Hotel suggestions

Coming the night before the workshop? Staying the night of? Here are just a few hotels that are pretty close to the University of Texas.

- Clarion Inn and Suites at 2200 S. I-35, (512) 444-0561

- Days Inn at 3105 N. I-35, (512) 478-1631

- The Sheraton at 1809 Lavaca St., toll-free number is (888) 625-5144

If you check out Google Maps and search for hotels near the university, plenty more will pop up.

ACES workshop update

Paula LaRocque and Hank Glamann have confirmed for our Oct. 21 workshop. I've tweaked the schedule, and it's going to look something like this:

10-10:15 a.m.: opening
10:15-11:45 a.m.: plenary session with Paula LaRocque
noon-1 p.m.: two sessions, one on design (Austin American-Statesman design gurus) and one on the Web (possibly a UT professor)
1-2:30 p.m.: lunch on your own
2:30-3:30 p.m.: two sessions, one on Texas politics (Ross Ramsey of Texas Weekly) and one on multimedia for the Web (Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon of the Austin American-Statesman)
3:40-5:10: plenary session with Hank Glamann on headlines
5:10: closing

There might be a few adjustments as we go. Please contact me if you have questions about hotels and other logistics. The workshop is free, and students are welcome. We'll post a flier up here soon with more details and a map. Because it's a Sunday, parking at the University of Texas shouldn't be a problem. We'll probably also arrange a social activity for the night before. It might just be that we'll let you know where to gather. Nothing formal.

The opening session will be in an auditorium in the College of Communication at Dean Keeton Street and Whitis Avenue, Room CMA 2.320. http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/cma.html

All are welcome -- not just Texas copy editors. Come join us!

Blythe Terrell
bterrell@statesman.com

Workshop update

We're just about set for the Oct. 21 workshop, though we're still hammering out a few details. The University of Texas says it has some rooms we can use, and we've almost got all of our speakers set. The workshop will start at 10 a.m.

Tentative schedule:
10-11:30 -- first session, which will be a large opening session for everyone
11:40-12:40 -- two smaller sessions
12:40-2 -- lunch on your own
2-3 -- two smaller sessions
3:10-4:40 -- the ending session, another large one for everyone

We have confirmed sessions on Texas politics, new media, design and headlines.

As of now, the workshop will be free for all participants. We're working on getting a block of hotel rooms for out-of-towners.

Texas ACES speakers

We've already got at least two heavy hitters signed up to lead presentations at the October conference.

Hank Glamann, former copy desk chief inHouston and Cleveland and now a consultant, will give his famous Hank on Heds presentation. It's fun and educational.

Paula LaRocque, of the Dallas Morning News and author of several books on newspapering, will talk about general editing.

Blythe Terrell has promised some design gurus with the Austin American Statesman.

The short of it, the Austin conference will be a good place to learn while you meet fellow copy editors.

Anyone out there reading this have any ideas about what else they'd like to see at the conference, let me know. shendricks@vicad.com

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The first daylong workshop is tentatively planned for Sunday, Oct. 21. It will be in Austin. Stay tuned for details.

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