{"id":6025,"date":"2014-09-10T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2014\/09\/10\/excellence-in-journalism-day-connects-students-to-professionals\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:31","slug":"excellence-in-journalism-day-connects-students-to-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2014\/09\/10\/excellence-in-journalism-day-connects-students-to-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence in Journalism Day Connects Students To Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday, September 6, was the first ever Orange County Excellence in Journalism Day, held right here at Chapman University. The event, coordinated in part by Professor Peter Weitzner, was meant to help excite the journalistic world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really wanted to show that journalism, in all formats and genres, is still thriving across the entire country,\u201d said Weitzner.<\/p>\n

The event, held from 9 AM until 4PM, was open to the public, and drew about 125 attendees, with more than half being from Dodge College. Some guests even came from as far away as Washington, D.C.!<\/p>\n

They had over 20 guest speakers, including 12 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, 2 Emmy Award-winning broadcasters, and 2 New York Times best-selling authors. They gave talks on topics from \u201cEmbracing Multimedia Journalism,\u201d \u201cWhy Investigative Journalism Still Matters,\u201d and \u201cHow to Never Get Beat On A Story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joe Little, from ABC 10 in San Diego, presents to the students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The event itself is a perfect example of how Dodge helps to connect students with working professionals in the industry they plan to pursue. After many of the presentations, the guest speakers were all too happy to speak with the students one-on-one, and give them some insight into their field.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter hearing the speakers detail their experiences, I walked away from this event with some great insight on a day in the life of journalism professional,\u201d said Wes Rapaport (BFA\/ Television & Broadcast Journalism \u201915).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to make this an annual event, to continue to give students more opportunities to explore their interests through the channels of folks who currently live them,\u201d Weitzner continued.<\/p>\n

Here are some tweets from the event:<\/p>\n

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Beautiful morning from Chapman University "Excellence in Journalism Day" @AAJAla<\/a> @OCPressClub<\/a> @ChapmanNews<\/a> #OCJD14<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kODM9H17Vz<\/a><\/p>\n

— Laarni D (@laarnid1) September 6, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n