October 4, 2006
  • Matt Fry and Curt Hills. They are managing editor and assistant managing editor, respectively, of The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun.
  • Hugh Dermody. He is
    the news directors for Villages News Network (VNN), the cable telelvision
    station serving the community of about 50,000 residents.
  • Larry Croom. He is the executive editorial manager of The Villages Daily Sun and content director for The Villages Media Group. He oversees editorial content for VNN.
    • Their session: “Multimedia journalism: How to take the perennial story and make it a first-rate multimedia adventure”
  • Kathleen Pellegrino. She is recruitment editor and staff attorney for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. At that newspaper, she has also worked as an assistant city editor and a metro reporter.
    • Her session: “Internships: Making the best impression to land that job”
  • Frank Cerabino. For more than a decade, he has written three local news columns a week for The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post. Before that, he was a reporter at The Miami Herald.
    • His session: “Beyond the interview: Why the interview is less important than you might imagine”
    • His work: Peruse his columns, blog, television appearances and novels here.
Pat Walters, Naughton Fellow, Poynter Online
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