October 2002
That distinctive voice, in the studio or Sunday school ...
DAVE NAUGLE, 1923-2002
Retired broadcaster Dave Naugle, as comfortable teaching the Upper Room class at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church as he was behind a studio microphone, died Sept. 14. He was 79.
For 30 years cohost of the syndicated Southern Baptist radio program "Master Control" and the first to announce locally the bombing of Pearl Harbor (on Dec. 7, 1941, as an 18-year-old intern), he had one of the most well-known voices in the history of Fort Worth-Dallas radio-TV. It would be heard on WRR in Dallas, KRGW in Weslaco, WFAA in Dallas, KTBC in Austin (owned by Lyndon Johnson) and KFJZ in Fort Worth. He was news director for the Texas State Network and news director-anchor at KTVT Channel 11, where the Associated Press voted his newscast best in the state.
Frank Perkins worked with Mr. Naugle at KFJZ and remembers him as a man of great humor and humanity. "And, of course, his voice was truly unforgettable. He was of the old school of radio personalities whose wonderful voices and showmanship have gone the way of the dodo bird."
And he made a great commercial. Larry Shannon produced '70s radio spots that Mr. Naugle recorded for Buddies Supermarkets. "He'd come to the KFJZ studios on the West Freeway and I'd operate the recording equipment," Shannon recalled. "Dave was a one-take announcer and voice-over legend. He'd get it right the first time! A true professional.
"I recall hearing Dave's wonderful, deep, resonant, reassuring voice when I was growing up. I aspired to be a radio personality, and there were few better than Dave Naugle. He set the standard for announcing."
-----
From the Skiff to the Times Herald to the Post ...
JOHNNY LIVENGOOD, 1949-2002
Johnny Livengood, 53, the night news editor of washingtonpost.com, The Washington Post's Internet site, died Sept. 27 after a heart attack. He lived in Columbia, Md. An Oklahoma native, Mr. Livengood was a graduate of TCU, where he was editor of the TCU Skiff. After college, he worked in Texas for the Arlington Citizen-Journal and then spent about 12 years with the Dallas Times Herald. He joined The Washington Post in 1986 as a news editor.
After transferring to the Internet office in Arlington, Va., he not only supervised the Web site's night operation but served as a liaison with the downtown newsroom. If most dot-com workers were computer experts, it was said of Mr. Livengood that he brought to the job a refined news judgment and an understanding for the operation of the entire newspaper.
=================================================
MEETINGS
Next at IABC/Fort Worth ...
Putting the Special in Special Events
Olivia Eudaly, development director for the Tarrant Area Food Bank, will tell how to "Punch Up Your Special Events with Extraordinary Planning" at the IABC October meeting and workshop.
* Time, date: luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., workshop 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8
* Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
* Parking: $2.50 in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets (get ticket validated)
* Cost: luncheon $17 members, $22 nonmembers, $12 students; workshop $20 members, $28 nonmembers, $15 students
* RSVP by noon Oct. 4: Dan Frost at frostdg@c-b.com
-----
Next at Greater Fort Worth PRSA ...
Ethics in PR: A Primer Pulled from Today's Headlines
Enron's Ken Lay takes the fifth. Arthur Andersen, Martha Stewart and even legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch all have been rocked in the last year. Nonprofits and corporations alike struggle with reputation-damaging issues in the glare of a hot media spotlight, with consequences that ripple through the stock market and beyond.
What's a public relations practitioner to do when faced with an organizational scandal? Better, though, how can PR pros avoid one altogether? At the October PRSA luncheon, Dr. Dean Kruckeberg, APR, PRSA Fellow, will share tactics for handling today's ethical dilemmas based on the PRSA Member Code of Ethics.
Kruckeberg combines more than a decade of journalism/PR experience with 20-plus years in higher education and years of service to PRSA. He is coordinator of the mass communication division at the University of Northern Iowa and director-at-large on the PRSA national board.
* Time & date: 11:30-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9
* Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
* Parking: $2.50 in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets (get ticket validated)
* Cost: $20 members, $23 nonmembers, $18 students
* RSVP by noon Oct. 7: Lisa Albert at albert_lisa@hotmail.com
-----
Next at Fort Worth SPJ ...
