Friday, October 3, 2008

Journalism Week

Next week Ithaca College will host its first ever Journalism Week in the Park School of Communications. It is a great opportunity to meet experts in the field of journalism and expand your knowledge. The first event will be held Monday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Park 220. Dr. Matt Mogekwu, Chair of the Journalism Department, and Vadim Isakov, Scholar-In-Residence from Uzbekistan will give a presentation entitled "International Journalism: Reporting Across Borders." This event is open to the campus community so make sure to friend your friends along.

Then don't forget to attend a brown bag lunch with Jeffrey Selingo '95, Editor of The Chronicle of Higher Eduction Tuesday, October 7 at 12:15 p.m. in Park 220. *This event is for SPJ members only.

Following the lunch at 7:30 p.m. in Park 220 Vanessa Schneider '07, content moderator at The New York Times and Wes Siler, an editor at Jalopnik.com will give a presentation entitled Building Online Communities: Making Journalism a Two-Way Conversation.

Hope to see everyone next week!

-Katie


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