As of October 31, 2008, the ACE-NETC 2009 lineup of workshops includes the following commitments:
WRITING WORKSHOP
The Writing SIG’s preconference workshop on Saturday, June 6, features Jacqui Banaszynski, who holds the Knight Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism and is an Editing Fellow at the Poynter Institute. She worked in newsrooms for more than 30 years, most recently as projects editor at The Seattle Times. While at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Banaszynski won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing and the SPJ Distinguished Service Award for “AIDS in the Heartland.” She was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer in international reporting for coverage of the Ethiopian famine, and won the national AP Sports Editors award with deadline coverage at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She leads workshops for journalists around the world.
NETC WORKSHOP
NETC will offer a preconference workshop on Saturday, June 6. Topic to be announced.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA WORKSHOP
The Electronic Media SIG plans to develop a workshop to be offered during the tours afternoon on Monday, June 8.