TAB, the Radio Television News Directors Foundation and the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters will stage a day-long, multi-track newsroom seminar on Oct. 24 in Dallas.
The event will feature some of the state’s best broadcast journalists and the nation’s top newsroom trainers with sessions for professionals in radio and TV newsrooms.
The workshop will take place from 8:30 am-6pm on the Southern Methodist University campus.
This year’s workshop also will focus on the effects of technology and social media in the news gathering process.
“We’re looking at how newsrooms are using Twitter and Facebook to not only gather news but to disseminate it, as well as our usual emphasis on core skills sessions on reporting, producing and videography,” said Michael Schneider, TAB’s director of programs.
Al Tompkins, broadcast/online group leader for the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will start the day with a session looking at social media and its effect on newsgathering and news dissemination.
“Our goal is to provide newsrooms with the tools they need to keep sharp as well as impart new information on how our industry is evolving and what newsrooms need to do to change with the times,” Schneider said.
The registration fee is $50/professional and $20/student (lunch included).
