CJI Insider 2009

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“may I have your autograph please?” As an avid sports fan and a devoted, passionate New Yorker, I have found my

own niche in the game of sports. All sports. Whether I’m attending a baseball or hockey game, you can always find me in the front row or a special spot trying to get an autographed sports card. I have hundreds of autograph-related stories which can either make you cry or make you smile - and sometimes both. I have chased down superstar athletes across Disney World, called Hall of Famers by the wrong name, and been completely ignored by a no-name relief pitcher. But at least I knew who they were.

I’ve held one-on-one conversations with players like New York Mets third baseman David Wright, and Marlins’ pitchers Chris Volstad and Andrew Miller. Miller, by far the most willing signer, has signed five baseball cards for me over the years. One of the NFL’s greatest tight ends of all time, Tony Gonzalez, always remembers me. And NFL linebacker Donnie Edwards once asked how I was

doing in school, by far the weirdest response to an autograph request. Some highlights of my autograph pursuits include playing Stump the Schwab - a trivia game that appears on ESPN Classic - with Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith, diving over a huge pile to get New England Patriot Randy Moss, and jogging with 300-game winner Tom Glavine before he put down his equipment bag to sign. One time I mimicked Dick Vitale’s signature line, “That’s awesome baby with a capital A,” and discovered I was standing next to the famed broadcaster. The greatest times

are when the NL East teams play because I have almost every player on each roster. There was the time when New York Mets closer Francisco “K-Rod” Rodriguez pulled his car over to sign after a Mets practice. Don’t think I’m a stalker. It was pure luck, or as I like to call it, skill. “K-Rod” day was the same day I got the entire Mets bullpen to stop their cars. I was there for six hours. But I don’t just go for the Mets. I have the lesser known guys from all sports as well. My mom says I’m “sick” about who I know and the details I remember of their lives, but I just do the research. You’ve never heard of guys like Robert Shevla, Nelson Figueroa or Eric Valent. Guys like Tike Redman, Brett Harper, or my all-time favorite, Rob Mackowiak, a guy who never made a name for himself in the major leagues but has a sick looking Topps 2005 baseball card. Signed bats, sticks, cards, ticket stubs, baseballs, shirts and hockey pucks – you name it, I have it. The most random items may be the signed golf hats or golf programs. I’ve gotten four major league baseball managers on cards, one hockey coach on a ticket, and the 49ers janitor on a broom. OK. Just kidding about the janitor. I’ve gone to the extreme of printing rosters, remembering names to faces, and also asking Spanish-speaking players in Spanish. Some of the memories I would choose to forget include falling over myself and having my cards fall over a dugout onto the playing surface and running around an entire baseball stadium to get where I want to be just as the player stops signing. This list also includes being kicked out of the same section three times before one game, scraped knees, thrown elbows, hurdling benches, climbing seats, getting cursed out. But it’s all part of the hobby. When the card is accepted by the intended athlete, and he or she scribbles his John Hancock in Sharpie - a blue one of course, the feeling is like no other. Just ask me. I’m on number 238.

-Joshua Hyber, Wellington HS (Wellington, Fla.)

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For the first time CJI offered a Sports Writing class. These students got to interview college and professional athletes and listen to professional sports writers. During the class, students wrote a column and a feature story. “Autographs” writer

Joshua Hyber won the MVP award, the top award, for the class

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CJInsider 2009 • Southern Interscholastic Press Association • University of South Carolina2

CJInsider is the official publication of the Carolina Journalism Institute. CJI is the summer workshop for middle and high school journalism students and advisers. CJI is sponsored by the Southern Interscholastic Press Association, located in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. Articles and photos are the work of student and adviser CJI participants. Leslie Dennis designed the magazine and Friesen Yearbook Direct printed 1,200 copies. All articles may be reproduced with permission from Karen Flowers, CJI director. All views expressed in this publication reflect the beliefs of the writers, not necessarily the School of Journalism & Mass Communications, SIPA or CJI. For additional copies of CJInsider 2009 contact the CJI office.

