Program brings Dallas journalists to Marshall

Five professionals from The Dallas Morning News will visit the School of Journalism and Mass Communications this semester as part of a year-long program.

MU is one of 10 schools in the nation participating in the Newspapers In Residence Pro-gram.

The partnership is sponsored by the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Commu-nications and the American Society of Newspaper Editors and funded by Knight-Ridder.

Dr. Harold C. Shaver, dean of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Commu-nications, said the program is the biggest event this semester for the School of Journalism.

Tom Huang, assistant features editor and staff writer, and Victoria Loe Hicks, reporter, will teach a feature writing class.

The one-credit course will be conducted in two parts, Jan. 31-Feb. 4 and Feb. 14-17.

Students and the professional journalists say they are excited about the program.

"I think it is a wonderful opportunity most students aren't offered," said Heather Mooney, senior public relations major and one of the students enrolled in the class.

Huang said, "We see this as an opportunity to get to know what is going on in journalism education today and still bring real world experience to the classroom."

If enrolling in the class is not a possibility, attending one of the other activities may be. Leona Allen, deputy metro/suburban editor, who came from Dallas this past fall, participated in activities on campus and spoke at events open to the public.

In addition to teaching, Huang will lecture at noon, Feb. 3, in Smith Hall 330 at a Brown Bag Lunch meeting sponsored by Marshall's student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Huang's lecture is titled "The Unique Lens of the Feature Writer" and is open to the public.

Doug Olsson, general advertising director, will visit Feb. 21-25. Stuart Wilk, managing editor, will visit March 6-10 and Paula LaRocque, assisting managing editor, will be here April 3-7.