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June 11 -- The opening session
  As this workshop begins, a glance back at earlier workshops reveals news of two former participants: Reggie Rivers (left) of Randolph High School and Naka Nathaniel (right) of Churchill High School. Rivers has been a sports columnist for the Denver Post and now works in television in a Denver station, and Nathaniel is a Paris-based multimedia journalist for the New York Times.
The opening session at 2:30 p.m. June 11 in the International Conference Center at the University of the Incarnate Word featured the workshop rules, a talk on how the workshop began and introduction of staff. After orientation, students played "introduction" games before discussing story ideas for You S. A., the workshop newspaper.
Planning resulted in the basis for the budget for You S.A. A "budget" is a listing of story and photo ideas with suggestions for angles and sources, and it is prepared by Texas State University Instructor Kym Fox and other staff members. Students will learn their assignments Wednesday morning and meet with five team leaders: Fox, Dr. Fred Blevens, San Antonio Express-News reporters Vincent Davis and Laura Jesse and journalism Instructor Marianne Odom.
 Workshopper Reaction -- Notetaking
"This session challenged me to become a better and more avid note taker and thus a more accurate reporter. I liked Professor Marianne Odom's tip to develop a shorthand for each story and to keep corresponding keys for future reference. I plan to use this and other helpful tips Odom and Professor Chet Hunt shared with us - during our workshop and in the future."
Graduate Yvonne Freckmann
North East School of the Arts
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June 12 -- Work begins
 Click for Session One: Notetaking with Marianne Odom and Chet Hunt. During the session on notetaking, students learned to always carry a notebook and writing utensil. They also learned about interviewing and observation skills so they could interview each other to write bios for You S.A. (photo at left by resident assistant Julie Ann Sanchez)
Click for Session Two: Ethics and Accuracy with Dr. Fred Blevens
 Click for Session Three: Using Canon Cameras with Bob Malish of Canon Here are samples of student work.
Resident assistant David A. Flores shows the workings of a Canon camera to Samuel Garcia during the session on Using Canon Cameras (photo at left by counselor Cynthia Esparza). Workshoppers roamed the campus with their advisers looking for possible photo opportunities. They seemed to have a blast.
 Lunch with Dr. Robert Zeigler and Dr. Thomas Hoy in Room 120 in the visual arts center
An annual tradition for the workshop, lunch with President Robert Zeigler, featured mounds of sandwiches, salad and dessert and friendly conversation. The affable administrator spent time visiting with students and staff, (photo at right by Raina Gaytan) and he made his annual pitch for students to attend San Antonio College to study journalism or photography.
 Journalism Instructor Edmund Lo (left) shows images during the session on Elements of Photojournalism. Lo, Cynthia Esparza and Paul Zoeller emphasized the importance of gathering information to go along with the image. Each student will have an opportunity to shoot photos for stories and gather information for cutlines. Click for Session Four: Elements of Photojournalism with Cynthia Esparza, Edmund Lo and Paul Zoeller
Click for Session Five: Interview and Observation Skills with Marianne Odom and Chet Hunt
 Workshoppers began writing bios for You S.A. by interviewing each other. In about 30 to 45 minutes, students were asked to gather unusual or unique information about each other to include in the short bios. For some, this was their first attempt at writing journalistically, but they all turned in rough drafts for editing before leaving the college for the day to have dinner at Chester's Hamburgers and miniature golf at Cool Crest.
Another tradition for the workshop, miniature golf at Cool Crest Golf Course (right photo by resident assistant David A. Flores), provides workshoppers and staff a chance to let their hair down and interact in a casual, informal way. Even if the temperature continues into the 90s, Cool Crest lives up to its name. Scores didn't matter on this evening; establishing relationships mattered.  Here are images of miniature golf.
Students relax at Chester's Hamburgers (left) in this photo by Torrie Bethany. Relaxation time is rare at the workshop, and it is welcomed by students and staff. Each day begins at what seems like dawn, and work at the college usually ends at about 5:30 p.m. Several evening sessions are scheduled during the two-week period.
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June 13 -- A day at the newspaper
Workshopper Reaction -- Ethics 
"The lesson on ethics allowed me to see the difference between journalism
subjectivity versus objectivity. I didn't realize how much freedom the First Amendment truly provided us (We, The People) until Dr. Fred pointed out obscure examples. The lesson helped me realize that as a journalist, high school or professional, I have an obligation to the world to seek truth and report it."
Junior Leezia Dhalla
Reagan High School
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The morning began at 8:30 a.m. with a group photo by Loftin Student Center, and then students departed to spend the day learning about newspapers and shadowing a reporter at the San Antonio Express-News.
9 a.m. -- "News Research" with researcher Julie Domel in the second floor conference room at the Express-News
10:15 a.m. -- "Why We Have to Ask the Tough Questions" with Tricia Schwennesen, Express-News assistant city editor and a former San Antonio College student, in the Broadway building.
