EYEWITNESS TO HURRICANE KATRINA
9 a.m., Tuesday, July 15
Continuing Education room 140
Susan Feeney, a senior editor at NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and James O’Byrne, features editor of The Times-Picayune, will talk about covering Hurricane Katrina -- finding sources and interviewing survivors. O'Byrne was among those at the epicenter of the newspaper’s coverage of Katrina, evacuating the newsroom on one of the last trucks out, then overseeing the construction of a satellite newsroom in Baton Rouge. Feeney began her career in New Orleans, and has spoken on several campuses around the country about media coverage of Katrina.

HEATHER HACH JUDGES 'THE SEARCH FOR ELLE WOODS'
MTV on Monday nights
MTV’s “Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” is an eight-part reality show contest to select a replacement for Laura Bell Bundy who stars in the Broadway musical. Heather Hach ('93), a co-producer and writer for the musical, is one of three judges. The New York Times reviewed the TV show here:
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ALUMNI RECEPTION IN CHICAGO
6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 22
South Water Kitchen, 225 N. Wabash
Chicago-area alumni are invited to meet Dean Paul Voakes and find out what's new at CU. Join us for the School's First Visit to the Second City!
Contact: Elizabeth.Gaeddert@Colorado.edu

AD STUDENTS WIN GOLD PENCIL AT ONE SHOW
Elliot Nordstrom ('08) and senior Phil VanBuren (09) won a Gold Pencil at the 2008 One Show College Competition on May 9. The premier international Creative Competition, it is sponsored by New York City's One Club. While CU has won a number of Pencils in past competitions, this was the School's first Gold Pencil. Three other CU teams were selected as Merit Finalists. The assignment for this year's competition was to develop advertising for Doritos. The School sent Phil to the awards ceremony in New York City where he picked up his team's Pencil while Elliot attended graduation. Both the Pencil winners and the Merit Finalists will have their work published in the 2008 One Show Annual which also features all of the work by the winning professionals.
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STUDENT REVIEW OF TIGUAN POSTED ON ROAD & TRACK
VW of America launched its new Tiguan "crossover utility vehicle" with the help of about two dozen journalism students in May. Students were "media shepherds" to more than 100 automotive journalists in Boulder to test drive the new cars. Students also drove the cars and wrote reviews. Cameron Naish's review is posted on the Road & Track Web site: http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=6&article_id=6862
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THE RISE OF OPRAH WINFREY
In her new book "The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era," University of Colorado at Boulder journalism Professor Janice Peck charts the rise of Oprah Winfrey from highly rated TV "trash talk" host to one of the most influential cultural icons of our times. Peck was quoted in the The New York Times on Sunday, May 25 on how Oprah's endorsement of the presidential bid of Senator Barack Obama appears to have alienated some fans. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26oprah.html. Peck was also interviewed on Media Matters with Bob McChesney on May 18 http://www.will.uiuc.edu/am/mediamatters/
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2008-09 TED SCRIPPS FELLOWS NAMED
The Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism are hosted by the Center for Environmental Journalism and funded through a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The nine-month program offers journalists an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental issues and policy through coursework, seminars and field trips in the region.
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DAN PACHECO ('94) WINS KNIGHT GRANT
$837,000 for an innovative idea for community news
Pacheco won the grant for a proposal to develop "printcasting," which will allow individuals to easily create ad-supported, customized publications with a mix of local news and information. The software will help aggregate feeds from news organizations, bloggers or newsletters, for example, so that would-be publishers can pick and choose among them to create a niche publication. The 2008 Knight News Challenge has awarded as much as $5 million for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news.
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