RTDNA Webinar - 'The Future Journalist'
Saying that journalism is at a crossroads is a great understatement and certainly no secret to RTDNA members.
For the pessimist, dwindling newspaper circulations, smaller TV audiences and thousands of lost jobs reinforce the idea that the traditional American media may be dying.
But to the optimist, new media platforms and fresh developments in technology present boundless opportunities for growth with virtually endless chances to reach a growing, more demanding news audience.
A common theme among all RTDNA members is that we want to know where journalism is going and, more importantly, we want to know how to get there.
Join RTDNA on March 2 at 1 p.m. EST as we team with Columbia University’s Sree Sreenivasan and Vadim Lavrusik - who also works on social media at the New York Times - as we discuss the future of journalism and each of the roles “The Future Journalist” will need to fulfill like: multimedia storyteller, blogger, community builder, content sharer, entrepreneur, metrics whiz, constant learner and visionary.
Registration: Free to RTDNA members
$14.95 for non-members
An archived version of the session will be available to RTDNA members after March 2.
Be sure to follow us @RTDNABootCamp on Twitter for daily updates and tips. We encourage you to ask questions in advance of the webinar so we can tailor the presentation to suit your concerns.
For questions about the webinar, please contact RTDNA’s Digital Media Editor, Ryan Murphy, at ryanm@rtdna.org
About the hosts:
Sree Sreenivasan previously hosted RTDNA’s “Social Media Boot Camp” and is the dean of student affairs and a professor of new media at Columbia University’s School of Journalism. He’s a self-proclaimed tech evangelist who ably maintains skepticism of new products. After eight years of technology reporting on television, Sree is now a contributing editor at DNAinfo.com.
In 2009, Sree was named one of AdAge's 25 media people to follow on Twitter and was one of 22 professors named to the "Top 100 Twitterers in Academia" by OnlineSchools.org (his Twitter feed is @sreenet).
Sree has taught Web workshops to more than 10,000 people in seven countries - journalists, lawyers, PR pros, diplomats, bankers, consultants, UN officials, librarians and students, among others. He’s also co-founder and former president of the South Asian Journalists Association.
Vadim Lavrusik (@lavrusik) is a digital storyteller who is currently working on social media at The New York Times and pursuing a Master of Science degree in Digital Media at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
Vadim is working on building NYC 3.0, a website that covers the city’s tech startup community. Prior to Columbia, he studied at the University of Minnesota where he received a B.A. in Journalism, summa cum laude, in 2009.
While at the University of Minnesota, Vadim worked as a reporter, managing editor and editor-in-chief for four years at The Minnesota Daily, the fourth largest newspaper in Minnesota.
