SPJ Workshop - Writing that Works Online

Writing that Works Online is an information-packed, two-hour workshop planned for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 1, at The Oklahoman auditorium, 9000 N. Broadway. It's part of the Newsroom Training series from national Society of Professional Journalists. It's $10 for SPJ professional and student members and $20 for non-SPJ members. You will need your SPJ member number to get the discount. Register here: http://www.spj.org/wtwo.asp. Meet the trainer: Deb Halpern Wenger worked in newsrooms for nearly two decades before becoming an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi.  Prior to her academic appointments, Wenger served as assistant news director at WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla.  She started her career as a small town newspaper reporter in western North Dakota.  From there, she took a job as a reporter/anchor at KXJB in Fargo, N.D., moved on to producing at WBBH in Ft. Myers, Fla. and WMUR in Manchester, N.H. then became executive producer at WSOC in Charlotte, N.C.   Wenger conducts multimedia training in newsrooms around the country and is coauthor of the broadcast and online journalism curricula for the Society of Professional Journalists’ Newsroom Training Program.  She has been invited to work as visiting faculty for The Poynter Institute and has been a part of the Committee of Concerned Journalists Traveling Curriculum through the Project for Excellence in Journalism.  Wenger is co-author of a journalism textbook, “Advancing the Story:  Broadcast Journalism in a Multimedia World” and her blog can be found at www.advancingthestory.wordpress.com.