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Visiting journalists take tour of the Delta

By October 29, 2010General

Shack Up Inn, Hopson Plantation

The Delta State University Delta Center for Culture and Learning recently helped introduce over 90 professional journalists and journalism students to the Delta’s cultural heritage.

The media professionals were attending a conference at the Magazine Innovation Center at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at Ole Miss.

The three day conference, which focused on the future of the magazine industry, was organized by Dr. Samir Husni, director of the Magazine Innovation Center.  

Delta Magazine and Delta Business Journal owner and publisher, Scott Coopwood (second from left, first row) was one of the sponsor’s of the conference and greeted the group at the Shack Up Inn at Hopson before they moved on to Clarksdale for an evening at Ground Zero Blues Club. 

Magazine industry leaders from across the U.S., the Netherlands, and South America attended the conference.

The Delta Center’s Luther Brown and Lee Aylward spoke to the visitors as they traveled on two coach buses.