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89th Annual ACP/CMA
National College Media Convention
Oct. 27-31, 2010
Galt House, Louisville
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National College Media Convention
Feb. 25-28, 2010
Wyndham Phoenix
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2009 ACP Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists
Contact Kathy Huting, ACP contest and critique coordinator, at kathy@studentpress.org
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55 ACP member yearbooks entered the 2009 ACP Yearbook Pacemaker contest, 14 of which were selected as finalists. Four judges with extensive professional and scholastic journalism experience traveled to Minneapolis in January to make the [...]
It’s the Law: When law and ethics collide
By Mike Hiestand
Law and ethics have a curious relationship. The law tells you what you can do. Ethics, on the other hand, is concerned mainly with what you should do. Fortunately, they usually work hand in hand. Indeed, one of the things I quickly discovered in law school is that you can pretty much guess [...]
Thomas E. Rolnicki: 1949-2009
(Now updated with funeral/memorial information and obituary link: see below.)
Thomas E. Rolnicki, former executive director of the National Scholastic Press Association, died Dec. 20. He was 60.
Rolnicki was NSPA’s executive director from 1980 until 2006. In his capacity as director, he wrote and edited several publications for NSPA and its college branch, the Associated Collegiate [...]
New for members: ACP Guide to Freelancing
We’re pleased to provide our members with a new publication, the ACP Guide to Freelancing, which was e-mailed to members last week. Its pages are filled with the basics of how to make it as a freelancer from crafting the query to negotiating a rate.
This new publication replaces ACP’s Guide to Internships. We discontinued that [...]
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2009-10 Calendar
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ACP/CMA National College Media Convention - Austin, Texas
Dec. 4, 2009
2008-09 Publication Critiques - Entry Deadline
Jan. 15, 2010
ACP Yearbook Pacemaker Awards - Entry Deadline
Feb. 15, 2010
ACP Online Pacemaker Awards - Entry Deadline
Feb. 12-14, 2010
ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention - Minneapolis
Feb. 25-28, 2010
ACP National College Journalism Convention - Phoenix
June 7, 2010
ACP Newspaper Pacemaker / Magazine Pacemaker / Individual Awards - Entry Deadline
July 22-25, 2010
ACP Summer Workshops - Minneapolis
Aug. 1, 2010
ACP/SPLC College Press Freedom Award - Entry Deadline
Oct. 27-31, 2010
ACP/CMA National College Media Convention - Louisville
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