November
Nov. 7
Advancing in Broadcast Management NABJ Seminar
NABJ Media Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.
The NABJ Media Institute and CBS News are offering a valuable seminar to provide advice and specific tools on how to move up the ranks in broadcast fields. Speakers will also talk about diversity issues and changes taking place in the broadcast field.
For more information, click here.
Nov. 18
Webinar: Newswriting for the web
Webinar schedule: 2 p.m. (Eastern Time), November 18.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jacqui Banaszynski will conduct the webinar to help you understand and overcome the challenges of online writing. Banaszynski will show you effective techniques for web writing and answer your questions in one-hour Webinar.
The participants will learn:
• What early studies show about online news reading habits
• How writing for print differs from writing for the Web
• What defines good newswriting for the web
• Specific techniques for effective Web writing
• Strategies for organizing news and follow-up stories on the Web
Webinar costs $29.95. For more information and to register, go to www.newsu.org/WebWritingWebinar09.
Source: Poynter’s News University.
Nov. 18
Media Briefing on
Health Reform Gaps for Ethnic Elders
When & Where: 5 to 6 p.m., Hilton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA, room 212
A New America Media newsletter says, the briefing's speakers will discuss how new research findings "point to America's need to recast the debate from the costs of health care to comprehensive continuity of care that will maximize the wellness and productive capacity of older adults and their families."
The panel of speakers include Paul Kleyman (moderator), New America Media; Toni Miles, MD, PhD, University of Louisville; Carmen Green, MD, University of Michigan; and Sara Espinoza, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
For more information about the conference visit the GSA website at www.geron.org.
Or contact Todd Kluss (see phone/e-mail above), or Paul Kleyman at NAM, pkleyman@newamericamedia.org
