters. Josh Etterman Pres Hal

Thursday Lunch- Lunch will beserved in Deans Hall forstudents and advisers. Stas musthave pre-registered for theconvention luncheon atregistration. Tickets are needed toenter the hall, so be sure to have

your ticket present.Lunch Deans Hall

His recent photographic work hasbeen published by major newspa-pers and web sites throughout theUnited States.

John Beale Pres Hall

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2-2:50 p.m.

Writing Contest-Students partici-pating in this years PSPA writingcontest will get to meet reporter

Steve Manuel. Manuel is an activephotographer with Penn StateUniversity where he photographsmany of the Division I sports teams.His photographs have beenpublished in more than 115publications,including USA Today, SportsIllustrated, The New York Times andthe Philadelphia Inquirer. After thepresentation and a brief Q & A ses-sion, students will gather to writenews, features and opinion piecesduring the second hour. Winningentries will be featured online and

winners will be recognized duringclosing ceremonies on Friday.

Pres Hall 1

School Press Version 2.0- Newonline technologies, like Web 2.0tools, can be harnessed byadvisers and stas to reenergizepublications. You will walk away

with plenty of free tools to add toyour media toolbox, includingonline newspaper options,

webcasting platforms and othernifty media goodies. This session

will focus on websites, newspaper,broadcast and literary magazines.Darcy Goshorn Pres Hall 2

Cracking the Critique Code- Notsure what yearbook judges are

looking for when you submit yourcritiques? Do they look at designand writing? Do captions reallymatter? Want to take your

yearbook to the next level? Thissession will provide simple tips andresources to get your book readyfor a critique, both at the state andnational level.Cheryl Franzmann Pres Hall 3

New Advisers Workshop-New orjust feeling that way? This sessionwill encourage practical survivalskills and sensible goals for anynewspaper adviser. Stang, pro-

duction schedules, content ideas,technology solutions - we got it all.Sam Bidleman Pres Hall 4

3-3:50 p.m.

Live Webcasting Made Easy-Thanks to a host of new Web 2.otools, webcasting via the Internetis easier than ever before. You will

walk away from this session with ahandful of free webcasting tools in

your journalism toolbox. After

demonstrating how to setup yourown webcast, we will discuss tipsand tricks, as well as best practices.Darcy Goshorn Pres Hall 2

Wagging the Blog- What goes intoa successful news blog? A veteranshares some tips and insights ongiving your blog a voice and makingit a must read.

John Micek Pres Hall 3

Kalliope Editors Roundtable-This session with the current editorsof Penn States undergraduateliterary magazine will give you aglimpse into the process of creatingan outstanding student publication- from choosing sta to drummingup publicity to choosingsubmissions to layout, productionand distribution.Sheila Squillante Pres Hall 4

5:30-8 p.m.

All-State Dinner Banquet- Theannual PSPA dinner banquet willbe served in Deans Hall. Stasmust have paid for the dinner withregistration. Tickets are required forentry into the ballroom for dinner.Tim Harrower, redesign god, willbe the keynote speaker after dinner.Following his address, winners ofthe PSPA All-State Awards will benamed. Pennsylvania Teacher of the

Year and Administrator of the Yearwinners, along with the Friend ofJournalism winner will be honored.

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8-10 p.m.

Ice Cream Social and Swap Shop-Partipants must have pre-registeredfor this event. Bring yourpublication to share and enjoy an icecream bar featured Ice Creamery icecream and toppings.

Thursday Session Breakdown

Writing Contest-Studentsparticipating in this years PSPA

writing contest will get to meetreporter Steve Manuel. After thepresentation and a brief Q & Asession, students will gather to write

news, features and opinion piecesduring the second hour.

Pres Hall 1



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Thursday Sessions

Presidents Hall 1(seating of 100)



Presidents Hall 4

(seating of 100)

Location 10-10:50 a.m. 11-11:50 a.m.

