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Texas State University-San Marcos
Raising storytelling standards
Third NPPA workshop at Texas State begins April 10
By Margot Hake
Texas State University will host the
National Press Photographers Ad-
vanced Storytelling Workshop during
the week of April 10 to help partici-
pants take the art of storytelling to the
next level.
The seminar, which draws profes-
sionals from around the world, offers
experienced editing and critiquing of
short documentaries that are composed
during the workshop.
“Most of the people who attend have
been in television for years, if not de-
cades in some cases,” said Dave Nolan,
the Texas State professor who is credit-
ed for bringing the workshop to Texas.
“For a lot of them, it’s a way to raise the
Centro to show
15 documentaries
game as far as their storytelling tech-
nique so that they can do it better.”
Although the workshop is meant for
veterans of the media world, Nolan of-
fers a course that allows students in his
visual storytelling class to sample the
conference.
“They’re getting a professional work-
shop for free, which is part of the class,
but it’s also part of the learning pro-
cess,” Nolan said about his student’s
participation.
Nolan’s involvement with the NPPA,
which sponsors the weeklong seminar,
sparked the workshop’s move from
Kentucky to Texas three years ago.
The goal is not only to broaden the
horizons of those who partake in the
symposium, but also to share the expe-
By Callie Hill
Students are encouraged to go online
and vote for their favorite participants
of the Second Annual Puntos de Vista
Film Festival, which is hosted by Texas
State University.
Communication students from Co-
lumbia, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Texas
State have entered the contest. Their
films will be judged both online and
through judging at the festival. Online
voting consists of 60 percent of the
judging, and it ends April 1. To vote,
visit the Texas State website. Both
online voting and the Puntos de Vista
event are open to the public.
The first place student wins $2,000.
Following online scoring, faculty and
practitioners will choose the 15 best
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rience with students on campus. Fortu-
nately for Texas State University, inter-
est had dwindled in Kentucky, causing
NPPA to look for a new host.
“I said what I wanted to do was wrap
a class around the workshop and teach
a class that is based on the workshop’s
principles,” said Nolan about his sug-
gestion.
“They liked that proposal and they’ve
been here for three years, and they’ll
probably be here forever.”
Mass communication and journalism
students are welcome to observe the
workshop as long as they notify Nolan
in advance.
“It gives our students a really nice
international perspective on things,” he
said.
films to show on April 7 at the Puntos
de Vista Screening Exhibition in the
LBJ Student Center Ballroom from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Puntos de Vista translates to ‘points
of view.’ Documentary topics range
from political and cultural to religious
and environmental.
All submissions are 20 minutes and
are spoken in Spanish with English
subtitles.
Dr. Sindy Chapa, the associate direc-
tor of the Center for the Study of Latino
Media & Markets (El Centro), said last
year’s event was wonderful and was
excited to have more submissions this
year.
“We have 33 documentaries that
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Phillips selected intern
with Dow Jones Fund
Electronic Media Senior Jarod
Phillips is one of 10 multimedia
interns for this year’s Dow Jones
News Fund internship program.
Phillips will receive training at
Western Kentucky University,
then work for the International
Center for Journalists in Wash-
ington, D.C. The Dow Jones News
Fund accepted 81 undergraduate
and graduate students out of 600
applications for the prestigious
paid internship. Summer 2011 will
be the 44th summer in which the
DJNF has offered internships. The
internship program began in 1962
and lasts 10 weeks during the
summer. Interns work as news
and sports copy editors, business
reporters and in multimedia.
TAPME award winner
TYLER, Texas — Tina Phan,
a Buster Haas news intern last
summer for the Abilene Reporter-
News, won a second place award
at the Texas Associated Press
Managing Editors convention here
for a video she produced as part
of her news coverage.
Sloan Certified
Dr. Judy Oskam is the first facul-
ty member at Texas State to have
completed the Sloan Consortium
Online Teaching Certificate, which
includes a 9-week foundation
course and a series of electives.
The Scholarship Committee of The School of Journalism and
Mass Communication announces the following recipients for
2011-2012 endowed scholarships.
FRED ADAMS SCHOLARSHIP
• Courtney Pedersen • Marilyn Elder
ALPHA & OMEGA SCHOLARSHIP
• Cecily Fish
GLORIA CAMPOS BROWN SCHOLARSHIP
• Catherine Arriaza-Ortiz
DIONICIO DON FLORES
• Lindsay Medina • Dalida Umuhire
TERESA MAE POTTS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
• Halie Davis
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PUNTOS DE VISTA / From Page 1
were submitted, but unfortunately we can only support 15 of them,” Chapa said.
“I already picked my two favorites.”
Dr. Chapa said El Centro is also planning a new event this year, immediately
after the film festival. It will allow the participating students from all countries to
spend time together for discussion and music.
2nd International Spanish Documentary Festival
April 7, LBJ Student Center
9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 3-3.1
“Timeless,” Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico
“Equally Different,” Universidad de Lima, Peru
“Indigenous Cemetery,” Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia
9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 3-5.1
“The Religion of Another,” Universidad Cristobal Colon, Veracruz, Mexico
“Bread and River,” Politecnico Colombiano Jaime Isava, Medellin, Colombia
“The Customized Saint,” Universidad de Lima, Peru
9:30 to 11 a.m., Room3-3.1
“Foreigners In Their Own Land,” Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
“Voice and Vote,” Universidad de Lima, Peru
“Digging Further,” Universidad de Lima, Peru
11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Room 3-13
Documentary workshop developed for the Puntos de Vista participants.
Presented by Susan Mason
2:30 to 4 p.m., Room 3-3.1
“Relentless Search,” Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico
“Meikiniando,” Politecnico Colombiano Jaime Isava, Medellin, Colombia
“Archangel,” Politecnico Combiano Jaime Isaza, Medellin, Colombia
2:30 to 4 p.m., Room 3-5.1
“Empanadas King,” Politecnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza, Medillin, Colombia
“The Women of The Ward,” Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia
“The Veteran,” Politecnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza, Medillin, Colombia
HEARST SCHOLARSHIPS
• Catherine Arriaza-Ortiz • Anyssa Bohanan • Claudia Giertz
• Taylor Wood • Sarah Cobb • Abel Valencia • Christopher Eudaily •
Kirsten Hettinger • Karen Garza • Jose Lopez
JIM & ADELE MOSS SCHOLARSHIP
• Jordan Gass-Poore
THE SHRADER FAMILY SCHOLARSHIPS
• Alisha Grieme • Anyssa Bohanan
THE DON ANDERS SCHOLARSHIP
• Courtney Pedersen
MIKE NICKLESS SCHOLARSHIP
• Dalida Umuhire