DA Candidates Take the Hot Seat
DA Candidates Take the Hot Seat
Tarrant County District Attorney Tim Curry has been a top county prosecutor longer than any other in Texas, but he has never heard quite this rumble through the halls at the famous Fort Worth courthouse. For the first time in a long time, Curry has a contender who, some say, stands a reasonable chance of ushering the long-timer into retirement.
Former federal prosecutor Terri Moore says it's time for a change in the DA's office, which is where she honed her own skills several years back. Curry replies that if it ain't broke, don't fix it -- and he thinks it's running just fine.
SPJ will turn the tables Oct. 21 and have Curry and Moore "take the stand" in an informal debate at Joe T. Garcia's. All that's missing are the questions. So come hungry and be prepared to grill the candidates. In case you need an enticement, here it is: If the candidates answer your question, you get a free drink on SPJ.
And if you make every meeting between now and July, your name goes in a hat for a drawing to win an overnight stay for two at the Worthington. And -- crank up the perks-o-meter -- note that the meal cost has gone down again. Refried appetít.
* Date: Monday, Oct. 21
* Time: mingling 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:15, program 7
* Place: Joe T. Garcia's Mexican food restaurant, 2201 N. Commerce St., in the ballroom cantina
* Cost: $5 students, $11 members, $15 nonmembers
* Menu: Joe T.'s renowned family-style enchilada dinner
* RSVP: Kay Pirtle at mkpirtle@yahoo.com
=================================================
STRAIGHT STUFF
At last, an affordable media training with both strategic and practical applications. Character and confidence coach Anita Vanetti, with 20 years experience as a TV anchor, producer, assignments manager and reporter, will provide a behind-the-scenes perspective on what the media needs and wants at a Chamber-sponsored breakfast seminar from 8:15 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the Trinity Room of the Fort Worth Club, 306 W. Seventh St. Designed especially for the small business owner, PR pro or anyone wanting to improve her media skills, the presentation will explore how to pitch to the media (and how to catch); how to be in control and get your point across; how to be prepared in a news crisis; and how to dress, speak and look natural for the camera. Willing participants will conduct mock TV interviews, with an instant playback review of their newfound on-camera confidence. Registration begins at 7:30. Cost is $65 Chamber Gold members, $75 Chamber members and $115 nonmembers. Info: fortworthchamber.com/events. ...
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists Region 5 conference will be Oct. 11-12 on the UT Brownsville campus. Info at nahj.org/region/region5/2002/. ... Nine media panels will highlight Dallas PRSA's Third Annual Professional Development Media Day on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Lane. Info at prsadallas.org/calendar.html#octmeeting.
SPJ national update: 1 unsettling report, 1 FOIFT conference concern. A new "White Paper" by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press warns of risks to the public's right to know in the year since Sept. 11. The second edition of the 60-page report outlines actions taken by state and federal government agencies that limit journalists' ability to do their jobs and concludes that a severe threat exists to war coverage, access to terrorism and immigration proceedings, and access to public records and meetings. For the first time in the annual State of the First Amendment survey, almost half (49 percent) of those surveyed said the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees -- a 10-percentage-point jump from 2001. About half said the press has been too aggressive in requesting information about the war on terrorism, and more than four in 10 said they would limit the academic freedom of professors and bar criticism of government military policy. ... Despite reassurances from an official with the federal Office of Homeland Security, editors at the FOI Foundation of Texas conference last month in Austin expressed concern that attempts to close access to public records because of the war on terrorism may go too far. "What has occurred ... has been a fundamental erosion of some of the things we hold dear in this country," Doug Clifton, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, said in a panel discussion. The USA Patriot Act, hurriedly adopted by Congress and signed by President Bush six weeks after the terror attacks, tipped laws in the government's favor in 350 subject areas involving 40 federal agencies. The administration has since imposed other changes without congressional consent, such as allowing federal agents to monitor attorney-client conversations in federal prisons and encouraging bureaucrats to deny public access to many documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The Homeland Security bill now before Congress would create additional exemptions to disclosure laws.
