Prairie Regional Pro Dev Session
April 14, 2012 • Red River College, 160 Princess Street, Winnipeg, MB
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To become a 2012 Prairie Regional Pro Dev Session Sponsor, simply download our Sponsorship Form (PDF), select your Sponorship Level, and return your completed application to the address indicated on the form.
Registration
Online registration is now closed, you can print the attached PDF Registration Form and register onsite at the event.
Preliminary Program At-A-Glance
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| 8:00 am |
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| 9:00 am | Bringing the Jets back
Managing the media circus surrounding the biggest Moderator: Jon Lovlin, Global News |
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| 10:30 am | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:45 am | Students Panel
Hear from the next generation of journalists. Red River college students share their thoughts on the future of journalism, where they get their news from and why it's rarely TV or Radio. Moderator: Joanne Kelly |
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch and Keynote Speaker
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| 1:30 pm | Ethics Roundtable
You can't avoid the ethical dilemmas and you can't avoid this session! The audience becomes the panel as we explore challenging ethical issues we face every day. Moderator: Richard Cloutier |
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| 3:00 pm | Refreshment Break | ||
| 3:15 pm | Social Media and Journalism
Many journalists use social media to promote their work, but beyond the promotional value of Twitter and Facebook are opportunities to improve your journalism. Angela Pacienza, Director of Online News at The Canadian Press, leads a discussion on how social media can help reporters and news directors find leads, contacts and information for use in their stories, all the while keeping them engaged with their audiences more directly than has ever been available before. Angela will show how to use tools like Tweetdeck and Hootsuite to effectively use the time you spend with social media.
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| 6:30 pm | Prairie Region Awards Banquet &
Lifetime Achievement Awards Awards Dinner will be held at Red River College, Princess Street Campus The RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding service and continued excellence during their careers in broadcast journalism. This year RTDNA will honour Alex Docking and Murray Blakely. Plus, the coveted 2011 RTDNA Awards will be presented as RTDNA Canada honours the best in electronic journalism in the Prairie Region. Hosted by: Eva Kovacs, Global Winnipeg Morning News |
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The Roblin Centre
160 Princess Street
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1K9
Phone: (204)-632-3960
Fax: (204)-949-9188
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