From the Grapevine

With this column, the Maynard Institute re-introduces Grapevine, our showcase for the accomplishments of our graduates, faculty, and friends. You can be a part too - apply for the Multimedia Editing Program.

Send your news to Evelyn Hsu at ehsu@mije.org

Multimedia Alum Uses Skills to Cover Joplin Tornado

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dave Woods, new media marketing manager for The Joplin (MO) Globe, made it through Sunday's devastating tornado. "In the field working video now. My crew is doing a great job at the Globe. Using my Maynard learning everyday," he messaged on Tuesday.

Woods was a member of the 2009 Multimedia Editing Program. He was selected by his classmates as class speaker for graduation. We expect to hear more from Dave when he's had a chance to catch a breath.

 
  

  

    


  
  	    

      Meet the 2011 Multimedia Editing Program Fellows
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, May 26, 2011        

        




We are thrilled to introduce the Class of 2011 for our Multimedia Editing Program in Reno, Nev. The program will commence next week on June 1.


Cecily Burt
 Staff Writer, Oakland Tribune
Oakland, CA


Debra Douglass
Co-Editor, Woodlawn Villager
Windsor Mill, MD


Kimiko Fieg-Peterson
Presentation Editor, Victoria Advocate
Victoria, TX 


Sundra Hominik
 Multimedia Journalist, Henrico Citizen
Richmond, VA
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Faculty Promoted to Project Director
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, May 19, 2011        

        




Newsroom trainer Michael Roberts is now NewsTrain Project Director. Roberts has taught communication skills for every Media Academy program since its founding in 2005. From 2003-2010, Roberts was Deputy Managing Editor Staff Development at The Arizona Republic, responsible for all newsroom training, served as writing coach, and edited major projects. He was part of the leadership team that transformed the Republic into one of Gannett's new Information Centers.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Catches Up with AAJA President and Alum Doris Truong
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, May 12, 2011        

        




AAJA President and Media Academy Alum Doris Truong updated the Institute on AAJA activity since her August 2010 appointment.


Truong was happy to report that preparation for AAJA's 2011 convention in Detroit, Mich. is under way. In addition to being hosted by the Michigan chapter for the first time, the Association is also excited about honoring diversity by observing Ramaden in Dearborn, Mich with Arab Americans.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Family Member Wins Award, Gets Promoted
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, May 12, 2011        

        




Bill Celis has been awarded the USC Provost's Prize for Teaching with Technology. This prestigious award was granted to two faculty members. Celis won for innovative and visionary use of technology in teaching. 


In addition, the USC Annenburg School for Communication and Journalism has named Bill Celis an associate director. When the appointment begins in August, he will be helping director Geneva Overholser manage the School of Journalism. Among his duties will be student affairs, serving as a liaison with technology office at the school.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Grad Shares Media Academy Photos, Travels to Japan
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, May 5, 2011        

        




Please have a look at some of the photos from our most recent Media Academy.


You can see our Media Academy fellows hard at work on their business plan presentations.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Grad Hired at New York Times
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, April 28, 2011        

        




1976 SMPJ grad Collin Tong notified Maynard Institute of his new appointment just yesterday. "I just signed the contract today to serve as the Times' Pacific Northwest reporter/ stringer, so I'll be officially on the payroll next week. I'm very excited," he writes. 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Media Academy Alum Contributed to L.A. Times Pulitzer Prize Win
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, April 21, 2011        

        




Hector Becerra, Media Academy class of 2009, was one of the reporters who contributed stories to the investigation that won the Los Angeles Times the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The stories exposed corruption in Bell, a small  city in Los Angeles County where officials paid themselves exorbitant salaries while illegally taxing the residents, who are among the poorest in the county, according to the Times story about the award. The lead reporters on the story were Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Grad to Attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Wednesday, April 20, 2011        

        




Michael Copley, a 2009 Multimedia Editing Program graduate, will attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in the fall. He will enter the master of science program with a concentration in reporting. Michael was a reporter for Powhatan Today, a weekly serving a county in rural central Virginia, when he attended the Multimedia Editing Program.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Board Chair Mark Trahant Reports on PBS' Frontline Piece "The Silence"
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, April 14, 2011        

        




Marks Trahant, chair of the Maynard Institute's board of directors, is the reporter for the April 19 Frontline piece called "The Silence," about sexual abuses by Catholic Church authorities in rural Alaska. "The remote locations and a network of pedophiles and other abusers made these villages ideal settings both for the crimes and later as a way to avoid prosecution.