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March 9, 2005 Featui ^^LACKAMASPl^flt ‘Frisco’ trip births ideas for Print stai The Print traveled to San Francisco to meet with peers and attend sessions as part of the 21 st Annual Associated Collegiate Press National College Newspaper Convention . Elizabeth Tohey I l The Clackamas Print San Francisco welcomed six Clackamas Print writers and editors with car horns and panhandlers’ cries as they arrived for an Associated Collegiate Press journalism confer ence last weekend. Along graffiti-covered streets filled with classic Victorian archi tecture, the group made their way up and down San Francisco’s famous hills to the Golden Gateway Holiday Inn that would be their home for the next four days. It was also the destination for over 800 other journalism students from schools across die country and it didn’t take long before file net working had begun. Students from Eugene’s D«i/y Emerald were in a room just down the hall, and the pool deck brought together students from Chicago, New York, Arizona and Washington. Being a gathering of journalists, conversations resembled interviews and basic questions were exchanged with anyone encountered: “Are you from a two-year or four year col lege?” “Is your paper weekly or daily?” and “How many pages do you publish on average?” were fre quently heard phrases as people met and got acquainted; Hearing critiques from fellow stu dents was a highlight throughout the conference. Editor-in-Chief Isaiah Creel spent at least an hour the first evening pouring over newspapers and making notes with an editor from a neighboring room. “My favorite firing overall was probably getting feedback from our peers,” said Karlin Johnson, feature editor. Along with peer review, a variety of workshops offered usefill infor mation. Sessions covered topics such as interviewing skills, writing better headlines, an editors’ checklist, fea ture-writing clinics, and even survival skills for women in the newsroom. “The editors’ checklist actually gave us a list of specific firings to do,” Johnson said. “That was really helpful.” There was much to be learned from observation as welL Creel was a constant example of being a good Ben Maras Clackamas Print Clackamas Print Editor-in-Chief Isaiah Creel spoke on a panel with several other editors from community colleges, including Kevin Ueda (right) from El Camino CC in Torrence, Cal. Ben Maras Clackamas} Members of The Clackamas Print (from left) Feature Editor Karlin Johnson, Staff Writer Elizabf Tobey, Copy Editor James Tombe, Design Editor Michaele Cooper, -Editor-in-Chief Isaiah Cree and Adviser Linda Vogt enjoyed the different varieties of restaurants in San Francisco. journalist A casual conversation around the pool introduced Creel to the mem bers of a “Halo 2” team who were in town for a competition file next day. Immediately file reporters’ notebook came out and pages were filled as he gathered information about the event and the four members of file team. Creel was also one of five editors selected to speak on a panel concern ing how to successfully manage a two-year community college news paper. Although he referred to staff writ ers and editors as tools, using the ^metaphor that “you can’t build a bench with only a hammer; you need a saw and a tape measure,” his team spirit came through. “People are all the same,” he said, and he doesn’t consider himself above any of his staff. He also gave recognition to Ben Holm for being “the best ad manager we could hope for,” and to Adviser Linda Vogt for her wisdom which is “much appreciated.” Of course San Francisco had much to offer the group outside of the Holiday Inn and journalism workshops. “The food was definitely a good fifing on this trip,” said Johnson. Wandering the streets around file hotel, the group sampled foods from a variety of restaurants, enjoying sushi, Chinese, Thai, crepes, and Turkish over the course of file weekend. A cable car driver, working his last day before retirement, allowed The Print staff a free ride through town. The trolley full of people squeezed past cars on narrow streets and squealed to stops barely feet away from oncoming cars. But it safely delivered the six into the hustle and bustle of Fisherman’s Wharf for an evening of wandering and win- dow-shopping. The weekend offered the gng chance to look critically at their] paper, while comparing and cm ing it to other papers and finding] inspiration. “I really like this cover,”] Creel comparing papers, “but IH this one as an example of some] not to do.” ‘Tm getting so many ideas,"] Johnson. “I want to try and eq what my section does.” Notebooks filled up with] story ideas and sketches of pos] page layouts, as writers and tors jotted down ideas for waw bring the colors, flavors and ins] tions of San Francisco back to Clackamas Print. 465 Portlands [Gladstone, Ord off any coffee drink 970271 503-65(» expires Jan. 1,2® CCC Students & Employees (with proof of CCC ID) Hablando nuestro idioma A weekly Spanish-language column El ciclo ha terminado ‘Despidamos al Español cion que se ubica en el edi ficio Roger Rook y date de The Clackamas Print alta por que las clases se están llenando muy rápido, o si éste Queridos lectores éste fríe es tu primer ciclo de clases a un periodo escolar de logros nivel de colegio’‘Bienvenido” y hazañas donde muchos de y no te preocupes por que en nosotros pudimos lograr o el Community Center existen avanzar con nuestras metas. consejeros que te pueden ori Recuerden que el siguiente entar a eldgir las clases apro sido escolar (Primavera ~ - piadas para ti y tu carrera, y a Verano) está apunto de comen la vez ayudarte con tus papeles zar y que éste colegio los está de registracion. esperando. 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