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Shakespeare could not write a better, or worse, tragedy. The stage is set for one of the most consistently repeated and heartrending situations in sports history. Our hero is the fresh, new athlete at the peak of his career. Our seductive mistress is the game, the sport he loves more than anything in the world. Our arch villain is the injury, the disparaging, life-altering, infamous injury. When the stage is set for football, the injury is a broken limb, a torn ligament or tendon, or the all too common concussion. When the stage is set for soccer, the ACL, LCL, and MCL are often the dastardly culprits. In all other sports the villains are often played by tissues that betray the body they helped to make great. For Matt Campbell, former left-handed pitcher for the University of S.C. Gamecocks, SEC Player of the Week, and three-time attendee at the College World Series, the mistress is the game of baseball. He is the hero, and the villain was a lesioned shoulder. Unlike the tragedies of Shakespeare, however, this tale has a happy ending. This story begins in Greenville, S.C., and a young Campbell had already discovered his love of baseball, although he was too young to play. “I used to sit on a hill and watch my sister play tee ball,” he said during an interview with the CJI Sports Writing class. “I cried because I couldn’t play too.” Soon, he was playing – and playing extremely well all the way through high school, finishing with a record of 28-7 and 315 strikeouts. In 2001, he was drafted in the 39th round by the Atlanta Braves. The opportunity of a lifetime had just fallen from heaven. And Campbell purposefully let it seep through his fingers. “Finishing school was more important,” he told the class of aspiring sports writers. “I promised my parents, my grandparents, and myself that I would.” After high school Campbell came to USC and played for the Gamecocks. His three years in college were distinguished by three College World Series visits and numerous honors of SEC Player of the Week. In 2004, his junior year at USC, he was drafted in the first round by the Kansas City Royals. This time Campbell held on tight and took off on the ride of his life. Playing in the Minors was no picnic. The games were numerous,

the hours were protracted, and the emotional toll was great. For three years he labored in the Minors, ascending all the way to single A. In 2007, the final curtain fell – right on Campbell’s shoulder. Campbell suspects it happened while with the Burlington Bees. There was a blizzard – the worst weather he had ever played in. “You couldn’t even see the ball. It was that bad.” Campbell’s shoulder went soon after that game. The magic in his pitches disappeared. The distraught young player finally visited the doctor. “It’s amazing you were even able to throw the ball,” Campbell recalled the doctor

saying. Campbell was diagnosed with labrum and bankart lesions in his left shoulder, and surgery was his only option. “Surgery was the kiss of death.” Shakespeare will tell you any good tragedy will be riddled with further problems that continue to befuddle the efforts of the hero, until his eventual disillusionment and destruction. However, this is not Elizabethan England. The ending of this tale is not tragic. There is always hope. Matt Campbell always had hope. He tried returning to baseball. “It just wasn’t the same,” he said. “It got to the point where I couldn’t even throw to the plate.” Slowly, yet far too quickly for any young athlete, the distressing inevitable thoughts began to surface. My career is finished. What am I going to do? How can I continue without baseball? Why did this happen to me? But Campbell did not waiver. He still had a year left of school – a year he intended to finish. Majoring in sports management at USC, Campbell finally graduated after three years delay. He now works with his father, a man he admires for his unceasing hard work. They started an asphalt-laying and construction company using the money left over from Campbell’s draft pay in 2004. “I’m learning the business,” he said. “I don’t have to sit behind the desk or anything, and I like that.” The future looks bright for the handsome young hero. The villain in this tale was vanquished. Shakespeare would be furious.

-Charlie Burke, Wellington HS (Wellington, Fla.)

Photo by Zak Bartholomew, Dorchester Academy (St. George, S.C.)

CJI Sports Writing instructor and Wando HS newspaper adviser (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) Tammy Watkins helps a student with her column in a one-on-one conference.

Former athlete loses ability but not hopeSports Writing Best Feature Award


Bill Burnham can make quite an entrance. On first impression, he appears to be just a hippie granola-head type with his shoulder-length mousy brown hair and matching beard that is at least a good 10 inches. But he is not only the Dead Head he appears to be. He is also in a fast-paced career working with the thing he loves. Yes, Bill Burnham is in fact a pizza guy. Bill seems like the kind of guy who is thankful for what he has. He gives the impression of really liking his job at Domino’s. He gets free pizza, works virtually whatever hours he wants, and pays his bills. Bill enjoys listening to ‘60s music, playing his Xbox, and rocking in his band. Yes, Bill is in a band. He and a group of five other men like him are The Dripping Faucets, a hard rock band imitating a 1960s sound where he’s drummer. How did they get the name? Bill snickers and says it’s an inside joke. But the depths of this guy just keep getting deeper. He is, on closer inspection, a hippie granola-head musical pizza guy in love. He is seen holding hands with little black dress clad Jane Moore, a small pretty girl who saunters through the room holding his hand as if she is on the arm of Orlando Bloom. “He loves chick flicks,” Jane says. “I once saw him cry during Titanic. I love that about him.” The two met when Bill delivered a pizza to Jane’s home. He wrote, “I like you. Please call me,” along with his phone number on the pizza box. Jane took a chance and called the hippie granola-head musical pizza guy. A hippie granola-head musical pizza guy who’s forced to wear a hairnet over his beard.

