MUW to host 2004 Ray Furr Workshop on-line for the first time
 

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Mississippi University for Women’s Division of Business and Communication will showcase its continued move toward media convergence as part of the 2004 Ray Furr Workshop Friday, Feb. 20 at noon.

Students from across the state will watch a live one-hour web cast of the first of four sessions designed to teach journalism skills to high school and community college students.

In the past, the workshop has been a daylong event held on campus at Cromwell Communications Center, complete with speakers and a newspaper contest, culminating with an awards session at the end of the day. This year, students will participate via four web casts.

 “This will be the first time it will ever be done on-line,” said Dr. Martin Hatton, associate professor of communication. “Schools who log in Friday will get the session live. They can e-mail questions during the session and we will try to work it into the presentation.”

Eleven high schools and two community colleges have shown interest in the first workshop.

Steve Rogers, city editor of The Commercial Dispatch, will speak about generating story ideas Friday.

MUW President Dr. Claudia L. Limbert is tentatively scheduled to speak also.

Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger is scheduled to give a web cast presentation Friday, March 19 and Charlie Mitchell of The Vicksburg Post is scheduled for one of the two remaining dates Friday, Feb. 27 or Friday, March 26.

Individuals who miss the initial web casts can log on anytime after 1 p.m. and view the presentations at their convenience.

Future topics will be effective interviewing, writing editorials and writing feature stories.

The newspaper contest is open to all schools that watch the web casts to submit published work.

Hatton said, “Any school that logs in for the sessions can submit to the four areas [covered in the presentations] plus a fifth area for overall general excellence.”

There will be an awards luncheon Friday, April 30 on the MUW campus for students who place in the newspaper contest. Entries can be submitted during the first two weeks of April.

The web casts can be seen at www.muw.edu/rayfurr. They cannot be seen without the authorized password. Interested parties should contact Hatton at (662) 329-7248 or e-mail mhatton@muw.edu in order to receive the password.
 

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