The Start the Presses seminar is a weekend-long, expenses-paid colloquium on college student journalism based on the ISI Books edition of Start the Presses! A Handbook for Student Journalists. The annual seminar, held in Washington, D.C., connects college students with journalism professionals to provide the training and direction needed for a student to launch a college newspaper or revive an existing publication. Designed for no more than 20 students, the seminar instructs students on how to publish an attractive, well-written campus publication. Topics include: investigative reporting, editing, pitching stories, cultivating sources, layout and design, graphics, staff recruitment, and fund-raising and business management.

Students are also introduced to the full slate of programs and opportunities offered by the CN, including:

• Editors Conferences
• Collegiate Network Newspaper Grants
• Professional Reporting Courses
• Summer Journalism Internships
• Year-long Journalism Fellowships
• The intellectual resources of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Students need not be members of the CN to attend. For more information, contact the CN at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

2008 Start the Presses Seminar

Held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill and at the Heritage Foundation, the seminar featured:

• Weekly Standard deputy editor Richard Starr on life as a magazine editor
• College Publisher's Lara Hanson and Kris Kirk on college publication websites
• Eric Breindel Award winner (and National Review intern) Elise Viebeck
• Mike O'Brien, CN Fellow at The Hill newspaper
• Weekly Standard production director Philip Chalk