Charter chapter of the American Copy Editors Society

Workshop Schedule: Jan. 25, 2009

 

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Digital Media
in Gazes Auditorium

Life After Newspapers
in 2nd-floor ART

Traditional
in ART auditorium

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9:30

Registration

9:30

9:50

Welcome

9:50

10

Break

10

11:20

Maintaining the Last Line of Defense: Editing for Ethics and Accuracy Online — Melanie Balog, The Post and Courier

Flacks, Hacks and Maniacs. Coexisting with PR — Heather Woolwine, media relations director, and Mary Helen Yarborough, public relations coordinator,
both MUSC

Big-Picture Editing — Jon Wallace, The News & Observer

11:20

11:35

Break

11:35

12:55

Click: Writing Headlines for the Web — Pam Nelson, The News & Observer

Using Your Skills Outside the Newsroom — Panel led by Andy Bechtel, UNC-Chapel Hill

Graphics Editing — Maurreen Skowran, The News & Observer

12:55

1:45

Lunch Speaker — Van King, Queens University

1:45

2:45

Hot Topics in Digital Media Law — Edward Fenno, Fenno Law Firm

Finding A Niche — Andy Brack, The Brack Group media specialists

Numeracy: Be Numerically Literate — Doug Fisher, University of South Carolina

2:45

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Break

3

4:20

Monster Mashup: Online Tools — Ian O’Brant, The Post and Courier

Dealing with Freelance Copy — Jerry Bellune, Lexington County Chronicle

4:20

4:30

Break

4:30

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What Did We Learn?