Community Calendar https://www.mspress.org/events/event_list.asp Wed, 1 May 2024 16:02:26 GMT Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMT Copyright © 2024 Mississippi Press Association Free Webinar — Using Data to Answer Your Readers' Burning Questions https://www.mspress.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1856586 https://www.mspress.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1856586 Find out from consultant David Arkin how your editorial teams can use keyword research tools to discover questions your readers are searching for and answer them. David will share why this kind of content can be so useful for your readers and so powerful for your traffic as the stories match what people are searching for. You’ll learn how to ask questions, as well, and even how to build a brand around this idea.

 

This webinar is free to MPA members. Contact Monica Gilmer, 601-981-3060 ext. 2, for our association code.

 

CLICK HERE to register or for more information.

]]> Thu, 30 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT Mississippi Local News Summit https://www.mspress.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1853446 https://www.mspress.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1853446 You are invited to join us for the University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism and New Media’s free Local News Summit June 6-7 on the Oxford campus.

 

What is the focus?

At this free Local News Summit, we will bring together journalists and newsroom leaders from Mississippi and beyond to explore and exchange creative and innovative practices for reaching new audiences and expanding coverage of under-served communities. 

 

We plan for it to become a regular event that serves as an ongoing support, resource and catalyst for journalistic innovation. 

 

Who will be there?

The summit will include professionals who work in newspapers, online, television and radio, and higher education.

 

There will also be a chance to meet representatives of national, regional and state foundations and other philanthropic groups, including our new Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation.

In addition, representatives from Press Forward Mississippi, the MacArthur Foundation, Rebuild Local News and the Knight Foundation, some of the biggest national funders of innovative journalism, are already confirmed participants.

 

These are organizations that want to fund quality journalistic efforts in Mississippi.

 

In addition, researchers and faculty from in the academic world will be there looking for ways their work can support your journalistic needs and vision for serving the people of Mississippi.  

 

Registration

Space is limited, so please register and save June 6-7, 2024, to join us! We will be sending more details soon and updating our website about additional speakers and events, so stay tuned.

 

Register here: https://jnm.olemiss.edu/local-news/

 

]]> Thu, 6 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMT 158th Annual Meeting https://www.mspress.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1798439 https://www.mspress.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1798439 Join journalists and news executives from across the state for the 158th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Press Association June 27-29 on the beautiful Gulf Coast. The convention will be held at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino and will focus on community news leadership and topics ranging from philanthropic journalism to artificial intelligence. Special highlights will include a Thursday evening opening sunset schooner cruise along the Gulf, inductions into the Mississippi Press Hall of Fame, the Silver Dollar Idea Breakfast, and the presentation of the 2023 news awards.

 

Registration will open next spring. Check back soon for more details.

 

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Thursday, June 27

 

4 pm — MPA Education Foundation Board meeting

 

6 pm —Opening reception

 

 

Friday, June 28

 

8 am — Silent Auction open with continental breakfast

 

9 am — MPA-MPS Board of Directors Meeting

 

Noon — Opening luncheon with guest speaker

 

1:30 pm — General session

 

2:45 pm — Break in silent auction

 

3:15 pm — General session

 

6 pm — President's Reception & Hall of Fame Presentation

 

 

Saturday, June 29

 

8:30 am — Silver Dollar Idea Breakfast 

 

10:15 am — Coffee break in Silent Auction

 

10:30 am — Breakout sessions

 

11:30 am — Pre-awards Cocktail Reception

 

Noon — Better Newspaper Media Contest News Awards presentation

 

Adjourn

 

 

ACCOMMODATIONS

 

The room block is open for the 158th Annual Meeting. Group rates are $109 for Wednesday and Thursday, June 26-27, and $199 for Friday and Saturday, June 28-29. CLICK HERE to make reservations by June 4, 2024.

 

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