| "Opening Tomorrow's Doors: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges" Friday, August 21, Renaissance Hotel, Austin, TX  FOIFT Vice President Dale Leach, Moderating 2009 Annual State Conference
| Tim Kelly, FOIFT Former President/Board Member announcing Keith Shelton Annual Scholarship Award
| FOIFT President's Future Journalist Award Winner (L to R) , Catherine Bratic, News Editor for Rice University's Thresher newspaper, with FOIFT Executive Director Keith Elkins |
Gavel Award Winner Elliott Blackburn, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, with SBOT presenter Steve Koebele
| | Paul Watler, FOIFT Former President/Board Member introducing 2009 James Madison Award Winners
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James Madison Award Winners (L to R) State Rep. Todd Hunter (R) Corpus Christi and State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston with FOIFT Board Member Paul Watler
| | State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston, James Madison Award Winner and Keynote Address Speaker
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State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston, James Madison Award Winner and Keynote Address Speaker
| | State Representative Todd Hunter (R) Corpus Christi, James Madison Award Winner
| Ryan McNeil, Dallas Morning News/FOIFT Member, one of the Texas State Bar Associations Gavel Awards Winners with SBOT presenter Steve Koebele | | Gavel Award Winner Brian New, KENS-TV, with SBOT presenter Steve Koebele
| (L to R) State Senator Rodney Ellis (D) Houston, James Madison Award Winner and Keynote Address Speaker, Gavel Award Winner Elliott Blackburn, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Gavel Award Winner Brian New, KENS-TV, and State Representative Todd Hunter (R) Corpus Christi, James Madison Award Winner | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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