NEW MEDIA, NEW YORK video contest part of NYC Convention

An online video contest, NEW MEDIA, NEW YORK, is scheduled at the CMA 2010 Spring National College Media Convention in New York City.

The contest is sponsored by convention underwriter VoPed, an online video platform company. CLICK HERE for the rules.

The NEW MEDIA, NEW YORK contest (CLICK this link for a Voped promotional page) is being launched to give students, advisers and conference participants the opportunity to submit user generated videos to the CMA website.  They will also be able to utilize some of the new media tools being applied today by colleges, universities, commercial news organizations, and others to engage users and drive traffic and advertising on websites.

“Multimedia has become such an essential part of today’s journalism, which is why we’re excited about this contest with VOPED that will allow participants a venue to upload their videos.  We hope all attendees go out and capture the fun of New York City, join the contest and check out the tools that VOPED is providing to make this possible,” said Laura Beth Barnes with College Media Advisers.

CMA announces 'Take Cover' photo contest for NYC convention-goers

Students who attend the 2010 National College Media Convention can take the cover photo for the 2011 program.

CMA photoshoot coordinator Bradley Wilson and 2011 convention director Michael Koretzky have announced the "Take Cover" photo contest. The rules are simple: Students attending this year's convention just need to venture outside the hotel and shoot images of the city. After the convention, they can email up to three of those images to cma2011nyc@collegemedia.org.

The winning photo will become the cover of next year's program, and the winner's mugshot and bio will be featured inside. Photos from the runners-up will be published inside the program, with full credit by name and school.

Any questions? Contact Michael Koretzky, 2011 convention director.

Big Apple events listed

The program for the 2010 National College Media Convention, March 14-16, in New York has been sent to the printer. Those who want a sneak peak can CLICK HERE for the 7.3MB download as PDF.

To keep download times reasonable, the online version does not have the advertising and sponsor pages. However, those who want to learn more about CMA's underwriter's and sponsors can CLICK HERE to visit our sponsor page.

There is still time to register for the convention. Just click the Red Apple on the CMA Homepage to start the process.

College newsrooms help student journalists practice their craft

I loved to write.

College News Design contest set

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 2010 College News Design Contest is now accepting entries for student design, graphics and illustration work published on or after March 16, 2009, and on or before March 15, 2010.

Every student gets one free entry, and work is eligible if published as part of a student newspaper or magazine, or at a professional publication during an internship. Expanded multimedia categories also allow for freestanding news projects, not associated with a publication.

The top prize — student designer of the year — comes with a $750 prize, good toward travel to the Society for News Design’s annual workshop, to be held in Denver in September. The contest is co-sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism and the Society for News Design. Questions: e-mail Joy Mayer at mayerj@missouri.edu. Details: ssnd.missouri.edu. Follow us on Twitter @sndmizzou, and help spread the word.

Web Registration for NYC closes Saturday

It's not too late to use the convenience and security of CMA's online registration system. Click the Red Apple to register for the convention. Online registration ends Saturday, March 6, at noon, to enable CMA HQ to process information for the convention. Thereafter, you can still register for the convention as a walkin. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF of our registration form to aid in registering as a walk-in.

Advisers Can Assist High School J-Programs

By Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver

Strong high school journalism programs and equally strong scholastic media form a strong foundation for students to learn about journalistic practices and ethics, to recognize the role of a free press in a democratic society and to be ready to work for collegiate media operations.

DOWNLOAD RELATED DOCUMENTS: High School Collaboration and AEJMC Statement on Collaboration

Bestselling political analyst shares insights on his beat at NYC

No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List for his book, Game Change. author Mark Halperin will provide the closing keynote address for the National College Media Convention, March 14-16, in New York.

In the 24/7 Digital Age of Journalism, is it possible to churn out content while still maintaining the traditional standards of news coverage that are vital to doing the job right and retaining the public¹s confidence?

Halperin will talk about the methods he used in co-writing "Game Change" that can be applied to all types of
journalism.

Among the issues he will discuss: how to plan a project, how to deal with sources, how to manage the available time before a deadline, how to keep focused on the big picture.

A book is a very different journalistic animal than a story on the Internet, on the radio, or in a weekly magazine, but Halperin will discuss the universal standards we should all adhere to.

Media Summit at NY convention needs members' feedback

Those who complete survey eligible in gift card drawings

From the CMA President's Desk: Thank you so much for your feedback and enthusiasm for our first Adviser Summit, which will be held at the New York Convention in March. For those of you coming, we anticipate a healthy conversation about the state of college media and maybe some solutions. For those of you who won't be there, we plan to replay and update the event in Louisville in the fall.

To get us started, we'd like all CMA advisers to complete THIS SURVEY (CLICK HERE), which has questions specific to the media you advise and the current conditions under which you advise them. David Swartzlander and I took it; it takes 10 to 15 minutes.

As an incentive to complete the survey, Vanderbilt Student Communications is donating two $50 gift cards that CMA will use in a drawing. We certainly appreciate that donation and encourage all of you to complete the attached survey asap ... or at least by Feb 15 at the latest to be entered for the drawing.

The Summit will be held 1 p.m. Monday, March 15 in the 16th  floor skywalk of the Marriott Marquis.

NYT media blogster to offer keynote for spring convention

The New York Times' point man for new media will be providing the Sunday Keynote address to delegates at the 2010 Spring Naitonal College Media Convention in New York, March 14-16.

Brian Stelter is a media reporter for The New York Times. He writes about television, digital media and journalism for The Times, and is a lead contributor to The Times' Media Decoder blog.

Stelter joined The Times in 2007 after spending three and a half years as the editor of TVNewser, a popular blog tracking the television news business.

He founded the blog in 2004 during his freshman year of college and sold it to the media company Mediabistro six months later. In 2006, a front-page profile in The New York Times called Stelter "The Kid With All the News About the TV News."

He is a 2007 graduate of Towson University. There, he was the editor-in-chief of the twice-weekly student newspaper, The Towerlight, for two years.