2024 ICPA Conference & Awards Lunch
Saturday, April 6 • Indiana Memorial Union • Indiana University-Bloomington
Join students and advisers from across the state for the annual ICPA conference We’ll have speakers and sessions for students working on their college websites, newspapers, literary magazines, news magazines and yearbooks in the morning. The awards lunch follows in the afternoon.
Schedule
9 a.m. Registration in the Tree Suite Lounge. Coffee and breakfast breads served.
Want a career in media? Here’s what you need to know Looking for a job or internship? Join Jill Bond, editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times, for advice on mapping out your path in media. Walnut Room
Covering politics and the 2024 elections Join Adam Wren, national politics reporter for Politico, for thoughts on how to cover stories during election season and beyond. Oak Room
Literary magazine roundtable Jim Coby, IU-Kokomo, leads a discussion with editors, advisers and staffers from around the state. Maple Room
Reporting on injustice. The role of the press in uncovering official misconduct Join Cheryl Owsley Jackson, IU senior professor of practice (CNN, Medill News Service, South Bend Tribune, Columbus Republic), for a discussion on how your podcast, story, coverage can make a difference in your community. Walnut Room
So you want to be an investigative reporter? Tim Evans, IndyStar investigations editor, will talk about the challenges, rewards and nuts-and-bolts of accountability journalism — and hang around to answer all your questions. Oak Room
Embracing multimodality Writer Saul Lemerond, Hanover College, discusses ways to embrace and incorporate multimodality in order to promote experimental learning and foster inclusivity at your literary magazine, Maple Room
Awards lunch: Celebrate the great work your staff did in 2023 at the awards lunch in the IMU Tudor Room. Taco/taco salad buffet. Vegetarian and gluten-free choices. We’ll announce 300+ awards at the lunch. A complete list of awards will be posted at icpaconnect.org after the lunch.
FAQs
When: Saturday, April 6, 2024. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Sessions begin at 10:30 a.m.
What? There will be sessions and speakers in the morning including IndyStar Investigations Editor Tim Evans, IU Senior Visiting Professor of Practice Cheryl Owsley Jackson, Politico National Politics Reporter Adam Wren, Herald-Times News Director Jill Bond. For literary magazine students, there will be a talk by writer Saul Lemerond about how to embrace and incorporate multimodality and a round table discussion with students and advisers from around the state. After the sessions, we’ll have an awards lunch in the Tudor Room to honor students receiving recognition in this year’s contest.
Where: Sessions are in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Biddle Conference Center, Indiana University, 900 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana. All talks are in the Tree Suites on the mezzanine level. Lunch is in the Tudor Room on the first floor. Here is a map of the IU campus and a floor map of the IMU.
Where should I park? There are a variety of parking lots adjacent to the IU campus. Two are next to the IMU. See the link to the map above. Discounted parking passes are included with registration.
What should I bring? Bring a stack of your publications to share on the publication exchange table. If you didn’t prepay your registration fees, bring a check payable to ICPA.
Questions? Contact Ruth Witmer, ICPA interim director, 812-855-5898, rwitmer@iu.edu.