J-Day UofW, Seattle

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011

WJEA Journalism Day 2011
on The University of Washington, Seattle campus
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 

Buses bringing students to Journalism Day will park in Area E-1
just north of Husky Stadium off of Mountlake Boulevard.
From I-5: Take Exit 168-B (Bellevue- Kirkland) onto Hwy 520. Immediately take the first exit (Montlake Blvd.) Turn left onto Montlake Boulevard. Drive past Husky Stadium and the Field House to the NORTH entrance of Parking Area E-1.

Bus parking will be free, but cars must pay $6 for the day. There will be signs and an attendant at the parking lot entrance. See map on Journalism Day registration form, downloadable from this site.

 

 

Schedule at-a-Glance
Check-in: 8:30 a.m.

First Session: 9:30-10:20 a.m.
Second Session: 10:30-11:20
Lunch: 11:30-12:20 (brown bag or UW campus food options)
Keynote: 12:30-1:30
Third Session: 1:40-2:30 p.m.

$12 per student/adviser (WJEA member)
$18 per student/adviser (non-WJEA member)

Register by September 10 (online or mail registration)
[download] J-Day Mail-In Registration Form 2011
or register online

Online donation system by ClickandPledge

Journalism DayJoin  800+ high school media students and their advisers for a day on the UofW Seattle campus. Attend two morning sessions presented by media professionals from area print /broadcast/online media (25 sessions on a range of topics.)

After lunch, attend hear from keynoter Linda Thomas, “The News Chick”

 

A journalist for 25 years, Linda Thomas is the morning news host on 97.3 KIRO FM and an online reporter at MyNorthwest.com. She also started a podcast that has become a weekend show on KIRO.

Thomas became the first female drive-time news anchor on KIRO radio in 1994. Prior to returning to KIRO two years ago, she worked freelance in radio and as a print journalist, writing for The Seattle Times, Reuters, Puget Sound Business Journal, and Seattle’s Child Magazine.

Recent honors include an Edward R. Murrow award for the “best newscast” for 2010, and a “best columnist” award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a series of articles and blogs for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer called “Educating Mom.”

Although radio is Thomas’s first media love, she’s obsessed with social media and combining both mediums for their most effective use. As @TheNewsChick on Twitter, she was named one of the top 20 women journalists in the country, one of the 100 Twitter feeds journalism students should follow, and she’s number four on the list of journalists retweeted more often than top newspaper websites.

While some are pessimistic about the state of journalism today, Thomas believes there has never been a better time to be a journalist.

Do not miss this opportunity to learn from the pros!

Special track for yearbook journalists.

Advisers: Hospitality room & speakers
Four clock hours available

Questions? Contact Kathy Schrier: wjeaexecutivedirector@gmail.com