Fellowship Schedule
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VISUAL JOURNALISTS
Friday - June 7
9 a.m. Breakfast with Reporting & Writing Fellows
10 a.m. Tour of the Institute David Shedden
10:30 a.m. What to Expect this Summer & Mentor assignments VJ Fellows & Faculty
11:15 a.m. Assignment: Illustrate St. Petersburg
11:30 a.m. Mug shots for your Photo ID
Noon Lunch @ Poynter
1:30 p.m. The Power of Story, Part I Chip Scanlan & Everyone
3 p.m. The debrief
Weekend assignment Illustrate your first experience in St. Petersburg;
check out http://www.garcia-media.com/
WEEK ONE
Monday - June 10
9 a.m. Review: Illustrate St. Petersburg
10 a.m. The State of the Industry Mario Garcia
Noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Website Publishing Work Flow Ellen Sung
3 p.m. Finding the Black Pearl Kenny Irby & Chip Scanlan
Tuesday - June 11
9 a.m. Content is King Monica Moses
10:30 a.m. The WSJ Redesign Mario
Noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Deadline / Web Ready:
Illustrate St. Petersburg
2 p.m. Flash training
Wednesday - June 12
9 a.m. Covering a Community Beat (Joint) Chris Martin
10 a.m. Beat Responsibilities (Joint) Kenny
11:30 a.m. Assignment: On the Beat Collaboration
3 p.m. Review: Presenting your Beats Fellows
Thursday - June 13
9 a.m. Civic Clarity to Literary Grace: Words and the News (for VJ) Chip Scanlan
9 a.m. How Visuals Communicate (for Writers) Andrew, George, Monica
11 a.m. Working Across Discipline (Joint) Monica & Chris
Assignment: Shadowing Your Partner
12:30 p.m. TIME ON YOUR BEAT
Friday - June 14
9 a.m. Photo Process Kenny & Lanette Miller
  Fellows present their portfolio Fellows
  Software Tutorials, where necessary Andrew
Review: Demonstrate Software Fluency on an individual basis
TIME ON YOUR BEAT (w/ focus to next week's assignments)
4 p.m. Images of War Carl Juste
Weekend assignment Books, books, books; read over Kim Elam and Monica's advanced materials
Saturday - June 15
Party @ The Irbys (6149 - 27th St. S.)
WEEK TWO
Monday - June 17
9 a.m. Modular Design Kim Elam
Assignment: Typographic Hierarchy & Grid Structure
Noon Lunch
2:30 p.m. Color and Visual Identity Monica
Assignment: Beat Palettes
Review: Beat Palettes
Tuesday - June 18
9 a.m. Review: Typographic Hierarchy & Grid Structure
9:30 a.m. Geometry of Design Kim Elam
10:30 a.m. Typography Nuri Ducassi
Noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Assignment: The Rhythm of Type
TIME ON YOUR BEAT (w/ your partner)
Wednesday - June 19
10 a.m. Review: The Rhythm of Type
  Deadline / Web Ready: Modular Design, Beat Palettes, Creative Typography
10:30 a.m. The Power of Contrast Monica
Noon LUNCH WITH THE DEAN (Poynter)
1:30 p.m. Design Systems Ed Hashey
Assignment: Design Systems- Keeping It All Together in Wall Street
TIME ON YOUR BEAT (focus on photos and story for the Magazine exercise)
Thursday - June 20
9 a.m. Photos & Page Design Sue Morrow
Noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Is seeing really believing? Kenny
3 p.m. Review: Design Systems- Keeping It All Together in Wall Street Ed Hashey
Friday - June 21
11 a.m.

Web Design: Reload

Andrew
Noon Group Lunch -
Smarter Surfing: Making Best Use of Your Web Time – Sree Sreenivasa
Sree Sreenivasan
1:30 p.m. The Interactive Process Andrew
4:30 p.m. Smarter Surfing: Hands-on Session with Sree Newsroom Sree
Weekend assignment Assignment: Your Online Portfolio and Preparing for your Magazine Content