-Kendyl Kearly, Oak Ridge HS (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)

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More than just black & whiteIn David Knight’s Journalistic Writing class, students get an introduction to basic

newspaper writing. From feature to column writing, Knight teaches students how to engage their readers while getting the full story. Students write a personal column and

a feature on someone off the street. Both assignments are designed to help students work on interviewing and details in writing while adding a human interest twist to

newspaper reporting.

Grab Life by the Horns Before our eyes twirls a life-size cow, 20 feet in the air. A sign reads:

NO CLIMBING ON SIGN. ANYONE FOUND DOING SO WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.- Coburg Co.

“Do you think you can get arrested for this?” I asked. “I’m sure it’s just for legal reasons, you know, like if someone falls and gets hurt, they can point to the sign and say you weren’t supposed to be here,” my friend Stewart assures me. Good enough for me. And besides, we drove 20 minutes across town to come here, and we won’t be denied this opportunity of a lifetime. Danger? Bring it on. There it is, towering above me. My Everest. I feel the cool brush of wind as cars zip past on the highway. I take a deep breath, “Here goes.” Thin, criss-crossing metal bars provide support for the sign. White. Just like Coburg milk. It looked so easy – like it was calling my name to climb it. All I had to do was take a few steps up and hoist myself onto the platform. Check. I ’m 20 feet off the ground – but the best is yet to come. I gaze into the eyes of a brown cow statue. His gaze meets mine every five seconds. With the occastional black spots characteristic of all cows, this unique chocolate-colored cow is a thing of singular beauty. How now, brown cow? The

rhyming words ring in my head. I once had a fear of heights – enough exposure and adventures have evaporated this fear. Nonchalantly, I hop onboard the rapidly moving disc containing my cow. Holding his back for support, I glance at my surroundings. I’m directly above Savannah Highway – the busiest road in Charleston. The nighttime traffic is light – still dozens of bewildered drivers take their eyes off the road to follow me. By my third attempt, I successfully mount my steed. And mounting was no simple feat – after all, his back is four-and-a-half-feet higher than where I was standing. But, oh, is it worth it. Spinning. Round and around. Fast enough to generate a cool breeze on a muggy summer evening. Lifting my right arm high in the sky, I strike a bull riding pose. And on the other side of the parking lot, I hear faint snickers from my delighted friends. And the view. I’m graced with a 360 degree panoramic vision of the city. But all great things must come to an end. I hop down and reflect on the few great souls I join who have also undertaken and succeeded in this quest. I am humbled and honored to join the unofficial annals of the riders of the Coburg cow. But a word of warning: don’t try this at home.

-Wes Phillips, Wando HS (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.)


Students in the Photojournalism class taught by Mark Murray from Arlington, Texas, cover CJI and Columbia, S.C. using techniques and types of photos they are taught in their assignments.

To view the Photojournalism slide show, along with Inside CJI news show and Media Fusion Web site go online to www.sc.edu/cmcis/so/cji.

Photo by Kayla Melton, Lugoff-Elgin HS (Lugoff, S.C.)

Photo by Megan Zawisza, Oak Ridge HS (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) Photo by Taylor Polk, Greater Atlanta Christian School (Norcross, Ga.)

Photo by Megan Zawisza, Oak Ridge HS (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)

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Photo by Kali Jackson, Lugoff-Elgin HS (Lugoff, S.C.).

Photo by Taylor Polk, Greater Atlanta Christian School (Norcross, Ga.)

Photo by Zak Bartholomew, Dorchester Academy (St. George, S.C.)Photo by Megan Zawisza, Oak Ridge HS (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)

Photo by Alexis Sawtelle, Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.)

