2008 CSPA Journalism Workshop

First Week Schedule

SUNDAY, JULY 13

2:00 to 3:00 p.m. -- Arrive at Cal Poly, meet at Lassen Hall
3:00 to 4:00 p.m. -- Assign rooms, prepare for class - Counselors
4:00 to 4:30 p.m. -- Orientation - Larry Welborn
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. -- Intro to technology - Stan Kelton
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. -- Fundamentals of news writing - Steve Harvey
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. -- CSPA Online: Introduction to blogging - Jim Wolcott, Rich Hammond, Jessica Davis
9:30 to 11:00 p.m. -- Mixer game - Counselors
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

MONDAY, JULY 14

9:00 to 10:30 a.m. -- Crafting the lede - Kim Minugh
10:30 a.m. to noon -- Generating content for CSPA Online - Wolcott, Hammond, Davis
Noon to 1 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- The police beat - Kim Minugh, Welborn
2:30 to 4:00 p.m. -- How to conduct an interview - Harvey
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. -- Recreation - Counselors
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. -- Dinner
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. -- Blogging - Hammond, Davis
8:30 to 10:00 p.m. -- Photo-mania, a slide show - Chris Carlson
10:00 to 11:00 p.m. -- Discussion - Minugh
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

TUESDAY, JULY 15

8:30 to 9:00 a.m. -- Group photo - Carlson
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. -- Introduction to photography - Carlson
10:00 a.m. to noon -- Shooting photos - Carlson
Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. -- Tour of television station KSBY - Kelton
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. -- Interviews - Harvey
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. -- Recreation - Counselors
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. -- Covering a meeting - Art Aguilar
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. -- Introduction to public records - Kelton
9:30 to 10:00 p.m. -- Posting photos on your blog - Carlson
10:00 to 11:00 p.m. -- Discussion - Almeida and Minugh
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

8:30 to 10:30 a.m. -- Group 1: Utilization of public records - Kelton
                                      Group 2: Work on interviews - Harvey, counselors
10:30 a.m. to noon -- Group 1: Work on interviews - Harvey, counselors
                                      Group 2: Utilization of public records - Kelton
Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 to 3:30 p.m. -- On-the-spot news writing - Aguilar
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. -- Tour of San Luis Obispo Tribune - Welborn, Gil Chesterton, Trisha Oksner
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. -- Picnic at Santa Rosa Park - Staff, counselors
8:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Why journalism? Writing a series - Welborn
9:00 to 10:00 p.m. -- Blogging - Hammond, Davis
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

THURSDAY, JULY 17

9:00 to 11:30 a.m. -- Putting out a newspaper - Chesterton
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Lunch
12:30 to 3:00 p.m. -- Photoshop - Carlson
3:00 to 6:00 p.m. -- Running matter - Welborn, Fred Schoemehl, Hammond
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. -- Dinner
7:30 to 8:00 p.m. -- High school journalists' rights, FOI - Kelton
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. -- Opinion and editorials - Berman
9:30 to 10:00 p.m. -- Blogging - Hammond, Davis
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

FRIDAY, JULY 18

8:30 to 10:30 a.m. -- Newspaper production - Chesterton
10:30 a.m. to noon -- Libel law - Kelton
Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- Humor writing - Harvey
2:30 to 4:00 p.m. -- Graphics - Brady MacDonald
4:00 to 4:30 p.m. -- Blogging - Hammond, Davis
4:30 to 6:00 -- Recreation - Counselors
6:00 to 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner
7:00 to 10:30 p.m. -- Writing reviews, critiques - Pat Mott
10:30 to 11:00 p.m. -- Group discussion
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

SATURDAY, JULY 19

9:00 to 10:00 a.m. -- Writing the review - Mott
10:00 to 11:30 a.m. -- First week review - Welborn, Harvey, Kelton, Hammond
11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. -- Pismo Beach
4:30 to 6:00 p.m. -- Writing tight, light and bright - Berman
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. -- Dinner
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. -- Entertainment reporting - Mott
8:30 to 9:00 p.m. -- First-week blogging - Hammond, Davis
9:00 to 11:00 p.m. -- Kicking back
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

Second Week Schedule

SUNDAY, JULY 20

8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. -- Newspaper production - Gil Chesterton
9:30 a.m. to noon -- Attend religious services, brunch, laundry - Counselors
Noon to 1:30 p.m. -- Newspaper production - Chesterton
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. -- Introduction to sports writing - Todd Harmonson
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. -- Column writing - Scott Harris
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. -- Dinner
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. -- Travel writing - Carol Martinez
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. -- Writing for the Internet - Nicole Vargas
8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. -- CSPA Online - Vargas, Hammond, Davis
10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. -- Group discussion
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

MONDAY, JULY 21

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. -- Column rewrite - Harris
10:30 a.m. to noon -- Blogs, breaking news on the Web - Hammond, Vargas
Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. -- CSPA Online - Vargas, Hammond, Davis
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. -- TBA
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. -- Recreation - Counselors
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. -- Dinner
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. -- Travel writing - Martinez
8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. -- Covering basketball - Hammond
9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. -- Group discussion
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

TUESDAY, JULY 22

8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. -- Covering baseball - Harmonson
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -- Beat reporting - Harmonson
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Lunch
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. -- Newspaper critique, paste-up - Chesterton, Hammond
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. -- CSPA Online - Vargas, Hammond, Davis
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. -- Recreation - Counselors
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. -- Science and medical writing - Joel Greenberg
8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. -- Beat reporting - Harmonson
10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. -- Group discussion - Staff
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -- New product public relations - Mike Daugherty
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Lunch
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. -- Covering football - Cam Inman
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. -- Crisis public relations - Daugherty
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. -- Recreation - Counselors
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. -- Dinner
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. -- Magazine writing - Janet Eastman
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. -- CSPA Online, watching CSPA Reporter press run - Vargas, Hammond
10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. -- Group discussion
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

THURSDAY, JULY 24

8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. -- Introduction to television - Lance Orozco
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. -- Television writing - Orozco
11:00 a.m. to noon -- Lunch
Noon to 2:00 p.m. -- Television writing - Orozco
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. -- Television taping - Orozco
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. -- CSPA Online - Vargas, Hammond, Davis
4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. -- Barbecue, recreation at Cuesta Park - Staff
8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. -- Talent show, social - Counselors
11:30 p.m. -- Lights out

FRIDAY, JULY 25

6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. -- Clean rooms, prepare for checkout
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. -- Workshop review - Welborn, Harmonson
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -- Graduation
11:30 a.m. to noon -- Departure