Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
The RTNDA chair’s gavel was passed to Stacey Woelfel at the close of RTNDA@NAB in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Woelfel is news director at KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo.
Outgoing chairman Ed Esposito, vice president of information media for Rubber City Radio Group in Akron, OH, becomes chairman of RTNDF, the educational arm of the association.
Members also endorsed a bylaws change to extend voting rights to educator members working with campus news media or Web sites.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
During Wednesday morning’s Educators Breakfast, incoming RTNDA Chair Stacey Woelfel was surprised by a video tribute by his colleagues.
Woelfel is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and the news director for KOMU-TV.
Watch the video after the jump.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
Traffic has become one of the top three content motivators for people to watch local news.
Follow our live blog after the jump to hear from traffic reporters and those who provide the content.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
Rob Curley is known in online media circles as guru for community journalism.
In his current job as head of the new media division of the Las Vegas Sun and Greenspun Media Group, his team is producing online video programming that’s now migrating to television and turning the market on its head with a completely new approach to news.
He sharedhis insights this morning in a joint RTNDA/BEA super session.
Follow the live blog now after the jump.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
This year’s RTNDF scholarship and fellowship winners were honored Wednesday during the educator’s breakfast.
Rebekah Maxwell, a Drake University student and recipient of the Mike Reynolds Scholarship, addressed attendees on behalf of her fellow winners.
Watch her comments after the jump.
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Posted on April 21st, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
RTNDA@NAB wraps up Wednesday with a line-up that includes Internet ground-breaker Rob Curley and insight on what NOT to do on a job interview.
Curley, a guru for community journalism online that targets a younger audience, is the featured speaker at the morning Super Session, produced with the Broadcast Education Association.
See Wednesday’s complete schedule.
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Posted on April 21st, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
Internet pioneer Amy Webb captivated a packed conference room with a session that truly lived up to its name.
Webb shared “10 Tech Trends You Never Heard Of” and left the journalists clamoring for more.
(Check after the jump for a special link!)
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Posted on April 21st, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
Chip Mahaney, director of digital content for the E.W. Scripps Company, led a team of journalists into nitty-gritty of social media.
The hands-on session was well-received. Get a participant’s perspective from Jen Reeves, the New Media Director at KOMU.com, who also is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and faculty fellow with the new Reynolds Journalism Institute.
Read Reeves’ blog post.
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Posted on April 21st, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
Learn about approaches that are working now, creating content for the Web - whether its video, text or enhancing traditional stories, as well as understand the new realities of the business and exploring new revenue models.
Follow the live blog of this super session after the jump.
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Posted on April 21st, 2009 by RTNDA@NAB
New technologies and ways to connect with our audiences raise age-old ethical questions.
On Tuesday, a panel with diverse journalism experience debated the role of reporters in social media, our responsibility toward citizen journalists and how to address advertiser influence in tough economic times and more.
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