The Interactive Process check-ins on Sunday.
WEEK THREE
Monday - June 24
9 a.m. Review: Your Online Portfolio...so far
10 a.m. My Favorite Magazine Bob Newman
10:30 a.m. Magazine Design Bob
Noon GROUP LUNCH
Assignment: A Magazine based on your Beat
Tuesday - June 25
9 a.m. How Magazine Covers are Developed Bob
Noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Information Architecture and Storytelling Bob
Wednesday - June 26
9 a.m. Review: Your Beat Magazines
TIME ON YOUR BEAT
2 p.m. Review: Your Online Portfolio (continued)
3:15 p.m. Group Session: Shadowing Your Partner
Thursday - June 27
9 a.m. The Art of Photo Editing Sue Morrow
Photo Lessons Learned Sue & Kenny
Noon LUNCH
1 p.m. Informational Graphics George Rorick
3 p.m. Assignment: Graphics Reporting and Research (in small groups)
Friday - June 28
9 a.m. Review: Graphics Reporting and Research (in small groups)
Noon LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Photographic Illustration and Creativity Stephanie Grace Lim
  Deadline: Your Beat Magazines

TIME ON YOUR BEAT /
WORK ON PROJECTS

Weekend assignment Assignment: Begin developing story ideas on your Final Projects. Read Examiner redesign case study (http://www.garcia-media.com/examiner/examiner.html). And then download pdfs of Examiner front page prototypes available from www.ronreason.com
WEEK FOUR
Monday - July 1
10:30 a.m. Squeezing the Creative Juice Machine Stephanie
Noon GROUP L UNCH
1:30 p.m. Community and Design Ron Reason
Assignment: Community and Design: Connecting With Diverse Audiences
Tuesday - July 2
10:30 a.m. Review & Discussion: Community and Design: Connecting With Diverse Audiences Ron
Noon LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Analyzing the Front Pages Ron
Wednesday - July 3
10:30 a.m. GROUP PHOTO  
  Picture Story / Documentary Photojournalism Beth Reynolds
  LUNCH
2:30 p.m. The Daily News (short form) Carrie Pratt
4 p.m. The Faces of the Fourth Battle Plan (joint)
Thursday - July 4
  4th of July Coverage  
Noon L UNCH AVAILABLE AT POYNTER
Photo editing Kenny & Carrie
Friday - July 5
9 a.m. Photo editing (continued where necessary) Kenny, Beth & Carrie
Noon LUNCH
Assignment: Faces of the 4th Online
TIME ON YOUR BEAT
Weekend assignment Assignment: Check out www.skwish.com
WEEK FIVE
Monday - July 8
9 a.m. Career Path: From Photographer to M.E. David Yarnold
10:30 a.m. Combining Words & Visuals (joint) David
Noon LUNCH
2 p.m. Review: Faces of the 4th Online
3 p.m. Feature illustration and art direction Andrew Skwish
Assignment: Thinking Illustratively
Tuesday - July 9
9 a.m. Review: Thinking Illustratively
10:30 a.m. View from the Real World Jeremy Gilbert
Noon LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Online Portfolio Andrew Skwish
Wednesday - July 10
9 a.m. Olympic coverage James Borchuck
Noon LUNCH
1:30 p.m. View from the Real World Matt May
  Deadline / Web Ready: Thinking Illustratively
Assignment: Fine tuning your Online Portfolio
Thursday - July 11
9 a.m. Convergence Cliff McBride
Noon LUNCH
2 - 5 p.m. Field Trip to Media General / Tampa Tribune (OFFSITE)
Friday - July 12
10 a.m. Review: Your Online Portfolio
WEEK SIX
Monday - July 15
9 a.m. Deadline / Web Ready: Your Online Portfolio  
  WORK ON FINAL PROJECT ALL DAY  
5 p.m. Planning Your Path (BBQ @ The Moses) Monica
Tuesday - July 16
WORK ON FINAL PROJECT ALL DAY
1 p.m. Page Design @ The News & Observer Damon Cain
Career Mentoring Damon
Wednesday - July 17
  RECRUITER'S DAY  
Lunch (POYNTER)
Thursday - July 18
  WORK ON FINAL PROJECT ALL DAY  
3 p.m. Deadline / Web Ready: FINAL PROJECT NOW IF'S, ANDS OR BUTS
6-9:30 p.m. Final Party @ USF St. Petersburg Campus
Friday - July 19
9 a.m. The Power of Story, Part II -
Readings & Presentation
Noon Farewell Lunch
1 p.m. Graduation (VJ Lab)

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