A QUESTION AND ANSWER
WITH CONVENTION DIRECTOR HILLARY WARREN
Why should someone attend the College Media Association in New York City this spring?
This year’s convention is more interactive, more immersive, more hands-on than ever. Students will cover the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden as part of the New York Sports Workshop. The always-popular Shoot-Out is back. And more than 100 students will compete to see who is the Iron Reporter in our first convention-based reporting competition.
If you had to pick one session that you’d really like to attend, what would it be?
I’m looking forward to Holly Johnson’s double-session reporting challenge. I plan to steal every last one of her ideas.
If you had to pick one speaker that you’d really like to hear, who would it be?
That will get me in trouble. Joanne Lipman and Lynn Walsh were terrific last year and are so on topic with #metoo that we had to have them back. I’ve been following Lauren Duca since the 2016 campaign and am thrilled that she will join us Saturday. But, I think I’m most looking forward to Stephen Totilo because I don’t know anything about video games, but I admire what he has built. Continue reading “CMA convention to be interactive, immersive and hands-on”