The agenda is set for the APSE Northeast Region meeting, scheduled for Monday, April 28 at Quinnipac University in Hamden, Conn.
The region meeting is open to APSE members as well as non-members is free. Editors, writers and students are encouraged to attend. The session will include a lunch sponsored by host Quinnipac University.
Any questions, contact Judy Connelly at jconnelly@th-record.com
APSE Northeast Regional Meeting
Monday, April 28, 2014
Quinnipiac University
Rocky Top Student Center (York Hill Campus)
305 Sherman Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
Rooms: RTSC 317 and RTSC 316
Directions:
From I-91: Take exit 10 (Route 40 connector) to Route 10 North (Whitney Avenue). Go for 0.75 miles and make a left onto Sherman Avenue. The sign on Whitney Avenue points to the Sports Complex. The entrance to campus is approx. 0.25 miles on the right, across from a hiking/bike trail and its parking lot.
From Route 15 (Merritt Parkway): Take exit 61, Route 10 North (Whitney Avenue). Go for 2.7 miles and turn left onto Sherman Avenue. The entrance to campus is approx. 0.25 miles on the right across from a hiking/bike trail and its parking lot.
Parking is available on surface lots just below the student center.
Morning session
10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Sports Analytics: Telling the story through numbers
The thirst for stats and data is growing. How can this love of numbers be incorporated into daily reporting? Dean Oliver, Director of Production Analytics, ESPN, and Dan Brooks, founder of BrooksBaseball.net / author, Baseball Prospectus, will share their expertise.
Moderator: Judy Connelly, Times Herald-Record
11:15 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Relationships between colleges and newspapers
Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann created a stir with her comments to a journalism class about the Newark Star Ledger. The relationship between the two is quite strained, but is that the norm? What kind of relationships to college athletic directors and sports Information directors have with the newspapers that cover them? Panelists Steve Politi of Newark Star-Ledger; Steve Conn, SID at Yale and Mike Enright, assistant AD/communications from UConn will discuss the issue.
Moderator: Joe Sullivan, Boston Globe.
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12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch – Sponsored by Quinnipiac University
Afternoon Session
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Success with Multimedia
A look at what went into the videos and interactive projects that won APSE’s Top 10 Multimedia awards. Matt La Monica of Newsday, Jim Luttrell of the New York Times and Matt Pepin of the Boston Globe discuss the region’s winning entries.
Moderator: Hank Winnecki
2:45 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Managing with less
With sports departments shrinking and workloads increasing, sports editors Jeff Otterbein, Hartford Courant and Greg Brownell, Glens Falls Post Star, will discuss how they are making it work.
Moderator: Jim Luttrell, New York Times
4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. – Resume Q&A: A chance for students to have editors review and revise their resumes.
4:20 p.m. – 5 p.m. Business meeting