Noon -- Lunch with Craig Thomason, managing editor of the San Antonio Express-News
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. -- Shadowing a reporter
 Anxiously awaiting their next adventure, workshop students gather in the budget meeting at the San Antonio Express-News (photo at left by resident assistant David A. Flores) to learn how today's news will be presented tomorrow. The budget meeting, which involves section editors and support services of the newspaper, is supervised by Craig Thomason, managing editor. Here are images of the newspaper visit.
7:30 p.m. -- Gulf Coast trip panel with Amber Whittaker, Julie Sanchez, César G. Rodriguez and Charles Cima.
Here is Special Issue: Recovering Lives
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June 14 -- The fun begins
9 a.m. -- Telephones and Interviews with Vianna Davila
10 a.m. -- Immediately after team meetings, students began contacting sources for their stories with the assistance of resources from the Express-News and team leaders. 
Lunch courtesy of Subway
5 p.m. -- 5 W's Approach to Style with Instructor Marianne Odom Odom showed a video about the importance of Associated Press Style to journalists, whether high school, college or professional. Students will be working on an AP tutorial during their "spare" time at the workshop and then take a comprehensive final test at the end. The student achieving the highest score will receive an award at the closing luncheon. COMM 2311 students in the journalism-photography department must make a passing grade on the final test to pass the course.
 7 p.m. -- Dinner sponsored by the the San Antonio Association of Black Journalists
San Antonio Express-News S.A. Life columnist Cary Clack shares a laugh with Leezia Dhalla at the dinner sponsored by the San Antonio Association of Black Journalists at Dave and Buster's (pictured at left in photo by counselor Tricia Buchhorn). Students interacted with members before Express-News business reporter Melissa Monroe asked the students to introduce themselves and tell what they have learned at the workshop.
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 June 15 -- Out and about in S.A.
9 a.m. -- How to Sell a Controversial Story to Your Principal with education reporter Jeanne Russell
Students listen intently to Jeanne Russell (pictured at right in photo by resident assistant David A. Flores) in Room 208 of Loftin Student Center as she describes methods of establishing rapport with administrators. Russell has worked as a team leader Express-News representative for the workshop for several summers.
 10 a.m. -- Lab
San Antonio Express-News reporters Karen Adler, Hernan Rozemberg and Rudy Arispe (left to right in three photos by Instructor Edmund Lo) visited with students Jeanette Scarsdale, Lindsey York and Jaime Rodriguez during lab. Editing and photography resources from the newspaper visit several times during the two-week period to offer advice, answer questions and interact with the group.
1 p.m. -- Lunch
2 p.m. -- Lab
 7:30 p.m. -- Dinner sponsored by Friends of Journalism at San Antonio College Students and staff met at Demo's Restaurant for dinner and conversation (as pictured in photo at right by Lindsey York) as many former staffers on The Ranger came to help convince students to matriculate at San Antonio College.
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June 16 -- Almost the weekend
 9 a.m. -- Review writing with Hector Saldana
Counselor Tricia Buchhorn found this image (left) of Warren High School senior Sam Garcia in his Winky the Warrior mascot uniform, and she shared this with the workshop. Garcia had attended a camp June 8-11 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas before coming to the UJW in which he climbed rock walls and played soccer in the uniform to become adjusted to the heat. The papier-mache head weighs seven pounds.
10 a.m. -- Lab
1 p.m. -- Lunch
2 p.m. -- Lab
5:30 p.m. -- Parents pick up students at the dorm for the weekend. Return to UIW at 6:30 p.m. Sunday
 Workshopper Reaction
Telephones and Interviews
"The session with Express-News reporter Vianna Davila was an eye-opener for me. I really had not thought much about the effort it takes to do a telephone interview over the phone. Davila's suggestion to leave several messages on sources' voice mail after unsuccessful attempts to reach them made sense."
Senior Sam Garcia
Warren High School
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Here are postcards from the UJW to family and friends. Postcards are old-fashioned e-mails, you know.
Express-News reporter Hector Saldana tells students about writing reviews (in photo at right by resident assistant Manuel Duran). Saldana writes about music for the S.A. Life section of the newspaper..
June 18 -- Scavenger Hunt
The students were divided into three groups with at least one resident assistant and one Canon digital camera for each group. The object was to take a digital photo of each group with as many of the objects listed, and each was assigned a number of points.
Each team could score extra points for creativity or lose points for not following the rules, such as having a member of the team missing from the photo. The teams had 90 minutes.
 Items to be photographed from the central location at Grossman International Conference Center were a foreign exchange student, a cross, a steeple, a foreign flag, the scoring spot on any of the playing fields, a public utility, something wet, a golf cart, time travel, something frozen, something with hands, the view from South America, a nun, UJW President Louis Agnese and uses for the Express-News other than reading.
Bonus and lost points include: +200 for the first team to return and turn in the camera, +100 for creativity in the shooting or photo content, -300 for arguing with the judge, -300 for returning late and sudden death for damaging the camera or the RA.
Click arrows below for movies of the groups' scavenger efforts.
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