Since 1991, the KSU Model UN program has included a Press Corps which produces newsletters during the sessions describing and commenting on the activities of the UN In 1993, the Press Corps concept was adapted to provide students with a new--and hopefully exciting--experience.

Press Corps Members

Those students selected for the UN Press Corps will no longer represent specific countries. Instead, they will be part of a professional news organization, Kennesaw News Network (KNN) whose job will be to cover this session of the Model UN

There will be four newsletters published during the program on the following schedule:

Day 1: 1 p.m.

Day 2: 8 a.m.

                                             Day 2:  1 p.m.

Post Session: (to be distributed to schools)

In addition to publishing the newsletters, KNN will produce video broadcasts to be shown after 1 p.m. in the Burruss Building atrium each day. KNN will also be responsible for managing press conferences during the sessions.

Communication students from Lambda Pi Eta, the Communication Honor Society, and the Kennesaw Communication Association will assist students.

Member Responsibility

Each student assigned to KNN is to function as an area expert, specializing in a country represented by his or her school. This means that KNN reporters must be completely familiar with the background and UN agenda of a specific country as well as the delegates from that country.

Students interested in video will rotate responsibilities, including on-air reporting, videography and production. If more students are interested than available slots for video crews, they will be selected at random. We hope to have three camera crews.

Students will be instructed in the use of the computer "newsroom" located on the second floor of the Burruss Building and will be under the supervision of communication majors throughout the session. Students will receive specific guidelines for filing video and print stories before the sessions, and are expected to have reviewed the material in advance.

General Procedures

1.    All Press Corps members are to report by 8:30 a.m. on Day 1 to receive credentials.

2. Video stories will be limited to two minutes.

3. Print stories will be limited to 250 words.

4. Filing deadlines will be posted in the newsroom.

5.    Press Corps members are not allowed to function as members of a delegation and a reporter. They may, however, switch off during the session.

6. All press conferences will be coordinated through the newsroom editors, conferences to be held in the atrium.

7. Conferences will be limited to 10 minutes per delegation. They will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

8. Although KNN reporters are expected to report on their area of expertise, they are not restricted from reporting on other events during the sessions or from interviewing any delegate or Model UN staff member.

9. All stories must be cleared through the section editor (there will be an editor for each committee and for regions). Although editors are not expected to make reporters rewrite, they may ask for clarification and additional information.

10. Video and print newsletters will be arranged in a "first-submitted, first run" basis. Stories not filed by deadline will be deferred to the next publication.

11. Editors must accompany all video crews. Reporters will not be allowed to take cameras out on their own.

12. KNN will be a cooperative, not competitive, experience. Students will be expected to share information and assist fellow reporters wherever possible.

The sooner students are identified as KNN reporters, the better.