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JAWS is going to Texas.

YEE HA !

Time to roll up your selves and saddle up your ride. Join your JAWS colleagues Oct. 22-24 at the Tapatio Springs Resort in Boerne, Texas. JAWS Fall Symposium 2010 promises to be a wealth of practical learning and how-to tips to keep you ahead in the fluctuating world of journalism.

The program  is shaping up and chairs Janet Vitt and Sharon Walsh see a real hands-on theme emerging this year. Some of the highlights for “Practical JAWS” include:

• Special guest and keynote speaker — Maria Hinojosa.

• The Shanahan Speaker will be Heidi Beirich, research director for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

• “Alchemy, Phase II” for women who are re-inventing themselves.

• A panel aimed at journalism educators and those who would like to teach.

• Building a portfolio career

• JAWS foodies are cooking up a session on food — the news that’s on everyone’s plate.

• Covering the Border.

• Techno Ideas to Steal.

Click here for more program details.

OTHER Important details:

Registration:  Still only $265 — $250 if you register before Aug. 31.   Click here for registration form.

Hotel:  Tapatio Springs Resort

Special conference rate for JAWS: $94 for standard room   (other rooms are available if you ask)

Reservation numbers: 800-999-3299 or 830-537-4611

ROOM RESERVATION DEADLINE is Sept. 21.

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Some of the stories you’ll find in this edition.

PRESIDENT’S LETTER:The Power of Networking

By Megan Kamerick

At the recent Edge of Change conference at the Poynter Institute I was struck by a comment by Pam Johnson, one of the earliest members of JAWS and one of the editors of the “Edge of Change” book. She said years ago, JAWS members helped her get a job in Arizona. Johnson went on to hold executive and managing editor positions at The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette.

The most powerful thing we have as women, she said, is networking. To read more of this article click here.

JAWS Meets in Southeast Michigan Journalism      By Fara Warner

Board member Fara Warner and JAWS members Carol Guensburg and Birgit Rieck hosted a JAWS get-together in Ann Arbor, Mich. … Mary Morgan, founder and publisher of the hyper-local news website AnnArborChronicle.com, talked about entrepreneurial journalism with more than 20 journalists, educators and students gathered at Wallace House, home to the University of Michigan’s Knight-Wallace Fellowships in Journalism.  To read more of this article click here.

Poynter Conference Focuses on the Future of Women in Journalism

By Megan Kamerick

An impressive group of nearly 70 women representing the best of journalism gathered at the Poynter Institute in May to talk about the past, present and future of women in the profession. The focus of the gathering was a new book, The Edge of Change: Women in the 21st Century Press, edited by Pamela Creedon, Pamela Johnson, Wanda Lloyd and June Nicholson. It includes essays by several JAWS members, including Peggy Simpson, Arlene Morgan and Geneva Overholser.        To read more of this article click here.

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JAWS Members Speak Up.

Survey of the JAWS membership gives details on what members like, what they want and what they see as the future for JAWS.

Click here to download survey results.

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Click here to renew your annual membership to JAWS and keep those connections fresh!