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Chapter leaders from around the country met in Indianapolis June 1-3 to participate in the Ted Scripps Leadership Institute. Funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the weekend is a chance for incoming chapter leaders to meet and develop their leadership skills.

About 50 people participated in the program, both professionals and students. Topics such as fundraising, recruitment and leadership roles were covered in a series of small group sessions. A final seminar on chapter goal setting was held on the last day.

After the welcome dinner on Friday evening, President-Elect Clint Brewer delivered the State of the Society address and invited participants to engage in a Q&A session with executive board members. The participants then had the chance to get to know each other with an outing to a duckpin bowling alley.



2007 Scripps Leadership Institute Graduates

NameChapter
Clifford AnthonyCleveland Pro Chapter
Kate BaldwinSnake River Pro Chapter
Andrew J. BerniusFlagler College
Christie BleckMid-Michigan Pro Chapter
Donna BuseCentral Washington University
Teri CarnicelliValley of the Sun Pro Chapter
Breanne CoatsPacific Lutheran University
Claire ConradUniversity of Arizona
George DanielsUniversity of Alabama
David DowGreater Los Angeles Pro Chapter
April DudashUniversity of Florida
Michelle DuplerWilliam O. Douglas Pro Chapter
Amanda FalconeConnecticut Pro Chapter
Julie FreemanBaylor University
Nicole Garrison-SprengerMinnesota Pro Chapter
Ted GeltnerNorth Central Florida Pro Chapter
Marmian GrimesFarthest North Pro Chapter
David HarrisUniversity of South Florida
Erica R. HendryIthaca College
John HuotariEast Tennessee Pro Chapter
Laura L. HutchisonVirginia Pro Chapter
Megan JonesEastern Kentucky University
Alison KempBowling Green State University
Carlos LaackMilwaukee Pro Chapter
Holly LaneLipscomb University
Noelle LeavittColorado Pro Chapter
Hagit LimorCincinnati Pro Chapter
Michelle MaskalyNew Jersey Pro Chapter
Kristen McQuearyChicago Headline Club
Nicholas NeedhamUniversity of South Carolina
Angela OliverWestern Kentucky University
Kiki PolzinMinnesota State University, Mankato
Taylor RauschUniversity of Missouri
Andres RiveraUniversity of La Verne
Katie ScharberGonzaga University
Laura SchwanderUniversity of Oregon
Bryan P. SearsMaryland Pro Chapter
Nathaniel ShudaUniversity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Jillian StarkeyCalifornia University of Pennsylvania
Amy StewartUtah Headliners Pro Chapter
Bonnie StewartWest Virginia University
Angie SummersFort Worth Pro Chapter
Rachel ThimanguSt. Louis Pro Chapter
Wensdy Von BuskirkDetroit Pro Chapter
Bob WebbWashington D.C. Pro Chapter
Melanie WittmanWashington State University

 

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Journalism Education Committee Chair
Ernie Wiggins
Associate Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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Bio (click to expand) picture Ernest Wiggins is a tenured associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. He's the adviser to the campus chapter of SPJ, which he revitalized out of dormancy in 2004. For his efforts, Wiggins received the David Eshelman Oustanding Campus Adviser award from SPJ in 2005.

A former reporter and editor for The State (Columbia, S.C.) and the Columbia (S.C.) Record, Wiggins joined the faculty in 1993, returning to the school from which he'd earned both his bachelor's and master's degree. Wiggins has done additional postgraduate study in social strutures and social networks.

His areas of teaching and research specialization are newsgathering and reporting trends, media ethics, media literacy, newsroom operations, and mass media and social justice.

He's presented research at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications national conferences and regional colloquia. His research has been published in "Framing Public Life: Perspective on Media and Our Understanding of the Social World."

He has been a guest columnist for The State and his work has been reprinted in Stein and Paterno's "The Newswriter's Handbook" and Kreml, et al., "College Writing: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing."

He's attended seminars in writing and new media and convergence at the Poynter Institute and American Press Institute and was selected to be one of two faculty members to attend the Medicine in the Media workshop at the National Institutes of Health in 2005.

Wiggins has been recognized for his teaching and is sought after to mentor students and direct student research.

In addition to SPJ, Wiggins is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Associaton of University Professors.

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