SPJ national update II: 1 landmark defamation case, 1 trashy deal in Connecticut. The Texas Supreme Court in August upheld a finding of constitutional actual malice against a television host who accused a state judge of corruption. In a lengthy opinion addressing numerous issues on appeal, the court held that Joe Ed Bunton, host of the talk show "Q & A," which appeared on public access television in 1995 and '96, had carried out a "personal vendetta" against Judge Bascom Bentley III, a Palestine district court judge. Bunton said numerous times on his show that Bentley was "corrupt," lazy and incompetent, and viewers were invited to share examples of the judge's corruption on the air. A plaintiff must prove actual malice in order to win a libel suit against a public figure, such as a judge; "actual malice" is defined as knowledge of, or reckless disregard for, the falsity of a statement. ... The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority does not have to disclose contacts with Gov. John G. Rowland's office, a state Freedom of Information Commission hearing officer says. The Journal Inquirer of Manchester filed an FOIA request in March seeking communications between the trash authority and Rowland since January 1998, more than two years before the agency agreed to a $220 million deal with the now-bankrupt Enron Corp. Former Rowland chief of staff Peter Ellef is now CRRA chairman. State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed lawsuits against two law firms that advised CRRA in an attempt to recover money lost in the deal. The newspaper appealed the CRRA's denial to the FOIC, and Blumenthal later weighed in supporting the paper.
=================================================
PEOPLE & PLACES
There's a new PR gang in town, and they're gunning for your business. Kathy Walker (Walker Texas Writer), Jennifer Henderson (JODesign) and Jason V. Oliver (Morpheus Video) have combined forces to offer a variety of creative services. A former major gifts officer for her alma mater, Texas Wesleyan University, Walker has extensive experience in fund development as well as editing, feature writing and all aspects of PR/marketing. She specializes in nonprofits, with clients ranging from creative arts groups to organizations that assist families in crisis. Henderson is another TWU alumna and the school's former communications director; JODesign is a full-service ad/design/marketing agency with clients ranging from local universities to international large-format film companies. TCU grad (in engineering!) Oliver's Morpheus Video, meanwhile, provides digital video editing and video design, from home movies, wedding videos and athletic highlight reels to graphic-intensive Web-based media. Though operating as independent entities, the trio share Suite 306 in the historic 101 Building at Vickery Boulevard and South Jennings Avenue on the southern edge of downtown. Built in 1907 and restored by attorney John L. Stripling, the 101 was one of Fort Worth's first luxury apartment complexes. Call Walker at (817) 335-1787, Henderson at (817) 335-0100 and Oliver at (817) 334-0124. ...
InterStar has two architect drafting tables to give away. If you can use them or know of a school or charitable group that can, call Dionne Bierko at (817) 332-6522. ...
After working together on various projects since June 2001, Immotion Studios is officially on the bus with Willie Nelson as a Farm Aid sponsor. The partnership evolved through a shared enthusiasm for supporting small, independent and organic food producers. "We value the sponsorship of Immotion Studios," said Farm Aid executive director Carolyn Mugar. "They are a very energetic group of people with a commitment to helping family farmers." Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp did the first Farm Aid concert in 1985, and the organization has raised more than $24 million to promote a resilient family farm system of agriculture. Dave Matthews joined the board last year. Farm Aid 2002 was held Sept. 21 in Burgettstown, Pa.
Baby daze! At the S-T: Lucille Nicole Young, debuting at 7 pounds 20 inches and, according to her sister, Lillian, "very cute and soft with a lot of black hair,'' was born at 7:15 p.m. Sept 12 after her news-trooper mother, city editor Jean Marie Brown, had worked a full shift the night before. "We want this kid on the night news team," night editor Ann Thompson said of Lucille, who wasn't due until the next day. "She's efficient and makes deadline with time to spare!" ... Trish Rodriguez and husband Glen are the proud parents of son Enzo, who arrived Sept. 12, weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. Mom reports: Enzo has a full head of hair, is 20 inches long and has "a really sweet disposition." ... Lauren Catherine Miller, first child of Monique and John Miller, was born at 8 a.m. Sept. 9, 18 1/2 inches long and weighing 9 pounds 5 ounces. She was wide awake at 10 a.m., showing off her vocals like she was the next American Idol.