Improving YourStill Photos and

Video-John Beale

Yearbook DesignTrends 2009 -Rick Brooks

The Business ofYearbook - NowMore Than Ever -

Scott Geesey

Newspaper Design-A Crash Course -

Tim Harrower

Tips for Creating aStellar

Literary Magazine -Janice Hateld

More Matter, Less Art -Mike Joseph

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Telling Tales:The Art of Features -

Chris Rosenblum

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College Maze -Josh Etterman and

Michael Karp

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Yearbook

Newspaper

Literary Magazine

Television/Radio

Technology

All Media

Contests

Advisers

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m. 1-1:50 p.m. 2-2:50 p.m. 3-3:50 p.m.

Writing Contest

LunchwillbeheldintheDeansHall.

Advisersandstudentsshouldhave

pre-registered

fortheluncheon.

School PressVersion 2.0 -

Darcy Goshorn

Yourtos -uel

New AdvisersWorkshop -

Sam Bidleman

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Kalliope EditorsRoundtable -

Sheila Squillante

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OwnEmmyCarolyndham

Cracking theCritique Code -Cheryl Franzmann

Live WebcastingMade Easy -

Darcy Goshorn

Wagging the Blog-John Micek



Friday Session Breakdown

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9-9:50 a.m.

Secrets to Great Photography-Great yearbook start with greatphotography. This session explores

varying the angles, how to use thelight that you have, the importanceof showing emotion, the use ofrepetition, framing the shot andcropping.Cari Frei Pres Hall 1

The Student E-Newspaper- Asthe journalism industry turns to theInternet for more readers, so shouldstudent newspapers. How canstudent journalists put togethera Web page for their readers and,more importantly, keep them there?Terrence Casey Pres Hall 3

So You Want to Be a BroadcastJournalist? Better Start Now!-This session will discuss the relevantquestions high school studentsshould seek to answer as theyprepare to enter college and thebroadcast world.Dr. Anthony Moretti Pres Hall 3

Tomorrows Reader, YesterdaysPaper- Are readers bored by all yourdull, predictable 15-inch stories?

Yes. But you can make your publica-tion reader-friendly by reworking

your news and features into useful,interactive packages (sidebars, factboxes, checklists). Well examinedozens of innovative examples anddemonstrate how staers can

collaborate more eectively.Tim Harrower Pres Hall 4

Carry-in Contest- Carry-in con-tests will be held this hour in theSenate Room. Students should havepre-registered for the event andreceived a ticket. Contests include

yearbook design, newspaper design,photography, cartoons, ad design,

video news and video feature. Judges Senate Rooms 2-3

10-10:50 a.m.

High School TV: Starting it Upand Keeping it Running- So youhave TV cameras, a news set, a

computer or two and somevolunteers. What do you do withit? This session will help get yourstarted.

Jesse Colaizzi Pres Hall 1

Eleven Ways to Improve youStudent Publication Today-Thereare a number of simple, but eective

ways to improve your studentpublication without delay. Itemsinclude online promotion and

dissemination, multimedia,organization and web presence.Christopher Wink Pres Hall 2

Who Put You In Charge-Being amanager can be dicult, but beinga student manager of other studentsbring it to a whole new level. Howare you supposed to manage a sta

of employees who are all the sameage as you or, gulp, older?Terrence Casey Pres Hall 2

Creating Mood with Type andColor- Is your yearbook designbecoming a mess of fonts andcolors? Learn how to use fonts andcolor to reinforce your theme andcoverage.Kathryn Phillips Pres Hall 4

11-11:50 a.m.

Tips for Creating a StellarNewspaper- This session will helpsta members focus on creating anewspaper which really serves thestudent body well and one that will

impress the judges. Janice Hateld Pres Hall

Describe and Conquer-Descriptive writing lets

journalistic writers get creative,establish a tone and evoke a mood.And you thought only ction coulduse literary devices and do that.This session will help students apply

journalistic horse sense to using

their ve senses to make thingslively without making things up.Students may even get a chance tostick their toe in the water and try toobserve and describe.

