State Conference

2009 Bernard and Audre Rapoport FOIFT State Conference

“Opening Tomorrow’s Doors: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges”

Friday, August 21, Renaissance Hotel, Austin, TX

FOIFT Vice President Dale Leach, Moderating 2009 Annual State Conference	Tim Kelly, FOIFT Former President/Board Member announcing Keith Shelton Annual Scholarship Award
FOIFT President’s Future Journalist Award Winner (L to R) , Catherine Bratic, News Editor for Rice University’s Thresher newspaper, with FOIFT Executive Director Keith Elkins	Gavel Award Winner Elliott Blackburn, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, with SBOT presenter Steve Koebele
Paul Watler, FOIFT Former President/Board Member introducing 2009 James Madison Award Winners	James Madison Award Winners (L to R) State Rep. Todd Hunter (R) Corpus Christi and State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston with FOIFT Board Member Paul Watler
State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston, James Madison Award Winner and Keynote Address Speaker	State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston, James Madison Award Winner and Keynote Address Speaker
State Representative Todd Hunter (R) Corpus Christi, James Madison Award Winner	Ryan McNeil, Dallas Morning News/FOIFT Member, one of the Texas State Bar Associations Gavel Awards Winners with SBOT presenter Steve Koebele

Gavel Award Winner Brian New, KENS-TV, with SBOT presenter Steve Koebele	(L to R) State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston, James Madison Award Winner and Keynote Address Speaker, Gavel Award Winner Elliott Blackburn, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Gavel Award Winner Brian New, KENS-TV, and State Representative Todd Hunter (R) Corpus Christi, James Madison Award Winner

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