This year's Region 1 conference will be held in Portland, Maine, April 25 and 26.
 As usual, Friday, the 25th will offer opportunities for students to have their resumes, clips, and tapes critiqued by professionals, along with other information for students seeking that first job.
Saturday will feature a full rundown of seminar sessions on topics like: backpack journalism, developments in media law, blogging, citizen journalism, students struggling against school administrator's censorship, and many more.
The keynote speaker will be Dan Harris of ABC News.
Download the meeting notice.
And you'll want to set aside some time to enjoy the surroundings: There'll be time both Friday and Saturday evening to sample the city's many fine restaurants; the famous Portland Head Light is about a 15 drive from the conference site. We'll be auctioning off a bunch of tickets to the city's minor league baseball team, the Portland Sea Dogs, for their game on Sunday.
Portland is a two-hour drive north of Boston. If you prefer, the city has non-stop airline service from LaGuardia, JFK, Newark-Liberty, and Philadelphia. Come by rail: to South Station in Boston where a non-stop bus will bring you to Portland, or make your way to Boston's North Station and take AMTRAK's "Downeaster" train to Portland (slightly longer, but more comfortable).
Contact:
Irwin Gratz
Morning Edition Producer
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
309 Marginal Way
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: 207-874-6570 or 1-800-884-1717
Fax: 207-761-0318
www.mpbn.net
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