Elon students attend college media convention in New York

Ten School of Communications students traveled to Manhattan for the College Media Advisers National College Media Conference March 13-16 at the Roosevelt Hotel on Madison Avenue.

Crystal Allen, Katie Beaver, Erin Cunningham, Jennifer Guarino, Samiha Khanna, Lindsay Porter, Annette Randall, Elizabeth Sudduth, Lauren Vilis and Jessica Vitak attended morning and afternoon sessions led by media professionals from the New York Daily News, New York Times, Newsday, Orlando Sentinel, Associated Press, Reuters, CNN and other major communications outlets.

Click on the following links to read articles from a few select sessions:

Ground zero and beyond: David Handschuh of the New York Daily News

Photographing a disaster: A panel of five photojournalists on 9/11

Students visit site of New York terror attacks

Bill Kovach: The elements of journalism after 9/11

Copy editing: A look at careers with editors from The New York Times

Columbia professor, writing text author shares reporting tips