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Building class is to send students home from CJI with a clear direction for their 2009-2010 yearbook. They

help student develop a theme and a look for their book that includes all students. Here are some of the

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ducking out of the rain and drenched to the bone, I walked into the auditorium of the “building with the flags” across the street from Capstone. I took my seat grudgingly as this

was my fourth year at Carolina Journalism Institute, and I knew quite well what an opening ceremony included. Unlike years prior, I was now shivering from the storm and wringing out my long black hair. Concerned with my appearance as any 17-year-old caught in the rain would have been, I missed the first few words of Karen Flowers, CJI director. After I was content that the combination of my hair and face would not send any other student running for cover, I sank lower into my seat and pulled out my cell phone to respond to a text. I looked up just in time to see Flowers introduce Dean Charles

Bierbauer. I groaned inwardly, fully expecting this to be another lecture. However, his opening words caught my attention, and I put away my phone and sat up, fully engrossed. Obituaries. The Dean was talking about obituaries. How could an account of a person’s death be relevant to journalism? The Dean answered my question. He was talking about the public’s assumption that journalism was dying. His words sent my mind spinning as I began to ponder the concept of journalism becoming

extinct. Journalism and the methods by which the public receives news have both expanded and are ever changing. News can be found on various new Web sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. These Web sites, along with the other forms of news, such as an audio slideshow, have caused a decline in print journalism. Media Have been forced to adapt to a rapidly advancing technological world thus causing the news to be available online and causing a decline in print journalism. Newspaper reporters may now find themselves having to incorporate their stories into an interactive Web site and having to use an audio slideshow. Is journalism dead? The answer is a resounding “No!” Journalism is merely adapting to an ever-changing world. As Dean Bierbauer said, “We can’t write journalism’s obituary before it is dead.”

- Priyanka Juneja, Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.)Team Aspiring Journalists

CJI’s: Media Fusion class had the opportunity to spend two days at the IFRA Newsplex. Three teams of students created multiplatform Web sites. Each team was required to use a video, a banner created in Photoshop, a podcast, a soundslide, a poll and a blog. The following

story was written by Priyanka Juneja, who was part of the Aspiring Journalists team. Ellie Smith, James Island Charter HS (Charleston, S.C.) and Roshona Jenkins, Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.) were also a part of the Aspiring Journalists team.

Journalism’s Obituary

Is journalism dead? The answer

is a resounding “No!” Journalism

is merely adapting to an ever-

changing world. ”“

(clockwise starting at the top) Alex Moore, South Pointe HS (Rock Hill, S.C.); Keller Cruse, Lexington HS (Lexington, S.C.); Chelsea Mitchell, Greater Atlanta Christian School (Norcross, Ga.); and Rebecca Pittman, Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.)

Media Fusion team Jumpin’ JAKS created the CJI photo collage seen above for their multiplatform Web site project. The Jumpin’ JAKS team consisted of Joshan Smith and Zachary Stephens, Greater Atlanta Christian School (Norcross, Ga.), and Ariel Dorn and Katie Stewart, Lexington HS (Lexington, S.C.).

Team Jumpin’ JAKS

CRAK Team


CJI Chatters“The class [Editorial Leadership] is worth its money and CJI is an experience of a lifetime that I will never forget. I’m sad to be a senior this coming year, but I will carry my expriences to my staff.”

–Travis Horne, Lugoff-Elgin HS (Lugoff, S.C.)

“I will share the knowledge and things I learned with my staff to improve the quality of our photojournalism.”

–Isabel Atkinson, Clarke Central HS (Athens, Ga.)

“It [Editorial Leadership] covered A LOT. Hard stuff. Fun stuff. Important stuff. Dean Hume is hilarious and brilliant. I definitely enjoyed it. He did a great job of figuring out what we needed and supplying us with the answers to our questions and solutions to our problems.”

–Meriwether Joyner,Wando HS (Mt. Plesasnt, S.C.)

“It is amazing how much you learn and prepare for the next year.”

–Rebekah Trotti, Greater Atlanta Christian

School (Norcross, Ga.)

“The Yearbook Class was a wealth of practical, useful information. The teachers were phenomenal and full of experiences to share. They had great advice on how to lead, how to write and how to develop a theme.”

–Alexandra Irizarry, Wellington HS (Wellington, Fla.)

“It [Yearbook Class] was very interactive and hands-on. My staff and I got a lot of great ideas that we’re able to use in our new book that I think will definitely help take our book to the next level. Our instructors were hilarious and very helpful and made it interesting.”

–Allie Blinder, Greater Atlanta Christian

School (Norcross, Ga.)

Around CJI

Photo by Gerry Appel (Muncie, Ind.)

