Editorial Page Editors Vern Anderson, Salt Lake Tribune and Jay Evensen, Deseret News will be with us to discuss why, how and when to schedule editorial board meetings and how they can benefit you, your career, and your company or clients.

They’ll discuss among other things:


• The basics of successful editorial meetings
• The Do’s and Don’ts
• How to prepare
• When and how to arrange a meeting
• Proper meeting protocol
• Questions and Answers

Bios

Jay Evensen is the editorial page editor at the Deseret News.  He has held that position for 12 years. He writes a Sunday column on a broad range of issues, which has garnered local, regional and national awards. He also has been an adjunct journalism instructor at Weber State and Brigham Young universities. He was region IX director of the Society of Professional Journalists from 1996-2002, serving at various times on the executive and finance committees. Prior to that, he was president of the Utah pro chapter. Before becoming an editorial writer, he was a reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Clinton, Okla., Daily News, and he served an internship at United Press International in New York City.


Vern Anderson is the Salt Lake Tribune's editorial page editor, a position he has held since 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he was the Tribune's deputy editor for news and directed the newspaper's award-winning coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Prior to coming to the Tribune, he worked for The Associated Press for 23 years, 19 of those as the news editor in the AP's Salt Lake City bureau.
 
Vern was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Utah, California, Illinois, Brazil and Venezuela, where he graduated from high school. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in history and was managing editor and editorial page editor of the student newspaper. He served an Army tour of duty in Korea in 1970.