Journalism and New Media

Leaders:

Jody Kleinberg Biehl, Director, Journalism Certificate Program, University at Buffalo
Rosalind Jarrett, BA ’69, Executive in Charge of Publicity for the Screen Actors Guild Awards®

Guest Speakers:
Pam Benson, BA ’76, Senior Producer for National Security at CNN
Marie Hickey, New York Bureau Chief for the syndicated entertainment show “Extra”
Drew Kerr, BA ’79, President/Principal – Four Corners Communications
Scott Kerr, Director at Time Inc (Style & Entertainment Group magazine brands)
David Alan Kogut, President of both Northeast Venture Group Inc. and Life Course Media
Steve Liesman, BA ’85, Senior Economics Reporter for CNBC
Drew Livingston, BA ’95, Chief Creative Officer-Co Founder TrashTalkFCM
Thomas McDonald, BA ’97, Product Development Manager at MTV Networks
Lorrie Lynch Meier, news and pop culture writer

It’s a new media world. This multimedia workshop offers a look at how journalism is changing and what today’s journalists need to know to stay on top.

Are newspapers dying? Will local news save the industry? Will Twitter kill it? We’ll look at these questions and more.

The workshop will also offer an immersion into the art of journalistic storytelling as we examine how best to tell stories with text, photos, video and graphics.

We will feature speakers from major television, magazine, and online news outlets as well as tech gurus who will present ways to make the most of online tools, including apps.