Kudos & Contracts ... Knight Ridder named Star-Telegram publisher Wes Turner the 2002 recipient of its top award, the John S. Knight Gold Medal, for his "leadership of a newspaper that is journalistically, civically and financially one of the finest performers not only in Knight Ridder, but in the nation." ... Sears Methodist Retirement System has selected Witherspoon Advertising and Public Relations as its agency of record. Witherspoon will initially identify key issues in Sears Methodist's brand strategy development, with marketing efforts to follow. After opening its doors to 30 residents in 1965 in Abilene, Sears Methodist Retirement System now serves more than 1,200 residents in West Texas and the Panhandle on seven campuses.
=================================================
WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS
PRSA ... Lisa Fellers, TWU ... Judy Love-Rondeau, Love-Rondeau Group ... Marija Gluscevic, Immotion Studios
SPJ ... Pat Gillespie, The Shorthorn, UTA
=================================================
COMINGS & GOINGS
Additions ... at TNT Marketing: UTA journalism grad Elizabeth Nash, formerly a senior account executive at Stuart Bacon Advertising-Public Relations, in the newly created position of communications manager ... at the S-T: UTA grad and former Shorthorn editor Susan Schrock, covering police/law enforcement in the Arlington newsroom
Promotions ... at the S-T: Mark Horvit, an assistant city editor in Arlington with experience in Charlotte, N.C., Columbia, Mo., and at the Houston Post, to the projects team; the assignment is temporary but could become permanent ... Dianna Hunt, previously with the Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News, now an assistant editor on the government/politics desk ... former health-care reporter Trebor Banstetter to covering the airlines beat full time
Exits ... at the S-T: Arlington night city editor John Gandy, resigning after more than 27 years as a full-time staffer; a lunch in his honor will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Mac's Bar & Grill in Arlington (RSVP to Diana Andro, dandro@star-telegram.com), plus the unofficial We Love Gandy club will pay tribute three days later at 7:30 p.m. at Arlington pub J.R. Bentley's (RSVP to Eva Marie Ayala, ((972)) 263-4448), and the person with the best "I love my job" moment wins a free knee show from Gandy; knowing what "a free knee show" might possibly be is not required for admission ... prolific senior reporter Miles Moffeit, considered by some to be the John Denver of Oklahoma, an oft-lauded veteran of both the Northeast newsroom and the projects team, to The Denver Post ... state desk reporter Rebeca Rodriguez, going back home to San Antonio -- her folks live there -- where she will cover immigration and minority affairs for the Express-News
=================================================
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Kristie Aylett, APR; GFW PRSA
The September meeting with Anita Foster from the American Red Cross and Gus Whitcomb from American Airlines kept the audience riveted. I'm still hearing positive comments about their discussion of how Sept. 11 changed their lives. Kudos to Hope Caldwell, VP/programs, for yet another outstanding program.
Last year's terrorist attacks were also prominent on the agenda at the SPJ National Convention, Sept. 12-14. It was interesting to spend some time behind the scenes in the hospitality suite sponsored in part by PRSA. Envisioned as a "green room" for VIPs and speakers, the suite quickly turned into a haven for all conventiongoers. Thanks to PRSA members Catherine Barney; Kelli Horst, APR; Carol Murray, APR; Lisa Orr; and Sue Lyon-Boggs for serving as daytime hosts. Wendy Krizmanic from PR Newswire continues to support our chapter and helped staff the suite. For the evening shift, Cliff Amos provided refreshments from Miller Brewing, hand-delivered by Henry Stewart, APR. More than 75 people were reportedly enjoying our local hospitality when the hotel asked for last call both Friday and Saturday nights.
The October meeting is sure to be another great program, with Dr. Dean Kruckeberg, APR, Fellow PRSA, as the speaker. He's a nationally recognized PR educator and a national PRSA board member. It's also our annual meeting, with officer elections for 2003. Be sure to attend so you can vote on next year's officers.
A seminar and monthly meeting in November and our holiday party in December will round out 2002. You'll hear more about the seminar from Heather Senter, APR, professional development chair, but mark your calendars now for Wednesday, Nov. 13. We will celebrate the season at Miller Marketplace and Brew Kettle Museum from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Don't forget, volunteers from all three partying organizations -- SPJ and IABC, as well as PRSA -- are needed to organize the event and gather door prizes and raffle items.
