5/24/2008

Clear out your stuff, find a treasure, change a life

Join Alaska Professional Communicators June 6 and 7 for a garage sale to benefit the memorial scholarship fund. The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at 640 Giroux Circle.

How you can get involved:

Donate — Price your items and drop them off at Giroux Circle between 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Small items can be dropped off on the front porch; larger items may be left on the left side of the driveway.

You could also bring small items in bags or boxes to our APC luncheon on June 5 and give them to someone who can transport them to the sale location. Please reply to Carolyn, ccrinehart@gci.net, and tell her if you plan to donate a large amount of things this way, so we will know whether to ask Elliott to be there with the truck.

If you have a large item with no transportation for it, you may email Elliott Barske at ewxman@gci.net (he has volunteered to pick up large items in his truck.)

All items that do not sell will be donated to a charity after the sale, Sunday, June 7.

Browse and buy — Nancy Schmitt had the idea for our “prototype” sale last year, which made more than $1,000 for the cause. With all of AK Pro Comm behind it, we should have a whale of a sale this year!

Can’t come but still want to support the scholarship fund? Click here to donate online.

5/16/2008

Blogging and multimedia storytelling focus of June luncheon

Kathleen McCoy and Fran Durner to speak at June 5 luncheon.

This time of turmoil for mainstream media journalists is also a time of opportunity, as newspapers expand their online efforts. The Anchorage Daily News’ Assistant Managing Editor for Interactivity, Kathleen McCoy, will discuss community blogging
and multimedia storytelling at Alaska’s largest daily newspaper. She’ll also address what it feels like to be in the middle of this transition, and what readers should expect from the ADN team as they “ride the bronco and try to stay on.”

Kathleen recently finished a year as a Knight Fellow at Stanford, studying new media, creativity and leadership as part of an expenses paid, mid-career fellowship.

Also on hand to answer questions, photographer/blogger Fran Durner, who is responsible for the “Talk Dirt to Me” blog.

Luncheon Information
11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 5
Golden Lion Hotel, 1000 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage

Lunch: members $16; guests of members $18; others $20

Reservations:
1. RSVP and payment through PayPal.

2. Email: thetus at gci dot net by noon Tuesday, June 3.

3. Call 274-4723 and leave a message, including a phone number where you can be reached. When calling or sending an email, please include how many people are coming and their names.

5/2/2008

Contest winners and scholarship recipients announced

On Thursday, May 1, Alaska Professional Communicators announced the results of the professional communications contest, the high school journalism contest, and the scholarship award winners.

2008 Communications Contest:
Winners included Sheila Balistreri, Kalei Brooks, Diana Haecker, Therese Harvey, Mary Katzke and Deborah Schildt, Beth Leffingwell, Steven Levi, Chuck Maas, Ginny Mahar, Rhonda McBride, Amy Murphy, Dianne O’Connell, Elise Patkotak, Yereth Rosen, Aliza Sherman Risdahl, Sherrie Simmonds, Alan Sorum, Dana Stabenow, Kathy Tarr, Linda Kay Thompson, Steve Wolfe

Complete list of award winners.

2008 High School Journalism contest:

Complete winner list.

2008 Scholarship Winners:

Katie McCraw, a sophomore at Alaska Pacific University majoring in Liberal Studies, is currently a reporter and the photo editor of the school newspaper, the APU Journal, and excels in creative writing.

Todd Walker, a sophomore at the University of Alaska Anchorage majoring in Journalism and Public Communications, works as a reporter at KRUA radio and is a web writer and weekend newscast producer at KTUU-TV.

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