HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 11, 2009 ? Members of the Campus Chronicle staff at High Point University recently attended the National College Media Convention, held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
Those who went included Mike Nuckles, editor-in-chief; Allison Hogshead, assistant editor; Matt Wells, organizations editor; Samantha Tuthill, online editor; and Katie Nelson, opinion editor.
While there, the group attended dozens of sessions that covered a variety of journalistic subjects, such as features, front page design, staff recruitment, online resources and how to redesign a newspaper.
“In response to what we learned at the convention, we are making changes to every department of the newspaper staff, including having much better photography coverage and having more focus on the students rather than just events,” Nuckles says. “Our attendance will hopefully have a real effect on the student body by having us become a better, more informative news source for HPU’s students.”
Nuckles says Chronicle members hope to attend future conventions in Louisville, Orlando and Chicago.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” HPU was included in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” 2009 listings. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at http://www.highpoint.edu/.
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