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Directions
Most meetings of the New Jersey
Newspaper in Education and Youth Readership
Committee are held at the New Jersey Press
Association's offices: 810 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 307, West Trenton, N.J. 08628. Our phone
number is (609) 406-0600 (dial 19 for the
foundation director or zero for the
receptionist).
The NJPA offices are located in
the Mountain View Office Park, which is adjacent
to Exit 2 of Interstate 95 in central New Jersey
... less than two miles north of the Delaware
River bridge (the Scudders Falls Bridge) linking
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (this is
NOT exit 2 of the New Jersey Turnpike, which is
just north of the Delaware Memorial Bridge
leading to/from I-95 in the state of Delaware)
When leaving I-95 at Exit 2,
turn left at the top of the exit ramp. Then turn
right at the first traffic signal to enter the
Mountain View Office Park.
Our offices are on the third
floor (suite 305) of Building 840, which is clearly marked on
the top of the building.
For detailed directions to
NJPA's headquarters, click here or
use MapQuest for
the address above.
Agenda for the April 2, 2009,
Meeting
Meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the New Jersey Press
Association's conference room in West Trenton (directions
available at: http://www.njpa.org/NIE/niemeetings.html).
Welcome and introduction of George White, NJPF Director, taking
over for Tom Engleman.
Attendance at the NAA Foundation's Young Reader Conference in
Washington in May.
Discussion of 2009 statewide projects:
- NJEA convention in Atlantic City in November (Miss New Jersey
poster)
- NIE pass-through grants program (large statewide grant from
Wal-Mart)
Exchange of industry news affecting NIE and youth readership;
ideas and views from participating papers while sharing common
situations and conditions we are all experiencing.
Lunch (provided by NJPF)
New Business:
- Statewide essay contest (any interest, topic, etc.)
- N.J. Mock Election this fall (newspaper industry support for
the new statewide coordinator ... not NJPF)
- The future of the N.J. NIE & Youth Readership Committee
(number of meetings needed, etc.)
- Early thoughts about a 2010 regional NIE and Youth Reader
Conference (work with Pennsylvania, location, interest among
N.J. papers)
Set the next meeting date and topic of discussion.
Meeting will adjourn no later than 2 p.m.
Summary of the January 8, 2009,
Meeting
Meeting began at 10:30 a.m. at the New
Jersey Press Association's conference room in West Trenton (see
directions above).
Five of the state’s daily newspaper companies were
represented at the meeting: Advance Publications, the North
Jersey Media Group, Gannett, Calkins, and The Press of Atlantic
City. Attending were: Antonette Bomentre-Walter, committee
chairperson (Burlington County Times), Cynthia Forster (The
Record and the Herald News), Mary Lyons (The Star-Ledger and the
Times of Trenton), Sandy Reed (The Press of Atlantic City), and
Michelle Wright-Sykes (Courier-Post). Also attending were Jackie
Mickelburgh (formerly with The Star-Ledger), Chris Yatchyshyn
(Bucks County Courier Times, representing the Pennsylvania
Newspaper Association Foundation’s NIE Committee), and Tom
Engleman (NJPF program director).
The following agenda items were discussed:
1. Abraham Lincoln 200th Birthday Project. Four CDs purchased
from the PNA Foundation were distributed to the Courier-Post,
The Record and Herald News, the Burlington County Times and The
Press of Atlantic City. The Star-Ledger’s NIE coordinator said
she may be interested participating and will get back in touch
with NJPF if the paper agrees. NJPF will then order a fifth CD
from the PNA Foundation. The four newspapers have been sent
invoices for $50 each for the CDs.
2. NAA Foundation’s annual Youth Readership Conference, May
14-15 in Washington. The committee members didn’t commit to
attending the conference but said they would consider attending
once the materials are received from NAA. Chris Yatchyshyn said
the Pa. committee decided that the D.C. conference would take
the place of a regional conference they were considering for
2009.
3. Mock Election for the governor of New Jersey. The committee
endorsed plans for NJPF to coordinate the Mock Election in
October. It was strongly suggested that NJPF use Survey Monkey
as the computer program to collect the state’s votes and then to
report the state’s total votes to the national Mock Election
organization. Engleman said all of the schools that registered
for the 2008 Mock Election would be invited to participate and
any additional schools would be asked to register with NJPF via
E-mail. The cost of leasing Survey Monkey is $240 a year. The
committee said it would discuss during the April 2 committee
meeting what curriculum information to purchase. It was
suggested that the state’s NIE coordinators could create our own
curriculum, but that curriculum materials from Hollister may do
the job. Engleman said the cost of any materials purchased would
be shared equally among the newspapers that agree in advance to
participate.
4. Plans for the NJEA convention in November. The committee
agreed to participate in the convention again, with Miss New
Jersey invited as to sign posters promoting newspaper reading.
It was suggested that NJPF purchase an end booth this year,
rather than one in the middle of a row of booths. It was
suggested that NJPF find a way to get a Wi-Fi connection in the
booth so the newspapers can demonstrate their online products
and E-Editions to teachers. Engleman said the cost of the Wi-Fi
connection would have to be shared with the newspapers that want
to demo their products.
