Broadcasters flock to Newsroom Workshop

More than 150 broadcasters attended the Oct. 27 Southwest Broadcast Newsroom Workshop.

The day-long annual event, staged on the University of Texas at Austin campus, is a joint project between TAB and the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters.

This year’s workshop focus was on storytelling, enterprise reporting and legal issues affecting the newsroom.

TAB thanks the workshop sponsors, event organizers and University of Texas staff:

• AJA Video Systems
• Kneeland Project for Responsible Journalism
• Media Law Resource Center
• Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
• University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism
• Glenn Frankel, Director, U.T. School of Journalism
• Diana Heidgerd, Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
• Phillip Salazar, U.T. School of Journalism

Special thanks go to the workshop presenters for sharing their time and expertise:

• Jarrod Allen, KLBJ-AM Austin
• Stacy Allen, Jackson Walker LLP Austin
• Mose Buchele, KUT-FM Austin
• Brian Collister, WOAI-TV San Antonio
• Chad Cross, KXAN-TV Austin
• Amy Davis, KPRC-TV Houston
• Emily Donahue, KUT-FM Austin
• Joe Ellis, KXAN-TV Austin
• Chris Fox, Texas State Networks Austin
• Marc Fuller, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas
• Terrence Henry, StateImpact Texas / KUT-FM Austin
• Josh Hinkle, KXAN-TV Austin
• Todd Jeffries, KLBJ-AM Austin
• Rudy Koski, KTBC-TV Austin
• John Ladle, AJA Video Systems
• Joe Larsen, Sedgwick LLP Houston
• Barbara McCarley, KLBJ-AM Austin
• Melissa Mendoza, CBS Radio Houston
• Ted Oberg, KTRK-TV Houston
• Ben Philpott, KUT-FM Austin
• Christie Post, KEYE-TV Austin
• Laura Prather, Haynes and Boone LLP Austin
• Leslie Rangel, KFDM-TV Beaumont
• David Raziq, KHOU-TV Houston
• Les Rose, CBS News Los Angeles, CA
• Chris Sadeghi, KXAN-TV Austin
• Al Tompkins, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL
• Pam Vaught, KTBC-TV Austin
• Frank Volpicella, KVUE-TV Austin
• Nancy Zambrano, KTBC-TV Austin