CJI Journalistic Writing instructor David Knight fills in as a speaker gets set up for a large group session. Knight works at the Lancaster County School District (Lancaster, S.C.).

(top) Jessica Thompson, Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.), works on her photojournalism skills. Photojournalism students create a portfolio of their work during the Institute.

(left) Cody Gruber, Dorchester Academy (St. George, S.C.), takes time during a break to skateboard in downtown Columbia. Cody’s brother, Sean, worked as a Director’s Assistant, and his mother, Stephanie, was the Media Fusion assistant instructor.

Photo by Regina Carter, CA Johnson HS (Columbia, S.C.)

CJI Publication Design instructor Susan Massy (Shawnee, Kan.) and CJI volunteer Ashley McGarry discuss plans for the class. McGarry graduated from Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.) in May and will be a freshman at the USC SJMC in the fall.



Mark your calendars now! Join us for CJI next year, June 9-13, 2010.


SLUG: IPOD NATION

ANCHOR LEAD-IN: It’s hard to imagine life without iPods. These tiny devices have quickly become on of the greatest inventions of the decade.

ANCHOR LEAD-IN 2: Summer Webb reports on this iPod explosion at the Carolina Journalism Institute.

REPORTER: IPOD- NOUN- a pocket-sized device used to play music files.(GRX)

REPORTER STAND-UP: This is the definition of iPod given by Farlex’s Online Dictionary, but an iPod is much more. Here at the Carolina Journalism Institute at the University of South Carolina, it seems like iPods are taking over the world.

REPORTER: Join us as we explore the ins and outs of our iPod nation.(shot into iPod)(shot of person listening to iPod )VOSOT OVER B-ROLL: In today’s world, iPods become a part of people’s everyday lives at a young age.

INTERVIEW DREW: “I was 14 years old when I got my first iPod.”

INTERVIEW MEREDITH: “I was probably in seventh grade.”(shot of group of people )VOSOT OVER B-ROLL: This exposure to iPods has changed the way people interact with one another...but not necessarily in a bad way.

INTERVIEW ERIN: “Well, I might put in my splitters, and we can share headphones.”

INTERVIEW DEVIN: “Well, it seems like whenever I’m with my friends, and we’re hanging out, they always have an earbud in their ear. So they’re always listening to music. But it’s also brought us together. Like, my friends, they have music, and they want me to listen to their music, so we exchange our ideas about what’s good

music. And so it brings us all closer together.”

(shot of various iPods)VOSOT OVER B-ROLL: Part of the appeal of iPods is that they can easily be personalized. These little machines often have as much personality as the people who own them. (shot of silent interview)Contrary to Farlex’s definition, iPods can do so much more than just play music.

INTERVIEW MEREDITH: “Um, obviously I listen to music. I play games on it, and I have an iTouch, so I use the apps on it and get on the Internet sometimes. Facebook, of course.”

REPORTER STAND-UP: But technology never comes without its flaws. iPods and MP3 technology has helped fuel the growing problem of music piracy. We asked students on campus if they consider downloading music illegally to be stealing.

INTERVIEW ERIN: “Yes. It is stealing. But, you know, sometimes people think 99 cents is a lot just for a song.”

INTERVIEW MEREDITH: “I wanna say ‘Yes,’ but at the same time I do it...so.”

INTERVIEW JOSH: “Uh...yes um...and I feel like a total bada** when I do it.”

INTERVIEW DEVIN: “I do not consider pirating music to be stealing.”

(shot of police car)VOSOT OVER B-ROLL: According to the judgements on recent lawsuits over music piracy, it is considered stealing and is punishable by law.

(shot of person walking and listening to iPod)(close shot of iPod)VOSOT OVER B-ROLL: Young or old; music, Internet or videos, love or hate, we are living in an iPod nation.

TAG-OUT: For CJI News, this has been Dallas, Shonqueta and Summer.

Traditional Broadcast:in the spotlight, on the inside

In the Traditional Broadcast class at CJI, students learned how to create a story through video journalism, covering all aspects from interviewing, script writing, shooting video and editing in FinalCut Pro. Below is a script from one of the segments of CJI News. To watch

the entire 2009 CJI News, just go online to www.sc.edu/cmcis/so/cji.

Photo by Zak Bartholomew, Dorchester Academy (St. George, S.C.)

Director’s Assistant Beverly Morris shows Paul Hill, Dutch Fork HS (Irmo, S.C.), how to edit in Final Cut Pro. Morris is an electronic journalism major at USC’s School of Journalism.


