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By Ed Esposito, Past Chair & Ryan G. Murphy, RTDNA Digital Media Editor
With
the whack of his gavel, RTDNA Chairman Kevin Benz closed the Excellence
in Journalism 2011 Conference at Tuesday's closing business session.
Benz takes over the chairmanship from Mark Kraham who served in the
role for 17 months, the second-longest term in the association's
history. Kraham now assumes the RTDNF chairmanship...Read More
By Stephen Ross, RTDNA Editorial Team
Andy
Carvin, Senior Strategist for National Public Radio (NPR), addressed
RTDNA and SPJ conventioneers Tuesday morning, encouraging them to
cultivate sources by nurturing communities through social media, and he
urged the audience to understand that social media are experiments in
progress...Read More
Photo of the Day!
Past Chairman Mark Kraham (now RTDNF Chairman),Chairman Kevin Benz & Chairman-Elect Vincent Duffy pose following the RTDNA closing business session.
Video of the Day!
By Ryan G. Murphy, RTDNA Digital Media Editor
The Radio Television Digital News Association awarded its highest honor,
the Paul White Award, to broadcasting pioneer Linda Ellerbee and
honored CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent and “60 Minutes”
Correspondent, Lara Logan, with the 2011 John F. Hogan Distinguished
Service Award on Monday evening in front of several hundred guests
during the Excellence in Journalism 2011 Conference in New Orleans...Read More
By Brandon Penny, RTDNA Editorial Team
Keynote
speaker Jeff Fager, Chairman of CBS News and Executive Producer for “60
Minutes," spoke before a packed crowd of journalists at the 2011
Excellence in Journalism conference about his experiences at “60
Minutes” and how real reporting can succeed in a multimedia platform...Read More
RTDNA Director-at-Large David Louie snapped pictures for RTDNA.org...View Here
Photo of the Day!
RTDNA Editorial Team Member Brandon Penny interviews Lara Logan.
By Christina Winske & Brandon Penny, RTDNA Editorial Team
Guest speaker Soledad O' Brien opened the first Super Session of the
Excellence in Journalism 2011 Conference by reminding the jam-packed
room of journalists: “The human experience is everyone’s experience..." Read More
Photos by Stephen Ross, RTDNA Editorial Team
View images from the CNN Newsource Opening Reception...View Here!
By Brandon Penny, RTDNA Editorial Team
RTDNA officially kicked off the Excellence in Journalism 2011
conference with its opening business session where five exemplary
leaders were honored for their service to the association. The session
also marked the beginning of the 2011 RTDNA election season...Read More
RTDNA bestowed several of its highest honors to five
exemplary leaders on Sunday during its annual business meeting at the
Excellence in Journalism 2011 Conference in New Orleans...Read More
Currently, one candidate is running for RTDNA Chairman-Elect, one
candidate is running for RTDNA Treasurer and two
candidates are running to fill two Director-at-Large seats on the RTDNA
Board of Directors...Read More
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Photo of the Day!
Rob Downey Citation recipients David Evans and Jane Nassiri pose
with some of the finest leaders in RTDNA history following the opening
business session at #EIJ11.
Video of the Day
Benz Takes Over As RTDNA Chair; Duffy, Tobia, Shelley & McGarvey Elected
RTDNA Honors Linda Ellerbee, Lara Logan on Day 2 of #EIJ11
RTDNA Honors Esposito, Evans, Gault, Nassiri & Seaman during Annual Business Meeting at #EIJ11