5. Directory of NIE committee members. Engleman said he would
update the website with the information given during the
meeting.
6. Teacher’s guide for the use of online editions. The committee
said this would be on the agenda for the April 2 meeting. The
projected date to publish the guide would be in time for the
NJEA convention in November.
7. Yatchyshyn invited all of the New Jersey committee members to
America East in Hershey, Pa., on April 7. The theme of that
Pennsylvania NIE meeting will be “Transitioning to E-Editions.”
8. Engleman the encouraged the committee members to nominate a
high school journalism teacher for the Teachers at Newspapers
internship program. The application is on the website.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:40 p.m. Lunch was provided by
NJPF.
The next meeting will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday,
Apriil 2, at the NJPA offices in West Trenton (see directions
above).
Agenda for the September 4, 2008,
Meeting
Meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the New
Jersey Press Association's conference room in West Trenton (see
directions above).
Welcome to the new committee chair: Antonette Bomentre-Walter,
who is taking over for Shirley Sasor, who resigned the position
for health reasons
Final Plans for the 2008 Student/Parent Mock Election in October
Lunch (provided by NJPF)
Plans for the NJEA convention in November
Proposed 2009 projects and budget
Set the next meeting date and topic of discussion. Next full
committee meeting will be January 8, 2009.
Adjourn: Approximately 2 p.m.
Agenda for the June 12, 2008,
Meeting
Meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the New
Jersey Press Association's conference room in West Trenton (see
directions above).
New Business:
1. Presentation of the NAA Foundation's second-place national
award to the NJPF Newspaper in Education and Youth Readership
Program.
2. Presentation on the 2008 Student/Parent Mock Election.
Lunch ... courtesy of the New Jersey Press Foundation
Old Business:
1. Report on the Northeast Regional NIE Conference in Mystic,
Conn., in April.
2. Report on the NAA Foundation's Young Reader Conference in
Phoenix in May.
3. Plans for the NJEA Convention in November in Atlantic
City.
Meeting will adjourn at approximately 1 p.m.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday,
September 4 (Note that there will be no August meeting because
meetings are needed for both September and October to plan the
promotion of the New Jersey Mock Election).
Agenda for the April 3, 2008,
Meeting
Meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the New
Jersey Press Association's conference room in West Trenton (see
directions above).
New Business:
1) The Northeast Regional NIE Conference in Mystic, Conn.:
Who is going from N.J.?
2) The National NIE Conference in Phoenix: Who is going from
N.J.?
3) The National Student/Parent Mock Election Partnership: Should
we participate?
4) From Tom Engeman: The NJPF Teachers at Newspapers Program
results
5) From Chris Yatchyshyn (representing the Pa. NIE Committee):
Recap of the e-Edition Seminar in February
6) From Chris Yatchyshyn: America East PowerPoint presentation on
the 2008 election. Also, she will discuss the Abraham Lincoln Celebration,
a possible joint PNA
Foundation/NJPF project.
7) Need for a committee member to monitor the NAA Foundation NIE
list-serve
Lunch ... courtesy of the New Jersey Press Foundation
Old Business:
1) Atlantic City booth this year: Who Will Come? Should NJPF
sponsor this again? Should we add the administrators convention
this year or just do the NJEA convention?
2) Poster ideas for the Atlantic City booth.
3) Status of NJPA "Better Newspaper Contest" recognition of
youth pages for 2009: Whatever happened to that idea?
4) Status of current and future entries for NAA Foundation and
SNPA Foundation awards (for the N.J. NIE & Youth Readership
Committee)
5) Feedback from Thomas Paine serial
6) NIE Sharing: Set up a schedule on topics and presenters for
the next several meetings
7) Youth Readership: Partnering with schools (GSSPA project?)
Meeting will adjourn at approximately 1 p.m.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June
12.
Agenda for the February 7, 2008,
Meeting
Meeting will begin at 10:30
a.m. at the Bucks County Courier Times production facility in
Fairless Hills, Pa. (off of U.S. Route 13, a 10-minute drive from
U.S. Route 1 in Trenton). This is a joint meeting of NIE coordinators and
youth-page editors from New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Click here for directions.
The Program:
Building Youth Readership with Digital Editions
-
Demonstration of the Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times Digital
Edition - Ed Fischer & Chris Yatchyshyn.
-
e-editions in NIE programs across the nation - Keynote Speaker -
Jim Abbott - NAA Foundation.
- The
Digital Edition and the BCCT NIE Program - Chris Yatchyshyn
(others who have e-editions and use them in their NIE programs
will be invited to describe how their programs work. Chris will
show her NIE website and explain how online NIE information and
materials complement the BCCT e-edition.
Lunch
@ Noon
Program Continues:
-
The Research Process/Selecting an e-edition Vendor - Antonette Bomentre-Walter
and George Stevenson from the Burlington County (N.J.) Times
and Liza Mattison from the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call
- what to ask, what to look for, how to compare, etc.
Open Discussion/Questions and Answers
Adjourn @ 1:30 p.m.
Next Meeting - Thursday, April
3, at 10:30 a.m., at the New Jersey Press Association conference
room in West Trenton.
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