Mark your calendar — or block out the time on your BlackBerry: The annual year-end journalism gala has been slated for Thursday, March 25, at the Walper Terrace Hotel in downtown Kitchener, Ont. Cocktails are at 6:30 p.m.; dinner will get underway at 7 p.m. Tickets, available from faculty or members of the journalism student association, are $30.
A fine dinner will precede an address by this year’s guest speaker, John Hinnen, vice-president and general manager of 680 News, the Toronto flagship of Rogers Radio. In addition, deserving Conestoga journalism students will be named winners of 29 prizes, generously underwritten or sponsored by local media outlets. Among them are the Cambridge Times, Guelph Mercury, NOW Media, CJOY/Magic FM, Sony Canada, Rogers Television, Goderich Signal-Star, 570 News Radio, Faith FM, the Edward Hayes family, the Ross Weichel family, the Waterloo Region Record and CTV. It’s a great opportunity for students and faculty to mingle with local industry representatives, who provide Conestoga’s journalism programs with such solid support.
