MCMA is proud to announce its new 2009 Keynote Speaker, Margaret Wolf Freivogel. Freivogel is a veteran journalist, as well as the founder and Editor of the St. Louis Beacon, one of Missouri's newest and most successful online-only news websites. Freivogel will speak to her extensive experience as a print and online journalist, and "how the most valuable lessons sometimes spring from the most unlikely circumstances.
Arrangements for lodging at the 2009 MCMA convention have been made at Saint Louis University's Water Tower Inn. The Water Tower Inn is located at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue, immediately north of Interstate Highway 44. Water Tower Inn Saint Louis University 3545 Lafayette Ave.
The Registration/Banquet form for the 2009 MCMA Conference and Awards Banquet is now available online. Please fill out one form per publication and send it to Sarah Hale, Re: MCMA Registration/Banquet, The University News, BSC Suite 354, 20 N. Grand Blvd, St.
Missouri College Media Association 2009 Conference attendees will be able to choose speaker sessions from among six, streamlined categories of interest, or "tracks." Each track includes four presentations by leaders in each respective sub-section of journalism.