John Kupetz Pres Hal

Literary Magazine ThemeDevelopment Expose- What reallyhappens when a dozen variedstudents plan out a theme for the

literary magazine? What is the roleof the advisers when things aregoing south? And when does onegive up? Robert Hankes and MikeMcVitty will review how last yearsedition of Charisma turned 40.Robert Hankes and Mike McVitty

Pres Hall 3

An Online Media Empire in aDay- How you, your friends and

your school newspaper or studentorganization can better share andpromote your work online. Welltalk about the free or cheap tools tobrand and spread your work, andeven how to operate an entire schoopublication online for a minimalcost and limited experience.Christopher Wink Pres Hall 4

Carry-in Contest- Carry-incontests will be held this hour in theSenate Room. Students should have

pre-registered for the event andreceived a ticket. Contests include

yearbook design, newspaper design,photography, cartoons, ad design,

video news and video feature. Judges Senate Rooms 2-3



Friday Student and AdviserLuncheon- Lunch will be servedin Deans Hall for both studentsand advisers. Lunch tickets must

have been paid for at registration.Students and advisers must have aticket to enter.

12-12:50 p.m.

1-1:50 p.m.

Blogging with Websites andWikis, Oh My!- This session willexplore all the options forincorporating new mediatechnologies into your publications.Dont fear the digital revolution...

embrace it! This session will showyou how.Heather Starr Fiedler Pres Hall 1

Asking the Tough Questions-This session will help youngjournalists nd ways to ask hardquestions and, most importantly,get good answers.Sara Ganim Pres Hall 3

It All Starts with Interviewing-No one can write anything withoutrst interviewing sources. Thissession will help you learn todevelop your interviewing skills and

techniques and make you a betterreporter.Helen Fallon Pres Hall 4

Multimedia Storytelling- Thissession will show participants howto tell stories using audio, video andphotographs cheaply, professionallyand eectively. Well talk about thetechnology, tools, direction andfocus needed to begin a seriousmultimedia division to even the

smallest student publication ororganization.Christopher Wink Senate 2-3

Bringing Ideas to Life- Thissession is designed for AdvancedInDesign users only. Afterreviewing the advanced functionsof the program, we will launch intoan interactive Howd they do that?session, allowing students to share

the more advanced features of theirpublication.Seana Litt Pres Hall 2

Carry-in Contest- Carry-in con-tests will be held this hour in theSenate Room. Students should havepre-registered for the event andreceived a ticket. Contests include

yearbook design, newspaper design,photography, cartoons, ad design,video news and video feature. Judges Senate Rooms 2-3

Friday Session Breakdown

2-2:50 p.m.

Closing Ceremony- The closing ce-memony will take place in the Sen-ate Room to honor the winners ofthe carry-in contests and the writingcontests.Contest Senate 2-3

Evaluation Forms

Dont forget to ll out the evaluation format the end of the conference. Forms should

have been placed in your registration

packet, but extras are available at theregistration booth.Forms can be dropped o at the

registration table on Friday.Your feedback is appreciated.



Friday Sessions





Senate Room 2-3(seating of 100)

Location 9-9:50 a.m. 10-10:50 a.m.

Who Put You InCharge? -

Terrence Casey

The StudentE-Newspaper -Terrence Casey

High School TV:Starting It Up and

Keeping ItRunning-

Jesse Colaizzi

Carry-in ContestPre-registration is required

Tomorrows Reader,Yesterdays Paper -

Tim Harrower

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Eleven Ways toImprove Your

StudentPublication-Christopher Wink

So You Want to Be aBroadcast

Journalist? BetterStart Now! -

Anthony Moretti

Secrets to GreatPhotography - Cari

Frei

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Creating Mood withType and Color -Kathryn Phillips

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Asking the ToughQuestions -Sara Ganim

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Bringing Ideas toLife - Seana Litt

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Notes



Convention Speakers

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Sam Bidleman - Sam is in his31st year of teaching English,composition, graphics andjournalism at Bloomsburg HighSchool. He serves on the staof the PA Governors Institutefor Information Literacy, writesand edits for several scholasticpublications and chairs MiddleStates validation visits. Bidlemanhas been honored as a nalist inthe PA Teacher of the Year and

as PA School Press AssociationsJournalism Teacher of the Year.

