Don’t miss the first-ever joint national conference sponsored by SPJ and the Radio Television Digital News Association – Excellence in Journalism 2011, set for Sept. 25-27 at the Sheraton New Orleans.

The conference will feature two Super Sessions, 50 breakout sessions, the Journalism Expo, and the opportunity to meet journalism heavy hitters like NPR Social Media Desk Senior Strategist Andy Carvin, who has provided masterful coverage of the Middle East uprisings through Twitter.

Breakout sessions focus on everything from creating multiplatform stories to mastering social media, from adding interactivity to your online stories to sharpening your video storytelling skills, and from following the money in state elections to overcoming stonewalling to get public records. And you’ll have big fun in the Big Easy at the conference’s Opening Night Reception, the SPJ President’s Installation Banquet, and more.

For more on registration fees and the latest information about the national conference, visit http://www.excellenceinjournalism.org.