Fall 2003 (Convention in Photos)
	Photographs by Vicki Fong

 

 

Conference home base, The Nathan Hale Inn.

AOPE officers Lou Ann Frala and Majorie Pritchard
welcome Alleen Barber of Newsday.

 

UConn political science professor David Yaloff explains
Supreme Court judges' nomination process and confirmation battles.

 

Moderator John Timpane asks panelists to comment on whether
op-ed pages are still relevant. Panelists include: syndicated
columnis Ted Rall, Newsday columnist Marie Cocoa
ang Margaret Engel of the Newseum.

 

New York Times editorial page editor Gail Collins comments
on the workings of her department as well as the history
of womein in America.

 

Op-ed editors enjoy personal and professional networking time during a break in the conference.

Newsart illustrator John Overmyer (right) meets with
former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

 

Conference attendees board the bus for a trip to the Mohegan Sun Casino.

 

A panel on Indian tribal gaming, law and media coverage issues includes (left photo, left to right) Rick Green, reporter
for the Hartford Ccourant, Nell Jessup Newton of the UConn School of Law, Mark Brown, chair of the Mohegan Tribal
Council, and Richard Blumenthal, attorney general of the state of Connecticut. The photo above right was one of many
scenes from a tour of the Mohegan Sun Casono, which was led by tribal historian Nelissa Zobel.