
New Media Leadership Forum
posted on 8.23.2011TAB Building
(502 E. 11th St., Ste. 200, Austin, 78701)
The national news director fellowship program will take place Oct. 12-15 in Austin at the TAB building.
The Kneeland Project is named for Carole Kneeland, TAB?s 1997 Broadcaster of the Year, who died in 1998 after a battle with cancer.
Kneeland was the innovative and highly-respected, longtime news director of Austin?s KVUE-TV.
Only 18 fellows from a national pool of applicants are selected to participate in the conference focusing on the changing nature of the broadcast television news industry.
The Texas news directors selected are:
- Martha Kattan, KUVN-TV Dallas
- Austin Kellerman, KTXS-TV Abilene
- Kimberly Wyatt, KGBT-TV Harlingen
The forum will cover such issues as:
- Tackling mobile and social media to win the local news race
- How to win 2012 election coverage
- Leadership and ethics in a 24-7 socially networked world
- What the broadcasting world will look like in the next three, five, ten years and beyond
- How core values and high ethical standards must continue to play a major role in all media
- Leading Millennials
- How newsroom systems must evolve to meet the challenges of our business
This year?s faculty includes:
- Joan Barrett, KWCH Wichita, KS
- Kevin Benz, CultureMap, Austin
- Andrew Finlayson, Smith Geiger, Westlake Village, CA
- Chip Mahaney, Scripps, Cincinnati, OH
- Josh Rickel, Mass Relevance, Austin
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