What began as a frantic morning has ended in a quiet, peaceful night after a fun-filled day in Portland, Oregon, home of the 2010 JEA/NSPA spring convention. Three photographer friends and I are sharing a two-story hotel room, and our hotel is only a few blocks from this amazing city’s convention center, where I will be spending much time over the next few days.
Anyhow, I told my parents last night that I had already packed all of my things before I went to sleep. But I lied. Of course, being an average 18-year old HS senior, it was only natural that I put off most of my packing until the next morning.
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Whoa, it’s been a looonggg day! The seven of us and our adviser had to be at the airport by 6:30 for an 8:05 flight. (I don’t even get up that early for school.)
We had to transfer planes in Los Angeles but we weren’t there very long. When we were finally over Portland, it was crazy! I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much green in my life. Living in El Paso, all we ever see is brown. The Portland airport was HUGE!
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Ah, my first blog ever! Well anyway, I am the head photographer from Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, and in my experiences in journalism I have found ways to open doors for my future career.
Last year, the JEA conference taught me a lot and I look forward to this year’s convention. Yet first, there was the long trip from our border town of El Paso to Portland. The long trip all the way up to Portland from El Paso has got to be one of the most exhausting trips I have made.
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So it’s Wednesday, April 14, and I had to get up reeaaallllyyy early to catch a 6:30 a.m. flight from Kansas City to Denver and then from Denver to Portland. But who cares? I was on my way to the JEA/NSPA convention!
It was pretty cool to think about the other yearbook students just like me who were doing the same thing. In fact, another yearbook staff was on my plane!
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Meet Yearbook Wally. Wally is your normal, All-American high schooler who loves finding new stories and loves seeing new places.
Now, Yearbook Wally will be heading out on his first great journey this week with Walsworth – to the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Portland!
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If you will heading to Portland later this week for the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention, we want to hear all about your experience.
You can submit posts to us by following these easy steps:
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The NSPA has made the program for next week’s Spring National High School Journalism Convention viewable and available for download on its own convention blog.
You can see the schedule for the entire convention, session descriptions, speaker bios and more.
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Yearbook editor Anne Malbon from Frank Cox High School in Virginia Beach took the time to chronicle one of her long days at last week’s CSPA Convention for the Yearbook Blog.
The day included an early flight, making her way through the NYC traffic, both attending and teaching a session, and capping the evening off by attending a Broadway show with the yearbook staff. Just another day at CSPA!
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Between the fantastic weather (no coat required!), yummy food, culture, plays, shopping and the CSPA conference and great company – I’m dying to go back to New York! Miami is great, but the heat really does not compare. It’s tough going from spending 4 days in New York to going back home to spend Sunday doing a biology experiment.
What’s nice is I’ve already been able to start trying to incorperate things I learned in New York – my yearbook staff has decided to do a chronological yearbook next year, we were inspired to give it a go. I’m not quite at liberty to divulge our theme, but it’s epic if I do say so myself!
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I have to say, CSPA was incredible. I will never forget the font classes my editor-in-chief had me go with him to – Steve Kent is absolutely brilliant – where he opened our eyes to the differences in fonts and perspective, how it could make or break a spread.
He was a fun and informed speaker who deserved attention from the audience. I think I went to every single one of his sessions.
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