IWPA 2008 Programs

February 16, 2008: Michele Weldon, IWPA member, award winning-author of nonfiction memoirs and Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University professor will present “Adapting to a New World in Journalism.”

March 29, 2008: WITASWAN—Proclaimed the first ever “International Swan Day,” Chicago’s Landmark Theatre will host a celebration of women in the arts cosponsored by IWPA and WITASWAN (Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now), AAUW, and the Fund for Women Artists.

April 19, 2008: Janice Castro, founding officer of Online News Association and senior director of graduate education at Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University and a reporter, writer, and editor at Time magazine for more than 20 years, will present “The New Media.”

May 19, 2008: Megan Mawicke, Sports Anchor for CBS Channel 2, WMAQ-TV in Chicago.

Jun. 7-8, 2008: Printer's Row Book Fair. Reserve a space in the IWPA Tent to display and sell your book. Contact Art Brauer abrauer@dreamerstapestry.com. 

Student Communicators to be Honored in High School Communications Contest
By Linda Heacox, Student Contest Chair

Some 460 high school journalism teachers have received invitations to submit student work in the 2008 High School Communications Contest. Students have until February 29, 2008 to submit their published work in any of 12 categories: cartooning, column, editorial, feature writing, feature photo, graphics, news, opinion, reviews, single page layout, sports writing, and sports photo. A team of more than 20 judges from both the professional and academic arenas will determine 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention winners. First place winners in the state contest will be sent to the National Federation of Press Women’s national high school journalism contest.

 In last year’s high school contest, we received almost 200 entries. University High School, Chicago, took the top prize for most points for its entries. The Illinois entries garnered two second place finishes in the national contest.