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July 11, 8:30-5:30

FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus

Registration: $100

Contact Kenny@wlrnunderthesun.org

Newspapers’ salvation: Google, gadgets and gumption?

The event is sponsored by Florida Journalists Network

Speakers include Tom DuBocq, who took a buyout from the Palm Beach Post and is now doing private investigations; Alex Clifton, who quit newspapers to become a teacher; and Jill Barton, who left the AP for law school

The panel discussion will be held at the Bienes Museum Conference Room at the Broward County Library main branch, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale

For more information e-mail Kathy Bushouse Burstein, at kabushouse@aol.com, or Stacey Singer DeLoye at staceydfla@att.net.

When the current class of optimists from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism prepared for their March job fair, some were stunned to learn that, along with The New York Times, Forbes, DowJones and other national publications, they’d also been signed up for interviews with Cat Fancy, a lively consumer magazine “for people interested in all phases of cat ownership.”

Not-too-strange new bedfellows: print refugees

The State of the News Media: Bleak

Coral Gables, FL.- (March 16, 2009) – As print newspapers and traditional journalism jobs are growing increasingly scarce, the University of Miami School of Communication has taken action to adjust to the shifting journalism environment with the announcement of a new graduate program track, the Master of Arts in Multimedia Journalism. 

“Print media are facing tremendous difficulty as new media replace them in the minds and eyes of readers and viewers,” said the School’s Visual Journalism Program Director, Loup Langton. “Consumers are turning to the internet for their news and journalists must learn to tell stories through the web.”

The School of Communication is offering an advanced hands-on program that can be completed in 18 months emphasizing two separate facets of multimedia storytelling. The first is for content providers and teaches high-end visual storytelling skills, photography, audio and video storytelling and information graphics. The second emphasis is on multimedia design, production, database-driven dynamic web site generation and advanced multimedia programming languages.

The program is designed for traditionally trained journalists and recent graduates alike. “Journalistic fundamentals and ethics–the ethical practice of telling a story truthfully and working fairly with subjects are still at the heart of the program,” added Langton.

The School already has professional media partnerships with World Press Photo, the Online Newspaper Association and Pictures of the Year International that provide strong professional ties for students with leading media organizations.  “The School is rooted in fundamentals, but is also a leading adopter of the new tools that journalists must have at their command to report in the contemporary environment,” says Dean Sam Grogg.

Supporting the new Master of Arts program are award-winning School of Communication faculty who specialize in visual journalism, multimedia, social media and web design, programming and production and have professional backgrounds in converged media. Included in that group is one of the nation’s leading multimedia journalism educators, Rich Beckman, holder of the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism. As former Director of the Visual Communication program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Beckman’s former graduate students are leaders in multimedia organizations around the country, including The New York Times, MSNBC and USA Today. As an online producer, Beckman has led teams that have won many of the most prestigious multimedia prizes in the world including the Pirelli INTERNETional Award for Educational Media and multimedia storytelling awards from the Online News Association, the National Press Photographers Association, The Broadcast Education Association, Horizon Interactive Awards, The Society for News Design and the Pictures of the Year International competitions.

“This innovative graduate program will provide students and journalism professionals the opportunity to work in a multiplatform environment based on emerging and cutting edge storytelling technologies that dominate today’s media environment,” says Beckman.  “Our graduate students will work on projects in conjunction with the Knight Center for International Media as we strive to use new media technologies globally to cover the world’s most under-reported stories.”

As newspapers face difficult economic times, this program is designed to embrace the transformation of the profession with advanced education for the current and future journalists.  “News may not exist on paper much longer,” says Dean Grogg, “but the new journalists will still get the story no matter how it has to be delivered.”

For more information, visit the School of Communication website at http://com.miami.edu/graduate/for more information.

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NABJ will give journalists insight into health disparities affecting the African American community, resulting in significantly higher mortality rates. Learn how to cover major health and medical stories that make an impact. Topics include obesity, heart disease, stroke, HIV/AIDS, mental health and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Thursday, January 29
Reception   TBA
Friday January 30
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m. Welcome

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 Understanding and Covering Health Care Policy
For most, policy is never important until it keeps them from getting something they need. Journalists must understand and be able to report about the development and implementation of health care policy and its impact on the communities of color. Hear from experts who will share insights in covering and deciphering health care policy and trends that are on the horizon.  Learn about new legislation that will impact the health and well-being of citizens. What effect will the new presidential administration have on the health care policy.

