THSPA Journalism Camp at Lipscomb University


The annual Lipscomb-THSPA journalism camp will be May 31 - June 3, 2009, on the Lipscomb University campus. J-campers have the option of spending the nights in dorms or being day campers. The camp is open to high-school students and advisers alike.

Sessions will be offered in newswriting, feature writing, sportswriting, design/layout, editing, photography and video.

 

 [Registration Now Closed]

 2009 Schedule

 

Sunday, May 31

4-5:15 p.m.

Dorm check-in for boarding campers

4:30-5:45 p.m.

Camp registration, Ezell Center lobby

6 p.m.

Mixer, pizza supper, Ezell 109 (bring your cameras to this!)

After mixer, video students work with Ray Harris

10:30 p.m.

Dorm room-check; quiet hours begin

 

Monday, June 1

8-8:45 a.m.

Breakfast, Ezell 109

8-8:45 a.m.

Camp registration for day campers, Ezell Center lobby

9-9:50 a.m.

Session 1A – InDesign Basics I: Tools and Tasks, Ezell 334, Denise Croker

Session 1B – Writing News Stories and Leads, Ezell 107, Jimmy McCollum

10-10:50 a.m.

Session 2A – InDesign Basics II: Creating Documents, Placing Photos, Ezell 334, Denise Croker

Session 2B – Strategic Planning and Coverage Ideas, Ezell 107, Jan Little

11-11:50 a.m.

Session 3A – Using Photoshop with InDesign: Cool Tricks, Ezell 334, Denise Croker

Session 3B – Developing and Motivating the Staff (Advisers), Ezell 107, Jan Little

Noon-12:50 p.m.

Lunch, Ezell 109

    Advisers Roundtable Lunch – Ezell 107

    Editors Roundtable Lunch – Ezell 138, Kyle Gregory and Kaitie McDermott

1-1:50 p.m.

Session 4A – Basic Photo Composition, Ezell 334, Debbie Chessor

Session 4B – Editors Roundtable (continued from lunch), Ezell 107, Kyle Gregory

Session 4C – Sports Writing and Coverage, Ezell 138, Mark McGee

2-2:50 p.m.

Session 5A – Photo Coverage, Ezell 334, Debbie Chessor

Session 5B – Technology and Tools That All Newspapers Should Have, Ezell 107, Kyle Gregory

Session 5C – Writing and Designing Headlines, Ezell 138, Jimmy McCollum

3-3:50 p.m.

Session 6A – Photography/Photoshop, Ezell 334, Debbie Chessor

Session 6B – Feature Writing: Leads and Approaches, Ezell 107,Tim Ghianni

4 p.m.

Break; teams can work on layouts, photographers can work on taking photos of basketball campers or other activities

5-5:50 p.m.

Session 7 – Getting the Quotes, Ezell 107, Jimmy McCollum

6-6:45 p.m.

Supper, Ezell 107

7:30 p.m.

Mike Keith: The Voice of the Tennessee Titans, Doris Swang Chapel (Ezell 241), Mike Keith

 

Print, audio and video students work on Mike Keith story; print stories can be typed in labs in Computer Center, which faces the Ezell Center

10:30 p.m.

Dorm room-check; quiet hours begin

Every camper is requested to be present at the shaded sessions for general announcements and door prizes.

 


 

Tuesday, June 2

8-8:45 a.m.

Breakfast, Ezell 109; turn in Mike Keith story

9-9:50 a.m.

Session 8A – Photoshop & InDesign for Advisers I, Ezell 334, Denise Croker

 Session 8B – How to Get Inside Your Story and Back Out Again – ALIVE: Using Creative Nonfiction for Newspapers/Magazines, Ezell 138, Dana Carpenter,

Session 8C – Designing with Photos and Cutlines, Ezell 107, Jimmy McCollum

10-10:50 a.m.

Session 9A – Photoshop & InDesign for Advisers II, Ezell 334, Denise Croker

Session 9B – How to Get Inside Your Story and Back Out Again – ALIVE: The Hands-on Workshop, Ezell 138, Dana Carpenter

Session 9C – Copyright and Other Legal Issues, Ezell 107, Kent Flanagan

Session 9D – Basics of Web Design, Sewell 65, Tyler Johnson

11 a.m.

Session 10A“Selling” Your Paper to Advertisers, Ezell 138, Paul Nance

Session 10B – Opinion Writing, Ezell 107, Kent Flanagan

Session 10C – Basic Dreamweaver, Sewell 65, Tyler Johnson

Noon

Lunch, Ezell 109

1-1:50 p.m.

Session 11A Adobe Illustrator, Ezell 334, Lauren Gregory

Session 11B – Editing Workshop, Ezell 107, Jimmy McCollum

2-2:50 p.m.

Session 12AAsking Some Off-Beat Questions to Develop Personality Profiles, Ezell 109, H. L. Hall

Session 12BBasic Design, Ezell 107, Kim Chaudoin

3-3:50 p.m.

Session 13 – Writing Media Reviews, Ezell 109, H. L. Hall

4 p.m.

Break; teams can work on layouts, photographers can take pictures of basketball campers or other activities

4:30-5:45 p.m.

Supper, Bennett Campus Center, second floor

6:30 p.m.

Movie to watch and review, Ezell 109

8-10 p.m.

Type movie reviews in labs in Computer Center, which faces the Ezell Center; design teams can be working on page layouts in Ezell 334

10:30 p.m.

Dorm room-check; quiet hours begin

 

Wednesday, June 3

8-8:45 a.m.

Breakfast, Ezell 109; turn in movie review

9-9:50 a.m.

Session 14AUsing Social Media to Report and Promote, Ezell 107, Lisa Stiles

Session 14B – Careers in Mass Communication, Ezell 138, George Uribe

10-10:50 a.m.

Session 15AWhat Your Printer Wants You to Know, Ezell 107, Matt Coyle

Session 15BNewspaper Careers in an Internet Age, Ezell 138, Janel Shoun

11 a.m.

J-Camp Rewind, Ezell 109

Presentation of camp photography and other work

 

Dorm check-out

Every camper is requested to be present at the shaded sessions for general announcements and door prizes.