“New Opportunities in the
News Business” is the theme
of the 12th annual journalism
forum hosted by the Centurion
and journalism department.
Of the April 5 event, organizer
Tony Rogers said of this
year’s speakers, “I wanted people
who were in some way
involved with new media [to
speak].” Speakers will present
three morning workshops. The
goal of the forum is, “to to give
our students a sense of what it’s
like to be a working journalist,”
he said.
Guest speakers include:
Timothy J. Carroll, staff writer
for PolitikerNJ from 8 to 9:15
a.m.; Rachel Canelli, reporter
for the Bucks County Courier
Times, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.; and
, Karl Smith, Regional Editor
for Bucks County patch.com
and Jenna Ekdahl, Local Editor
for Northampton patch.com,
from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Carroll, staff writer for
PolitickerNJ covers the New
Jersey political beat. His
efforts detail appearances by
elected officials, and track a
variety of proposals and bills
set forth by the state government.
PolitickerNJ (formerly
PoliticsNJ) is an 11- year- old
entity, cited by writer Darryl
Isherwood as the “first read of
the day for political junkies.”
Ms. Canelli of the Bucks
County Courier Times reports
via online videos entitled the
“Buzz in Bucks.”. Recent
videos included such topics as
a controversy on the origin of
Whoopie Pies or her preview
of the Philadelphia Flower
show.
Mr. Smith of patch.com is a
long-time print journalist who
moved to online work 10 ten
years ago. When he began,
most journalists had one of
three choices: television, radio
or and print. He will address
some of these changes to “give
the students an idea of what the
landscape looks like now.”
The transition to online journalism
has changed a lot in that
time he says, but even more so
over the last five years or so.
A recent Penn State graduate,
Ms. Ekdahl, a new addition to
pPatch.com, covers the
Northampton beat. She has
worked in print, web and multimedia,
and as a writer for the
Daily Collegian, Penn State’s
newspaper where she transitioned
from print to video coverage.
Bucks journalism students
and visiting high school students
interested in journalism
will attend the workshops,
though the program is free and
open to the public. Attendees
will hear about the college’s
programs in journalism and
communications. All workshops
will be held at Bucks’
Newtown campus in the
Centurion Student Newspaper
Office, Rollins 127 where
classes are held and the student
newspaper is produced.

For more information,
contact Rogers at 215-968-
8165 or at
[email protected] .