The College Newsroom Team will be attending the Michigan Press Associations annual conference in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Friday Jan. 29.

This is a great opportunity for the college newspapers of Michigan to pose questions (as a comment below this post) and get answers.

Let us know what YOU want to know.

Or, if you're going to be at the conference, stop by our table next to the registration area.

Looking forward to meeting you.

**College Newsroom will be blogging live from the Michigan Press Association Conference in Grand Rapids, Mich. Check back often throughout the day and pose questions. The College Newsroom team will do our best to get the answers.**

8:55am

Check-in and general conversation abounds along with breakfast style nibblets and coffee.

9:30am

The first session has begun as more Michigan News people continue to sign in for the two day conference. MPA Foundation Board Members Dirk Milliman and Jack Batdorff stopped by, along with Adviser to the Ferris State Torch, Steve Fox. Also Wes and Mary Maurer of the St. Ignace News and the Town Crier on Mackinac Island had kind words to share.

We're looking forward to seeing and sharing more as the day progresses.

10:00am

Colleen Dawson, the lady responsible for getting College Newsroom to the conference today, says things and they become law. Need an easel for your sign? BOOM! Her wish is granted.

Dave Clark, editor in chief of the Big Rapids Pioneer stops by to comment on the scheduled activities and the set up of College Newsroom at the conference.

1:22pm

Things are in full swing at the MPA conference and the College Newsroom table has been active and fun. Young people with college newspapers and those already established in the industry are interacting around the table. Joe Grimm of www.newsrecruiter.com and Ed Wendover, Chief of Staff for State Representative Mike Huckleberry had plenty of questions.

Whew.  Things really picked up and the rest of the updating took a second tier on the priority scale.  Here is a brief re-cap.

Spent some time in the session "Re-Thinking the News" with a panel of diverse industry professionals discussing the nature of newspapers and the changes they are encountering. Some good questions and some great answers. Check the hash tag #rethinkingthenews for tweets from the discussion.

College Newsroom gave a brief presentation to the Michigan Collegiate Press Association (MCPA) and had a sit down with Joe Grimm for a potential story on www.poynter.org