-----
PRESIDENT'S PERSIFLAGE
Patrick Grady, IABC/Fort Worth
When your new board began, just a few months ago, we wanted to know what's important to the membership. So, we asked. We learned that people come to IABC/Fort Worth for professional development. For access to resources. For education, networking, camaraderie and friends from a broad base of professional communicators.
IABC/Fort Worth has been great for years, but even great things can improve. And that's what I think we're doing together. Insightful speakers are still the core of our meetings. That's a strength that we will retain, and it complements our new-look Web site, iabcfortworth.com. You'll find the entire year's programming there, book reviews, suggested reading and much more.
Next we introduced two "kick-starts" to the meetings. First, a member capsules a book for the crowd. Last month, Lori De La Cruz was jazzed to explain "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci." I'd never heard of it -- and it sounds great! Then another member (again, chosen in advance, never forced) gets three minutes to relate a bit about himself or herself. Last month, Lauren Reis told us about her life and her company, Envision Works. We think these new elements are a wonderful way to network better and broaden our scope, one member at a time. And if last month is any indication, we'll have great fun along the way.
Things are just getting started at IABC/Fort Worth for 2002-03. There's a buzz in the air. It's a great time to join, and a great time to be a member. I'll see you Oct. 8 ... because "It's IABC Tuesday!"
-----
OVER & OUT
John Dycus, Fort Worth SPJ
From the big ol' barn dance of a reception at Billy Bob's Texas to the informative, often dramatic, often poignant sessions running five abreast and every one packed, even late in the day -- the 2002 SPJ National Convention lived up to its billing. Good memories are the ones you find. The best memories are those that find you: Dorothy Estes, who crafted that remarkable program, receiving the Howard S. Dubin Outstanding Pro Member Award ... convention chair Kay Pirtle doing a grand job and seemingly being everywhere at once (plus getting full mileage out of the Greater Meadowbrook Shopping News' menu dollars for a scrumptious thank-you party feed under the Reata dome) ... SPJ national's amazing Julie Grimes receiving a Wells Key; she should have a key ring full of 'em, and while we're at it, how about a group Wells Key for staffers Bobby Deckard, Carrie Copeland and Jeff Mohl, too ... the UTA Shorthorn's Pat Gillespie winning a national Mark of Excellence Award ... the outstanding Worthington staff and the tireless and talented students, including UTA's Beth Francesco and Gillespie and TCU's Melissa DeLoach, who produced The Working Press ... sparks flying at the Catholic Church scandal panel ... more sparks at Project Watchdog ... marveling at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame's wagon collection; thanks, Ann Bastable, for a fascinating tour ... an impromptu Legal Defense Fund raffle of lunch with CBS's Bob Schieffer bringing $2,225 from ACU j-chair Cheryl Bacon and those high-rollers in Abilene (with a little help from their friends) ... the full LDF auction collecting a record $12,384, $1,102 of that from Steve Geimann of Bloomberg News for a "Doonesbury" original signed by Garry Trudeau and the actual inker, Arlington State College (now UTA) alum Don Carlton ... crusading Whitesburg, Ky., newspaper owners Tom and Pat Gish -- they have challenged corrupt politicians and rapacious coal companies, and in the '70s their offices were firebombed, their kids were harassed at school and advertisers left (they returned) -- receiving the Helen Thomas Award for lifetime achievement ... memorable speeches from Robert Leger on his goals as national president and from Washington Post heavies Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert Kaiser and New York Daily News photographer David Handschuh on being inducted as SPJ fellows ... the emotional presentation to Dr. William Lawbaugh, former newspaper and yearbook adviser at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Md., of the inaugural Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award; a respected, credentialed professor, "Doc" Lawbaugh is nevertheless looking for a job after Mount St. Mary's failed to renew his contract over his refusal to submit the student journalists' articles to prior review and other restrictions ... can't-turn-away visual and anecdotal sessions on the World Trade Center attacks by Handschuh (he was thrown a city block when one of the towers came down) and students at Western Kentucky University ... engaging word wisdom from Paula LaRocque, who reworked her MOE Awards luncheon speech on the fly to accommodate a second showing of the WKU 9-11 video; she's a pro, gracefully compensating for the national SPJ board member who crowbarred the video onto a venue where it didn't belong ... visiting with Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, UTA grad (now associate prof) Randy Miller, Mac McKerral and the Tampa, Fla., 2003 convention team and with New York '04 planners Betsy Ashton, Stephenie Overman and John Long; the next two conventions are in good hands -- but who'll do the one after that? ... everything about the stamps dedication honoring pioneering women journalists Nellie Bly, Ida M. Tarbell, Marguerite Higgins and Ethel L. Payne -- remarks by 82-year-old Helen Thomas, the UPI legend who personally knew three of the honorees, and by The Dallas Morning News' Rena Pederson ("What took you so long?" she chided the U.S. Postal Service on the overdue recognition); the fact that four members of Ethel L. Payne's family came all the way from Chicago for the ceremony; and director Kathy Chiles' captivating Crowley Honor Choir, fifth- and sixth-graders in red cummerbunds, red ties (black tuxes) and red dresses who quite wonderfully stole the show. ...
