For immediate release

Contact:
Karen Grabowski, SPJ Communications Coordinator, (317) 927-8000 ext. 215,
kgrabowski@spj.org

INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists is excited to announce the 2010 staff of The Working Press, a daily tabloid newspaper that covers the SPJ National Convention. This year, a team of 13 highly motivated collegiate journalists will be in Las Vegas finding stories, taking photos and designing the paper. Ben Kelly from The Clarion-Ledger (Miss.) will advise the students during their 4-day internship.

The selected interns are:

Copy Editors
Fletcher Babb, Virginia Commonwealth University
Alexandra Lopez, University of Maryland

Page Designers
Joe Bradley, University of Missouri
Chelsea Brasted, Louisiana State University

Photographers
Carolina Hidalgo, Stony Brook University
Twana Pinskey, St. Clair County Community College
Nicole Villoria, University of Nevada – Las Vegas

Reporters
Mark Smith, Oklahoma City Community College
Samantha Delgado, University of Florida
Sommer Ingram, Baylor University
Anthony Fenech, Central Michigan University
Michelle Philips, Rice University
Gregan Wingert, University of Nevada – Las Vegas

Congratulations, Working Press staff!

Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press. For more information about SPJ, please visit www.spj.org.

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