Moderator: Andrea King Collier

Invited PRESENTERS:
Brian Smedley, Ph.D Joint Center for Political and Urban Studies  (Invited)
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey M.D. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Invited)
Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., Kaiser senior advisor on race, ethnicity and health care (invited)
Angela Blackwell Glover-President, Policy Link (Invited)

10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Covering Aging and Health
Today, a baby boomer turns 50 every 7.6 seconds.  By mid-century, the elderly will outnumber young people for the first time in history. How does this impact people of color and their ability to navigate the health care system?
Clinical Trials and African Americans
Reporters and medical experts will discuss moving beyond the Tuskegee Experiment to solid and fair journalistic coverage of clinical trials and their role in underserved populations.  What are the challenges and opportunities in writing about clinical trials?  How do journalists give fair and balanced coverage of clinical trials and the participation of people of color?
Noon – 12:45 p.m Luncheon
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Mental Health Out of the Closet
For years, people of color have kept their mental health issues in the closet. Depression, Bipolar disease, Schizophrenia and Post Traumatic Stress disorders have all been linked to substance abuse, incarceration rates, domestic violence and unemployment rates in communities of color.  These panelists will discuss coverage of this issues and emerging trends.
PANEL

Dr. Annell Primm, M.D., American Psychiatric Association, Minority Health Initiative
Dr. Claire Xanthos, Morehouse School of Medicine
Darryl Fears reporter Washington Post (Invited)
John Head, author,  Standing in the Shadows (Invited)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.  The Real Story Behind the HIV-AIDS, 25 Years Later
It’s been 25 years since HIV/AIDS became a part of the national reality. People of color are disproportionately affected by the disease. Journalists on the forefront of reporting and dialoguing about HIV/AIDS and its impact in communities of color will talk about the challenges 25 years later.
PANEL:
Moderator, Sherri Williams, Columbus Dispatch
Phil Wilson, Black AIDS Institute;
Gil Robertson, freelance writer, columnist
Hilary Beard, freelance writer
David Malebranche, M.D., Emory University
Kevin Fenton, M.D., Director, CDC National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
3:45-5:00 Incarceration and Reentry: Addressing the Health of Those Returning Home
Nearly 2.2 million men and women are incarcerated in prisons and jails in the United States and a growing body of evidence points to levels of ill health and inadequate treatment during incarceration.  These factors further exacerbate health disparities present in underserved communities.  This panel will discuss the physical and mental health impacts upon those returning home to their communities and families, and the collateral consequences of reentry.
Moderator: Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell
Reception – TBA

Saturday  January 31

8:30 -9:00 a.m                 Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Children’s Health Town Meeting
Opening   A Conversation with Marian Wright Edelman, Children’s Defense Fund
The Holistic View of Child Health
The roles of housing, school, the economy, and community in the health of our children
Lisa Thornton, M.D., broadcaster
Mary Otto, Washington Post
Infant Health (low birth weight, premature birth, infant mortality, brain development)
James Collins, Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago
Child Nutrition, Childhood Obesity
Rovenia Brock, Fitness Expert (Invited)
Ian Smith, M.D., Million Pound Challenge  (Invited),
Valeria Smith, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
A partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation
Bryant Terry, Food and Society Policy Fellow (Invited)

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm  LUNCHEON

Health Disparities in Cancer
Linda Blount, Vice President, Health Disparities American Cancer Society
Living with and Covering Cancer
2:15 pm – 4:00 p.m.   SYMPOSIA
Women’s Health
Black women are more likely to die from heart disease, stroke, and cancer than their white counterparts. This panel will address the health issues that impact the health and wellbeing of women of color and how they are being covered in the media
Moderator: Eleanor Hoytt, Black Women’s Health Imperative
Men’s Health
Theodies Mitchell, Centers for Disease Control
Andrea King Collier, Author Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health
4:00 p.m. -5:30 p.m.   CLOSING SESSION – NABJ Takes a Stand
A roundtable discussion of strategies on covering the health and wellbeing of people of color. How do members move health and health policy stories forward in their publications, news programming and new media efforts? What are we willing to do to help close the gap in health disparities?
Facilitator: Angela Robinson, Host, IN CONTACT
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