Highline Community College

MEDIA RELEASE

 

FOR RELEASE:    IMMEDIATELY

DATE:                   February 15, 2008

CONTACT:          T.M. Sell, Ph.D. (206) 878-3710, ext. x3150/3292, tsell@highline.edu

 

Highline Community College holds Student Journalism Conference

 

Area college and high school students are invited to the first Highline Journalism Conference, Building 7 Lecture Hall, Feb. 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

The program features a strong line-up of local journalists from a variety of media:

·            9 a.m. - Ruby de Luna, award-winning KUOW reporter: Radio News

·            10 a.m. - Shaniqua Manning, award-winning Northwest Cable News reporter and anchor: TV News

·            11 a.m. - Art Thiel, award-winning sports columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: sports journalism

·            Noon - lunch on your own (Highline's cafeteria is in the Student Union Building next to Building 7).  Students also will be welcome to visit the newsroom of the The Thunderword, Highline's award-winning weekly student newspaper.

·            1 p.m. - Dave Neiwert, award-winning author and journalist: The Journalist as Author

·            2 p.m. - Marcus Donner, award-winning photographer and editor: Photojournalism

·            Students will have a chance to hear about the business from top local professionals, with time for questions and discussion. 

 

This event is free and open to all.  Seating will be limited to the first 150 people who respond; if you plan on bringing a group of students, please let us know in advance.

 

Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. With approximately 9,500 students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with day, evening, on-line, and weekend classes.

 

With the most diverse population of any college in Washington state, Highline takes a multi-cultural approach to education for the success of all its students and the prosperity of its surrounding communities. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and noted author Ann Rule.

 

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