http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/ Welcome to the documents and discussion page for student journalism at Truman College. en-us 2008-04-11T19:00:29-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000632.php Today, my journalism student Tomás Martínez Guerra won First Place for Best News Story at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association (ICCJA) spring conference. Click on the picture (above) to see his winning story, "12 million shadows in limbo:... News Flash! bortiz 2008-04-11T19:00:29-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000629.php I'm proud of my College Newspaper student, LAUREN VANDERMAR, who has started writing as an official freelance journalist, with her first paid and published piece for the Chicago Journal. I'm happy to say that what I teach in the classroom... News Flash! bortiz 2008-04-10T15:39:34-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000611.php See Truman's Uptown Exchange in PDF format.... News Flash! bortiz 2008-03-09T15:00:59-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000583.php News Flash! bortiz 2008-01-14T16:49:09-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000545.php News Reporting & Writing and the Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast. ABOVE: Award-winning... News Flash! bortiz 2007-09-12T17:21:36-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000495.php DOWNLOAD PDF COPIES OF THE TRUMAN COLLEGE STUDENT NEWSPAPER: SPRING 2007 #5 SPRING 2007 #4 SPRING 2006... News Flash! bortiz 2007-05-16T23:38:24-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000419.php Download a Word-document copy of the Uptown Exchange Student Newspaper Handbook. This includes complete information on how the newspaper works and how you can join, to earn credits and experience for your resume. Also, see the Fall 2007 Agenda.... Logistics bortiz 2007-01-15T17:03:53-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000374.php News Flash! bortiz 2006-11-21T12:08:03-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000330.php Download a PDF copy of the Spring 2006 Uptown Exchange issue here.... News Flash! bortiz 2006-07-10T19:19:47-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000261.php News Flash! bortiz 2006-01-04T00:21:07-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000249.php Ideas bortiz 2005-10-23T20:48:16-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000130.php The Uptown Exchange announces its Mission Statement and Staff for the 2004-05 Truman College school year. We welcome comments and ideas, as the newspaper builds for tentative publication in January 2005.... Mission bortiz 2004-11-20T13:55:53-06:00 http://www.benortiz.COM/tp/archives/000078.php It's not too late to join the newspaper project!... Background bortiz 2004-09-05T12:43:37-06:00