2008 Newspapers and Community Building Symposium XIV presenters

The 14th annual “Newspapers and Community-Building Symposium, co-sponsored by the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media and the National Newspaper Association Foundation, will be Sept. 25-26 in St. Paul, Minn. The following is a list of presenters at the symposium:

Friday, Sept. 26: 10:15-11:15 a.m.
Session 1: Local voices
Score one for the home team: the return of independent journalism to Madera, Calif. — Gary Rice, garyrice07@yahoo.com, Journalism Department, California State University, Fresno, 559-278-2026

Lessons in community (re)building from the post-Hurricane Katrina created Gazebo Gazette — Lawrence Strout, Larry_Strout@att.net, Mississippi State University, Mail Stop 9574, P.O. Box PF, Mississippi State, MS 39762, 228-424-3635

Keeping quiet or taking the lead: a study of editorial pages, local editorial material and political endorsements in one state’s newspapers — Al Cross, director, al.cross@uky.edu, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, 122 Grehan Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0042, 859-257-3744, and Elizabeth Hansen, liz.hansen@eku.edu, visiting scholar from Department of Communication, Eastern Kentucky University, 316 Combs Building, 521 Lancaster Ave., Richmond, KY 40475, 859-622-1488

Friday, Sept. 26: 2:15-3:15 p.m.
Session 2: Local business
Free ads increase revenue: three counterintuitive solutions to problems at a small-market daily — Mark Furman, mfurman@uoregon.edu, School of Journalism and Communications, 1275 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1275, 541-519-5767

The twain has met: advertising and the newsroom should take responsibility for a better (and more ethical) product — Joe Marrren, marrenjj@buffalostate.edu, Communication Department, 213 Bishop Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY 14222, 716-878-3794

What community newspapers can learn from the fast-growing free U.S. daily newspaper industry — Peter Gade, pgade@ou.edu, University of Oklahoma, 3500A Gaylord Hall, Norman, OK 73019, 405-325-5528

Friday, Sept. 26: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Session 3: Local Web
New media/new challenges: a tale of three newspapers – Timothy Boudreau, timothy.boudreau@cmich.edu, Department of Journalism, Moore Hall 454, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, 989-774-2354

Building community online: a twice-weekly’s experience extending its reach with a citizen-based news site – Douglas J. Fisher, dfisher@sc.edu, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, 803-777-3315

Seeking the essence: community journalism meets the digital age — Jacquelyn A. Lowman, jacquelyn.lowman@und.nodak.edu. School of Communication,, University of North Dakota, O;Kelly 209, 221 Centennial Drive, Stop  7169, Grand Forks, ND 58202, 701-777-2581

Saturday, Sept. 27: 2:45-3:45 p.m.
Session 4: Local community
When the national spotlight hits, how should the hometown paper respond? — Don Corrigan, corrigdh@webster.edu, Webster University School of Communications, St. Louis, MO 63119, 314-968-6975

Pennsylvania newspapers “pay it forward” challenge – Lauren Lee, Laurenl@pa-news.org, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation, 3899 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110, 717-703-3002

The Log Cabin Democrat: a success story now, but how shall we go forward? – Alma Corley, acorley@uca.edu, Department of Speech and Public Relations, University of Central Arkansas, Thompson Hall 204E, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway, AR 72035, 501-450-3342, and Waylon Harris, waylon.harris@thecabin.net, managing editor, Log Cabin Democrat, 1058 Front Street, Conway, AR 72032, thecabin.net, 501-505-1296

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