Maggie Bauman - Maggie

Bauman, a senior at BloomsburgHigh School, is the featureseditor of the Red & White. Lastyear, she was an award-winningnews and feature writer. Aftergraduation, she plans to attendPennsylvania College ofTechnology and major in MassMedia Communications.

John Beale - Veteranphotojournalist John Bealeteaches photojournalism,advanced photojournalism anddocumentary photojournalism.Prior to his arrival at Penn State,he spent 21 years as staphotographer and chief

photographer for the PittsburghPost-Gazette. A member of theU.S. Senate Press PhotographersGallery, his work has beenhonored with numerous nationalawards, including two SigmaDelta Chi Awards, theCommunity ServicePhotojournalism Award from theAmerican Society of NewspaperEditors and photo of the year by

the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Beales photos have been widelypublished in numerousmagazines and books. In 2001 he

served as a Journalist inResidence at Penn State. He hasalso taught photojournalism atPoint Park University inPittsburgh.

Rick Brooks - Rick Brooks isa Magna Cum Laude graduateof Fairmont State University inFairmont WV. He has degreesin Commercial design, Graphics

and Fine arts along withJournalism and Art education.While at Fairmont State heedited and designed the awardwinning Mound yearbook.Brooks is theNortheast Creative DesignManager with Jostens and hasworked in publishing workedsince 1986. He works with anddesigns for High schools andColleges throughout theNortheast. Numerous PIA,Columbia and NSPA awards havehonored his clients includingmultiple Bennys, Gold Crownsand Pacemakers. A member ofJEA, Columbia, CMA and thesociety of Collegiate Journalists,he actively lectures and teachesat national and state

conventions. He possessesextensive technologybackground in Photoshop,PageMaker, InDesign, Illustrator,Painter and Oce. He receivedthe Gold Key from CSPA in2000 and the Keystone fromPSPA. Brooks also sits on theexecutive board of thePennsylvania School PressAssociation.

CTerrence Casey- Terrence Caseyis editor-in-chief at The DailyCollegian at Penn StateUniversity. A senior majoring injournalism and religious studies,Terrence will graduate inDecember. Before being aneditor, Terrence have been a stareporter, metro editor, campuseditor and opinions page editor.

Jesse Colaizzi - Jesse Colaizzi

(PSU, Integrative Arts 03) holdsa Master of Arts in BroadcastJournalism from Point ParkUniversity. He is also the PointPark University StudentBroadcasting NetworkCoordinator, PhotographyFacilities Coordinator, andpart-time faculty member. Heteaches Television ProductionTechniques and Television

Non-Linear Editing. Jesse isalso a producer of HometownHigh-Q, a high school quiz show,shown on the CBS-Pittsburghaliate KDKA-TV. Outside ofPoint Park University, he has afreelancing business, for whichhe is a eld audio specialist forThe Videohouse Inc. His eldaudio credits include multipleprograms on The HistoryChannel, ABC, CBS, The NFLNetwork, ESPN, Bravo, and FOXNews Network, to name a few. Inhis spare time, Jesse enjoysmaintaining his real estateproperties, woodworking, andmaking his own wine. He resideswith his wife, Heather, in BenAvon, Pa.

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Convention SpeakersRoger Crider - Roger Crider is aBusiness Technology teacher atFranklin Regional High Schoolin Murrysville, Pa. In 2008, he

became the Classrooms for theFuture Technology coach forthe high school. He is also onthe eAcademy Consortium withthe Westmoreland IntermediateUnit. The consortium iseducating school district toimplement online courses.

