The University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host a homecoming celebration and open house on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Armory building on campus.
The public event will include a tour of the student-run Campus Press multimedia newsroom and Mal Deans memorial in addition to a panel discussion titled "New media. New audiences. New journalism?" A light lunch also will be served. The Campus Press is an online daily newspaper.
Deans, the late husband of Boulder Daily Camera Editor Susan Deans, was a longtime journalist and former faculty member in CU-Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication who created the Campus Press newspaper. He died in December 2005. Susan Deans has established an endowed fund, which enhances a memorial fund established by various donors, to support the Campus Press newsroom.
The panel discussion from 11 a.m. to noon will include Fairlight Baer, managing editor, YourHub.com; Doug Conarroe, multimedia producer, DenverPost.com; Michael Noe, interactive media editor, Rocky Mountain News; and Dan Pacheco, senior product manager, The Bakersfield Californian. All of the panelists are School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni.
The newsroom renovation was made possible by a gift from Nonie Lann, a 1948 graduate of the school.
For more information and to R.S.V.P. contact Elizabeth Gaeddert at (303) 492-0460 or elizabeth.gaeddert@colorado.edu.