The Col­lege News­room Team will be attend­ing the Michi­gan Press Asso­ci­a­tions annual con­fer­ence in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Fri­day Jan. 29.

This is a great oppor­tu­nity for the col­lege news­pa­pers of Michi­gan to pose ques­tions (as a com­ment below this post) and get answers.

Let us know what YOU want to know.

Or, if you’re going to be at the con­fer­ence, stop by our table next to the reg­is­tra­tion area.

Look­ing for­ward to meet­ing you.

**Col­lege News­room will be blog­ging live from the Michi­gan Press Asso­ci­a­tion Con­fer­ence in Grand Rapids, Mich. Check back often through­out the day and pose ques­tions. The Col­lege News­room team will do our best to get the answers.**

8:55am

Check-in and gen­eral con­ver­sa­tion abounds along with break­fast style nib­blets and coffee.

9:30am

The first ses­sion has begun as more Michi­gan News peo­ple con­tinue to sign in for the two day con­fer­ence. MPA Foun­da­tion Board Mem­bers Dirk Mil­li­man and Jack Bat­dorff stopped by, along with Adviser to the Fer­ris State Torch, Steve Fox. Also Wes and Mary Mau­rer of the St. Ignace News and the Town Crier on Mack­inac Island had kind words to share.

We’re look­ing for­ward to see­ing and shar­ing more as the day progresses.

10:00am

Colleen Daw­son, the lady respon­si­ble for get­ting Col­lege News­room to the con­fer­ence today, says things and they become law. Need an easel for your sign? BOOM! Her wish is granted.

Dave Clark, edi­tor in chief of the Big Rapids Pio­neer stops by to com­ment on the sched­uled activ­i­ties and the set up of Col­lege News­room at the conference.

1:22pm

Things are in full swing at the MPA con­fer­ence and the Col­lege News­room table has been active and fun. Young peo­ple with col­lege news­pa­pers and those already estab­lished in the indus­try are inter­act­ing around the table. Joe Grimm of www.newsrecruiter.com and Ed Wen­dover, Chief of Staff for State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Mike Huck­le­berry had plenty of questions.

Whew.  Things really picked up and the rest of the updat­ing took a sec­ond tier on the pri­or­ity scale.  Here is a brief re-cap.

Spent some time in the ses­sion “Re-Thinking the News” with a panel of diverse indus­try pro­fes­sion­als dis­cussing the nature of news­pa­pers and the changes they are encoun­ter­ing. Some good ques­tions and some great answers. Check the hash tag #rethink­ingth­e­news for tweets from the discussion.

Col­lege News­room gave a brief pre­sen­ta­tion to the Michi­gan Col­le­giate Press Asso­ci­a­tion (MCPA) and had a sit down with Joe Grimm for a poten­tial story on www.poynter.org

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