DJulia Davis - Sixteen-year-oldJulia Davis is a BloomsburgHigh School junior and thenews editor of the Red & White.Leading a jam-packed life, Julialls almost every minute of herspare time with writing, musicaltheatre, watching reality TV orcaring for her menagerie of farm

animals. Julia became a PSPAboard member to promoteunbiased, informative andengaging journalism in highschools across the state.

EJoshua Etterman - JoshuaEtterman is a former PSPA

Student Board member fromHershey High School. In 2001,while working for thePennsylvania School ReformNetwork and studying atDickinson College , he was one ofthe rst members of PSPAsSection 12.9 team that helpedto stop a proposal to strip Manyprotections from the states

student journalists. Hiscolumn,From Left Field wonthe 2002 Keystone Press Award

for Division IV newspapers.Former editor of theElizabethtown Chronicle weekly,he has reported for the HersheyChronicle and The(Hummelstown, Pa.) Sun. Since2002 he has worked for CompleteCollege Solutoins, acollege-planning and nancialconsulting rm.

FHelen Fallon - Helen Fallon isacting chair of the new Schoolof Communication at Point ParkUniversity. Prior to thisassignment, she served as thechair of its Journalism and MassCommunication Department

since 1999. She startedteaching full time at the privateliberal arts college in 1986 afterworking for 11 years in the eld asa reporter, copy editor and editorfor three Western Pennsylvanianewspapers and a brief stint inhealth-care public relations. Inaddition to her teaching, Fallonhas worked as a part-time copyeditor rst in the news then

features department of thePittsburgh Post-Gazette since1987. She actively supports highschool journalism education andhas given or led manyworkshops and lectures to highschool journalism students andtheir teachers throughout herteaching career.

Heather Starr Fiedler - Dr.Heather Starr Fiedler is anassistant professor of digitalmedia in Point Park UniversitysJournalism and MassCommunication Department.She specializes in new andemerging media technology,especially online journalism. Herclasses include onlinejournalism, Web publication,print design, computer-assistedreporting, and magazine writingand design. She is the adviser of

Point Parks student-runnewspaper, the newsmagazineand literary magazine. She is alsothe founder and general managerof PittsburghMom.com, amicrosite for Pittsburgh areaparents, that is owned by thePittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Cheryl Franzmann - CherylFranzmann is a Walsworth

Publishing Company Keyaccounts representative inwestern Pennsylvania. A formeryearbook adviser at DeLand HighSchool in DeLand, Florida, herstu won ve All-Americans andfour gold medals for their work.Franzmann attended OhioUniversity Scripps School ofJournalism and is a former CSPAand NSPA judge.

Cari Frei - An employee ofTaylor Publishing Company forthe past eight years, Cari Freiexcels in working with stas andpreparing both new andexperienced advisers for the year.After teaching English, yearbookand newspaper, Frei understandsthe trials of production.

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Convention Speakers

GSara Ganim - Sara Ganim hasbeen working for the Centre

Daily Times as a crime reporterfor two years. Last summer, sheinterned at the Associated Press.Before her professional career,Ganim was a reporter for TheDaily Collegian in State College.While there, she placed threetimes in the Hearst awardcompetition. Last year, shereceived an honorable mention

for a feature story in theKeystone state awards.

Scott Geesey- Scott Geesey hasbeen a sales and servicerepresentative for JostensYearbooks for the last 10 years,covering central and northernPennsylvania. Geesey alsoworked for the KeystoneCentral School District in

Clinton County in 1998 and 1999as a teacher and part-time mediaspecialist. His exclusive yearbookwebsite, www.jostenscentralpa.com, is one of the few privatelymaintained yearbook productionwebsites in the country, lledwith ideas, tips, strategies andmore for all yearbook advisersand stas. Before enteringeducation, Scott worked as a

radio and TV broadcaster for 13years in the State College area.

