Please join us Jan. 11-13 for a weekend of events highlighting the achievements of the school's photojournalism and multimedia alumni. The events are helping to kick off the Picturing the World exhibition, a 30-year retrospective of Carolina photojournalism alumni opening at the Ackland Art Museum on Jan. 11.

This event is an opportunity to say thank you and farewell to Professor Rich Beckman. Beckman has accepted an offer to become the John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami.

Register now for a luncheon at noon on Saturday, Jan. 12, catered by Bullock's Barbecue in Gerrard Hall on the Carolina campus, and bid farewell to Professor Beckman. Seating will be limited, so registration and pre-payment of $10 per person is required.

To register, send a check, payable to JOMC, to:

Benji Cauthren
School of JOMC
Campus Box 3365
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365


For more information, call 919.962.3037 or e-mail benji@unc.edu.


A full schedule of the Picturing the World opening activities Jan. 11-13 is below. We hope you'll join us.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008
6-8 p.m.
Opening reception at the Ackland Art Museum

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008
Noon
Alumni and friends luncheon in Gerrard Hall catered by Bullock's Barbecue. Seating is limited. Registration and pre-payment ($10 each) required.

After lunch
Presentations in 111 Carroll Hall from:

Harry Benson
Internationally renowned photographer.
Benson's pictures have appeared in many publications including Life, Vanity Fair, People and The New Yorker.

Pegie Stark Adam
Adam served as director of the Poynter Institute’s Graphics and Design programs from 1991 to 1994. She continues to direct and teach Poynter seminars and is helping coordinate Poynter’s EyeTrack research project. Previously she was a graphics editor at The Detroit News, graphics director at he Detroit Free Press, and art editor/designer at the St. Petersburg Times. She is a design consultant for newspapers, magazines and corporate communications.

Brian Storm
President, MediaStorm.
MediaStorm's principal aim is to usher in the next generation of multimedia storytelling by publishing social documentary projects for distribution across multiple media.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008
4-6:30 p.m.
Hanes Art Center
A panel discussion, "The Role of the Photojournalist in Society: Responsibilities and Outcomes," moderated by Rich Beckman and featuring Jamie Francis, Janet Jarman, Charles Ledford, Susie Post-Rust and Ami Vitale.