New Tech Creates New Pressures
Kansas City, MO— September 11-12, 2009
Sponsored by the
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
!!!!!Registration is sold out!!!!! Email audreyl@rtnda.org to be placed on the waiting list
In addition to all of the pressures
you face reporting, photographing, producing, managing and editing your daily
newscasts for radio and TV, now you face new pressures as you move your stories
online. RTNDF is here to help!
This workshop addresses the new
pressures that comes with new technology.
- Do you need rules to cover how journalists in
your newsroom use such social media sites as Twitter or Facebook, even
when they’re "off the clock?"
- What new problems come when you open your Web site news stories to public comment? How responsible are you for what
others say?
- How do you know if the video, photos or information
that people post on your site is real?
- What are your ethical concerns when linking or
aggregating?
Of course, you still have your daily
journalistic pressures of how to:
- Use 911
calls
- Treat information about juveniles
- Cover victims and vulnerable people
- When to go “live” with a breaking story
- Use graphic audio and video
- Use confidential sources
Along with instruction on all the
workshop topics, you will also have the rare opportunity to hear from a LIVE focus group as regular folks from around Kansas City discuss
their likes and dislikes when it comes to local news. We will show them stories
and listen to their reactions. Hear the
unvarnished opinions from the people we all seek to serve.
Cost: The
workshop registration fee is ONLY $40 and includes the workshop
materials and meals. PLUS, RTNDF will pay for Friday night's hotel room for
out-of-town attendees. This special
rate is made possible through a grant to RTNDF from the Ethics and Excellence
in Journalism Foundation.
When: The workshop
begins Friday, September 11 at 6:30 p.m. with a live focus group of the public
and continues through 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Registration: This workshop is for journalists,
students and academics working in television, radio and online. Space is
limited and priority is given to RTNDA members. The Registration deadline is August 28. Click here to register.
Facilitators:
Lynn French is a veteran TV photojournalist. She
has been doing one-man-band reporting for 13 years, and has served as an
assignment editor, producer and what she calls “every job in production.” She
is currently the assistant chief photographer at KPNX-TV in
Phoenix
and is in
Athens
as part of Gannett's Broadcast division, which includes crews from KUSA, WXIA,
KARE and KSDK.
Al Tompkins has been in the
forefront of electronic journalism and his daily “Al’s Morning Meeting” on poynter.org is required reading for
professionals across the country. Al is also the author of Aim for the Heart, a classic text on writing for broadcast. He has
also taught thousands of journalists in more than 40 states and five countries
how to write more effectively and make sound ethical judgments. Al co-
authored four editions of RTNDF's Newsroom Ethics workbooks and DVDs, which
have been used in workshops nationwide.
Al Tompkins, The Poynter
Institute's Group Leader for Broadcasting and Online
Lynn French is a veteran TV photojournalist. She
has been doing one-man-band reporting for 13 years, and has served as an
assignment editor, producer and what she calls “every job in production.” She
is currently the assistant chief photographer at KPNX-TV in
Phoenix
and is in
Athens
as part of Gannett's Broadcast division, which includes crews from KUSA, WXIA,
KARE and KSDK.
Al Tompkins has been in the
forefront of electronic journalism and his daily “Al’s Morning Meeting” on 
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