Darcy Goshorn - DarcyGoshorn has taught Englishlanguage arts and journalism forve years at East Pennsboro AreaHigh School in Enola,Pennsylvania. Currently, heserves as the Classrooms for theFuture coach,

where he works with teachers tointegrate 21st Century skills intotheir curriculum. The schools

innovative, award-winningonline student newspaper hasbeen featured by thePennsylvania NewspaperAssociation, the PennsylvaniaEducational Technology Expoand Conference, as well as thePennsylvania School BoardsAssociation at their EducationalExcellence Fair.

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Tim Harrower - Tim Harrowerhas been an award-winningeditor, designer and columnist atnewspapers large (TheOregonian), midsized (The Roch-ester Times-Union) and small(the Times chain ofweeklies in Beaverton, Ore.).Harrowers rst book, TheNewspaper DesignersHandbook, is a xture in

newsrooms and classroomsaround the world, and has beentranslated into Russian, Chineseand Polish. His follow-up, InsideReporting, has becomeAmericas best-sellingjournalism textbook. Hes nowpounding away at a new booktentatively titled The CompleteGuide to Online Journalism.

Janice Hateld - A certiedjournalism educator, JaniceHateld is a member of the

Pennsylvania School PressAssociation and also newspapercoordinator. Previously, Hateldwas a newspaper adviser andliterary magazine adviser. She isalso a national judge for NSPAand CSPA.

Mike Joseph - Mike Joseph hasworked as an editor and reporterfor the Centre Daily Times for 10years, with previous work at thePocono Record in Stroudsburg,The Bridgeport Post inConnecticut and an English-language newspaper in Taipei,Taiwan. Awards include arst-place Keystone award forinvestigative reporting about

Interstate 99 construction.

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KEmmy Kachel - From thegreater Philadelphia Area, EmmyKachel and Carolyn ArgentoOldham have over twenty-yearscombined yearbookexperience. As an integral part ofthe yearbook process, they forma unique bond with their year-book advisers by providingpersonalized service, accurateanswers, creative solutions, andtechnical support. The Kachel/Oldham Oce prides itself ineducating its customers publish-ing together through designexpertise and computerknowledge.

Robert Hankes - Robert Hankesis president of PSPA and servesas adviser to Charisma, theliterary magazine of Big SpringsHigh School. He has twicereceived the Teacher of the YearAward from Big Springs.

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Convention SpeakersMichael Karp - Michael Karpis an expert in student loans andaid applications and works forComplete College Solutions.

John Kupetz - John Kupetz is anassistant professor ofjournalism and English at theCollege of Lake County inGrayslake, Ill. A faculty fellow atNorthwestern UniversitysCommunications ResidentialCollege and a former assistantprofessor at its Medill School ofJournalism, Kupetz has taught

Medills summer high schooljournalism program for morethan 25 years. He is a PSPA boardmember.

LSeana Litt - Former yearbookeditor and adviser, Seana Litt hasbeen using InDesign for morethan seven years to createyearbooks for schools and otherstate organizations. Litt, ayearbook representative fromTaylor Publishing, is also anInDesign instructor for thePennsylvania NewspaperAssociation.

MSteve Manuel - Steve Manuel isa senior lecturer ofcommunications at Penn State.He earned both undergraduateand graduate degrees from PennState and has been teachingpublic relations andphotojournalism since 1996. Hisphotographs have beenpublished in more than 115

publications, including USAToday, Sports Illustrated, The

New York Times and Navy Times.From 1992-1996, he served asspokesman for the U.S. DefenseDepartment at the Pentagon.Manuel has participated as aphotographer in major USOshow tours to teh Balkans, SouthKorea, Cuba and most recentlytoured Kuwait and Iraq withcomedian/actor Dane Cook.

Mike McVitty - Mike McVitty isa high school art educator in thesmall town of Neville, PA. Hehas worked as a co-adviser forthe schools literary magazinefor four years. As co-adviser hisprimary focus is helping the stawith InDesign and Layout. He isalso vice-president of PSPA.

