Thompson to lead workshop for students
on computer-assisted reporting

J. J. Thompson, assistant city editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will lead a seminar on computer-assisted reporting for students and faculty at ASU's College of Communications at 3 p.m. on April 15.

Thompson will also speak to students and meet with The Herald during her visit, which is underwritten by an ASJMC grant from the Knight Foundation. Journalism Instructor Bonnie Thrasher is coordinating the exchange program financed by the grant. Thompson's full schedule follows:

Monday, April 15

• 10 a.m.-10:50 News Reporting (Comm 217)
  
• Noon-1 p.m. News Editing (Com 155B)
  
• 1 p.m. Lunch with faculty and students
  
• 2 p.m.-2:45 News Writing (Comm 229)
  
• 3 p.m. Computer Assisted Reporting Workshop (Comm 155B)
  
• 5 p.m. Herald meeting w/food (Comm break room)

Tuesday, April 16

• 8:15 a.m. - 9:15 News Writing (Comm 229)
• 9:30 a.m.-10:30 News Reporting (Comm 217)
  
• Noon-1:30 Lunch with faculty and students
  
• 2 p.m. News Writing (Comm 229)

Thompson is an assistant city editor in charge of computer-assisted reporting at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She has also worked at USNews & World Report as an associate editor, as a free-lance reporter for state and national publications and as a features and news reporter at the Arkansas Gazette. She earned her master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
where she specialized in precision journalism under Philip Meyer. She has taught
college and graduate level courses at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her bachelor's degree is in history from Hendrix College.

For further information, contact Bonnie Thrasher (870-972-3075).