CJI instructors award Certificates of Achievement during the closing brunch on Sunday. Below are the 2009 awards instructors gave to outstanding students.

Outstanding StudentsDesktop Publishing & Publication Design

Most ImprovedTyler Schaper, Wando HS

Anna Stevens, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Best Newspaper DesignerCollins Warren, Carolina Forest HS

Best Yearbook DesignerKendall Walters, Lugoff-Elgin HS

David Gokey AwardHeather Stroud, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Adam Lambert AwardBrittney Wright, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Design IdolJacklynn Chaney, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Journalistic WritingOutstanding Column Writing

Sydney Boyle, Wando HSKatie Miles, Lugoff-Elgin HSJustin Ray, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Briana Stewart, A.C. Flora HS

Outstanding Feature WritingAepril Smith, Wando HS

Outstanding Writing in Two CategoriesBlake Brettelle, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Wes Phillips, Wando HSAdrian Stubbs, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Samantha Tetrault, Wellington HSAllyson Turner, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Outstanding Writing in All CategoriesKinsey Clark, Clarke Central HS

Kendyl Kearly, Oak Ridge HSAlicia Muzzy, Roswell HS

Lauren Pruitt, Clarke Central HS

Media FusionBest Convergence JournalistRebecca Pittman, Dutch Fork HS

Best Web SiteKeller Cruse, Lexington HS

Chelsea Mitchell, Greater Atlanta Christian SchoolAlex Moore, South Pointe HS

Rebecca Pittman, Dutch Fork HS

Newspaper Editorial LeadershipBest Staff Editorial

Kaylin Bugos, Eastside HSGrayson Hill, A.C. Flora HSNoelle Suaifan, Wando HS

PhotojournalismOutstanding Photojournalist

Isabel Atkinson, Clarke Central HSLaura McDermott, Wando HS

Rising StarTaylor Polk, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Sports WritingBest Sports ColumnJoe Hulsey, Wando HS

Best Sports FeatureCharlie Burke, Wellington HS

Best Sports WritingTyler Kirkland, Lugoff-Elgin HS

MVPJoshua Hyber, Wellington HS

Traditional BroadcastingJack of All Trades

Dallas Ball, Dutch Fork HS

Innovative Use of Final Cut ProGriff Trively, Dutch Fork HS

Yearbook Coverage, Visuals & Theme BuildingExcellence in Yearbook Development

Caryn Wells, Richland Northeast HS

Excellence in Theme DevelopmentAllie Blinder, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Amelia Bradley, Greater Atlanta Christian SchoolEmee Herbert, Greater Atlanta Christian SchoolDanielle Moss, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Erin Swirk, Greater Atlanta Christian SchoolRebekah Trotti, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Excellence in Theme DevelopmentAlexandra Irizarry, Wellington HS

Devin Kelly, Wellington HS


Special thanks to Apple computers

& Olympus America for supporting CJI 2009

Carolina Journalism Institute Faculty(from left to right) 1st row: Leslie Dennis, Assistant Director; Martha Rothwell, Student Services Director (Statesville, N.C.); David Knight, Journalistic Writing instructor (Lancaster County School District, Lancaster, S.C.); Nancy Hastings, Yearbook Coverage, Visuals and Theme Building instructor (Munster HS, Munster, Ind.); Kathy Craghead, Yearbook Coverage, Visuals and Theme Building instructor (Mexico, Mo.); Tammy Watkins, Sports Writing instructor (Wando HS, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.); Martha Herring Publication Advising instructor (Carolina Forest HS, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)

2nd row: Mark Murray, Photojournalism instructor (Arlington Independent School District, Arlington, Texas); Susan Massy, Publication Design instructor (Shawnee Mission East HS, Shawnee Mission, Kan.); Dean Hume, Newspaper Editorial Leadership instructor (Lakota East HS, Liberty Township, Ohio); Karen Flowers, CJI Director; Kristi Gibbins, Journalistic Writing assistant (Wellington HS, Wellington, Fla.); Gerry Appel, Traditional Broadcast instructor (Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.); Jake Palenske, Desktop Publishing instructor (NCompass Media, McKinney, Texas)

Not Pictured: Randy Covington, Broadcast Media Fusion instructor (IFRA Newsplex, Columbia, S.C.), & Stephanie Gruber, Broadcast Media Fusion assistant (Dorchester Academy, St. George, S.C.)



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