Dr. Anthony Moretti - Dr.

Anthony Moretti joined thePoint Park faculty in August 2005after spending two years teachingat Texas TechUniversity. Moretti primarilyteaches broadcast journalismcourses in the Department ofJournalism and MassCommunication. He teachesbroadcast news writing andproduction classes and

supervises the twice weeklystudent TV news program andother special broadcast produc-tions. Dr. Moretti earned hisPh.D. from the E.W. ScrippsSchool of Journalism in 2004. Healso holds a masters degree injournalism from Ohio Morettispent almost 13 years in thebroadcast industry as a reporter

and producer. He worked insouthern California and Ohioin both radio and television and

covered numerous news andsports events during those years.

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PKathyrn Phillips - A formeryearbook editor, KathrynPhillips is a Walworth Yearbook

reprsentative. She graduatedfrom Waynesburg University andmajored in Graphic Design.

Alane Presswood - AlanePresswood is a senior andsecond-year journalism studentat Bloomsburg High School. Shewon several PSPA Gold Awardsfor her news reporting in 2008and is currently the editor-in-

chief of the BHS news magazine,the Red & White. Presswoodis also an editor on sta of theschools art andliterature magazine and partici-pates in various choral, danceand theater functions. She plansto attend Emerson College in thefall to major in print journalism.

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Carolyn Argento Oldham -From the greater PhiladelphiaArea, Emmy Kachel and Caro-lyn Argento Oldham have overtwenty-years combined yearbookexperience. They provide

personalized service, accurateanswers, creative solutions, andtechnical support.



Convention Speakers

RChris Rosenblum - ChrisRosenblum, a Centre Daily Times

senior reporter, has been ajournalist for 18 years. Since hejoined the paper in 1995, hisnews and feature stories havewon numerous awards from thePennsylvania NewspaperAssociation, PennsylvaniaAssociated Press ManagingEditors and the Press Club ofWestern Pennsylvania.

SCourtney Sabo - SophomoreCourtney Sabo is the productionand InDesign editor ofBloomsburg High Schoolsnewsmagazine, the Red & White.She also is secretary of her class,a member of FBLA and amember of the varsity soccer

team.

Sheila Squillante - SheilaSquillante is faculty adviser forthe Kalliope, the undergraduateliterary magazine.

WChristopher Wink -Christopher Wink is a

multimedia freelance journalistand blogger based inPhiladelphia. Wink was rankedamong 100 most promisingyoung journalists by UWire, acollege news service and is co-founder and former adviser ofThe Franklin, a studentsnewspaper of Philadelphia highschool.

Penn State AttractionsThere are a number of restaurants in downtown State College

to enjoy while attending the PSPA convention:

bar blue and barbecue114 S. Garner St.

Downtown State College(814) 237-0374

Inferno Brick Oven340 E. College Ave.


PJ Harrigans1450 S. Atherton St.

Ramada Conference CenterState College(814) 235-3009

Applebees12 Colonnade Way

State College

(814) 235-3890

Backyard Burgers1221 N. Atherton St.

State College(814) 231-1874

C.C. Peppers434 E. College Ave.


Burger King521 University Dr.


Canyon Pizza260 E. Beaver Ave.


Chilis137 S. Allen St.


Cold Stone Creamery321 E. Beaver Ave.


Damons1031 E. College Ave.


Eat n Park1617 N. Atherton St.


Five Guys226 W. College Ave.


Gingerbread Man130 Hiester St.


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The Pennsylvania School Press Association wishes tothank the following for their help with

the 76th annual convention:

Jostens for the publishing of this convention program.

Walsworth Publishing Company for the student gifts.

Taylor Yearbook for the donation of adviser framesand student mugs.

The Centre Daily Times for helping with speakers.

Penn State for organizing tours on campus.

Thank you for attending the convention! Please dont forget to turnin the evaluation form at the registration table before departing!

See you next year.


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