Montenegro Civic Journalism Workshop

Montenegro Civic Journalism Workshop

Sponsored by the International Broadcasting Bureau and Voice of America

Hosted by the Greenlee School of Journalism

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

May 17-28, 2004

Saturday, May 15

Sunday, May 16

10:10 a.m. Pick up participants from the Des Moines International Airport

Lunch and Tour of City.

Monday, May 17

8:30 a.m. Pick up participants from the Gateway Center and bring to Iowa State University.

9:00 a.m. Greetings and Introductions: Dr. Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School of Journalism, Iowa State University. Trainer: Stephen C. Coon, international communication trainer and former associate professor of journalism at Iowa State. Kathy Box, administrative specialist, Kim Curell, graduate secretary, and Dru Frykberg, Reading Room librarian.

9:30 a.m. Country Exercise: Participants discuss their experiences and hopes for workshop. Steve Coon describes proposed workshop schedule.

10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m. Overview of University Journalism Education in the United States: Dr. Michael Bugeja

12-1:30 p.m.LUNCH

1:30 p.m. Campus Orientation, Tour and Logistics

2:30 p.m. Mass Media Ownership and Management Professor Thomas Beell, coordinator,Electronic Media Studies of Greenlee School of Journalism

4:00 p.m. Session Ends

Tuesday, May 18

8:30 a.m. Pick up participants at the Gateway Center

9:00 a.m. Contemporary Journalism Ethics: Dr. Michael Bugeja, director, Greenlee Schoolof Journalism of Iowa State University

10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m.The Tribune of Ames: Dave Kraemer , editor of the city's daily newspaper

12-1:30 p.m.LUNCH

1:30 p.m. Communication Law and U.S. Journalism: Dr.Barbara Mack, associate professor and assistant director, Greenlee School of Journalism

2:45 p.m. BREAK

3:00 p.m. Communication Exercise: Participants

4:00 p.m. Session Ends

Wednesday, May 19

9:30 a.m. Steve Coon and Participants Drive to Des Moines

10:30 a.m. Iowa Newspaper Journalism Issues: Bill Monroe, executive director, Iowa Newspaper Association (INA)

11:45-1 p.m.LUNCH

1:00 p.m. The Des Moines Register: Richard Tapscott, managing editor of Iowa's largest daily newspaper. Tour and roundtable discussion.

2:45 p.m. Tour of Des Moines and Trip to Shopping Mall

Thursday, May 20

10:00 a.m. Drive to Des Moines

11:00 a.m. Meredith Publications: John Riha, Executive Editor; Dave Kurns, editorin chief of Meredith Interactive Media; Mike Lovell, corporate communications manager for Meredith Corporation

2:00 p.m. LUNCH and Cultural Activities

Friday, May 21

9:00 a.m. Drive to Kansas City, Missouri

1--2:30 p.m.LUNCH

3:00 p.m. Kansas City Star: Steve Shirk, managing editor-local and national news for Kansas City Star, and Jim Sajevic, manager of the Star's educational programs.

5:00 p.m. Kansas City Cultural Activities

Saturday, May 22

9:00 a.m. Kansas City Cultural Activities

2:00 p.m. Return to Ames including stop in Winterset.

Sunday, May 23

TBA

Monday, May 24

8:00 a.m. Pick up participants at the Gateway Center

10:00 a.m. Cedar Rapids Gazette Mark Bowden, editor. The Cedar Rapids Gazette is a family-owned daily newspaper that serves Iowa's secondlargest city.

12-3:00 p.m.LUNCH AND TOUR

3:00 p.m. Multi-media Ownership and Broadcast/Print Convergence: Becky Lutgen Gardner, news director of KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids.

4:00 p.m. Session Ends and Return to Ames.

Tuesday, May 25

9:30 a.m. Pick up participants at the Gateway Center

10:30 a.m. Specialized Publications: Beth Dalbey, editorial director of the Des Moines Business Record and Cityview

12-1:30 p.m.LUNCH

1:30 p.m. Participants Discuss Final Projects: Topics and Logistics

Wednesday, May 26

9:00 a.m. Participants Work on Final Projects

6:00 p.m. Drive to Des Moines for Cultural Activity

7:30 p.m. Manhattan Transfer at the Civic Center For more than 30 years, Manhattan Transfer have combined their voices into an incomparable four-part harmony that has consistently set new standards for vocal music.