Then there's the big-time locals thank-you list, drawn not just from FW and Dallas SPJ but also from Greater Fort Worth PRSA and the Chamber. Some of these folks raised money, some gave money -- thank you, Jim Witt and Wes Turner and the Star-T, Bob Mong and the DMN, Fort Worth attorney Steven C. Laird, Tom Williams and Haynes & Boone, Pier 1, Burlington Northern Santa Fe -- some worked registration, some were on a panel. No doubt names have been left off, but it's not on purpose ... Kay Pirtle, Gary Hardee and Frank Perkins ... Phil Record, Janet Neff, Bill Lawrence, Verlie Edwards, Carolyn Poirot, Jack Raskopf, Robert Bohler, Steve J. Collins and Lloyd Goodman ... Katherine Garner, Todd Gillman, Lola Howle and Bill Smith from Dallas SPJ ... Cliff Amos, Kristie Aylett, APR; Kelli Horst, APR; Carol Murray, APR; Henry Stewart, Lisa Orr, Catherine Barney, Angela Brown, Wendy Krizmanic and Sue Lyon-Boggs for their invaluable help with the hospitality suite ... Arden Dufilho for racing to the Worthington so she could take someone to the airport, only to learn, oops, false alarm ... Wanda Conlin, Don Boren, Jim Conlin, Peggy Lofland, Ann G. Schrader, Brenda Davis, Amy Chambers, Betty Bob Buckley, Julian Haber, Marian Haber, Marilyn Gilbert, Bill Teeter, Lucile Davis, Cathy O'Neal, Max Faulkner, Mary Dunklin, Linda Swift and Andra Bennett, APR ... Penny Cockerell, Mike Blackman, David Porter, Kevin Williams, Kimberly Gay, Nancy Bartosek, Jim Davis, Sharon Belz, Meda Kessler, Aaron Chimbel, Brandon Ortiz, Pam Humphrey, Lori Elmore-Moon and Joanna Tom ... Darren Barbee, Barry Shlachter, Joyce Marshall, Gilbert Bailon, Lee Hancock, Wayne Slater, Mike Cochran, Hugh Aynesworth, Jim Marrs, Roy Eaton, Selwyn Crawford, Dick Wells, Don Wall, Randy Lee Loftis, Rena Pederson, Tom Pennington, Tracy Rowlett, John Sparks, Brooks Egerton, Larry Lutz, John McCaa, Steve Kaskovich, Jeff Claassen, Glenn Mitchell, Bob Lanier, Steve Blow, Stu Wilk, Steve Jacob, Chris Peck, Mac Fulfer, Reese Dunklin, Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, Graciela Limón and Richard Yañez. ...
The last word goes to Dave Lieber, who moderated UT Austin senior lecturer Dave Garlock's crowd-pleasing "Art of Interviewing" session: "Please pass on to the organizers of the SPJ convention in Fort Worth how proud I was of their great efforts. The convention was fabulously organized, and everyone I talked to seemed happy with the way it went from start to finish. I am proud to call myself a Fort Worth SPJ member because I know the group put forth the best effort possible, and the results were fantastic."