The New Newsroom Workshop (Rochester, N.Y.)

April 3 - April 3, 2009

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Featured Discussion Leaders

Michael Schwartz President, Business Power Session: Writing for Print in an Online World

Bill Watson Executive Editor, Pocono Record/Pocono Mountains Media Group, Stroudsburg, PA Session: Newsroom Transformation

Download Mary Glick's Survival Skills presentation here.

Download Bill Watson's Newsroom Transformation presentation here.

Note:  PDF files may be very large and will take some time to download.

Co-sponsored by the St. John Fisher College
Department of Communication/Journalism, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

In this one-day workshop, you’ll get an overview of the critical realities of today’s newsroom, where staffs are stretched, functions are streamlined or outsourced, and content is shared.

You’ll learn how newsrooms are re-engineering to deliver news and information across multiple platforms to multiple audiences.

And you’ll be one step closer to transforming your newsroom into a modern media organization.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Executive editors, managing editors, associate and assistant managing editors, and senior editors.

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Journalism Survival Skills.  To succeed in today’s competitive media world, journalists must be nimble, audience focused, and business literate.  It takes expertise that goes beyond reporting and editing the news. Discussion leader:  Mary Glick, associate director, API.
• Newsroom Transformation. Go through a newsroom transformation step-by-step and learn about the latest tools journalists use to connect with audiences across multiple platforms. Discussion leader: Bill Watson, executive editor, Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA
• Writing for Print in an Online World: Discover how to start changing at the most fundamental level -– dramatically shifting your storytelling approach so newspaper readers never feel like they’re getting “old news.” Discussion leader: Michael Schwartz, former training editor for Cox Newspapers, and president of Business Power.

WORKSHOP AGENDA

8:15 - 9:00 a.m.: Check in (Attendees need to be registered in advance for this program. Registration will not be taken the day of the event.)
9:00 a.m. - noon: Morning session
Noon - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch on your own
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Afternoon session

Directions

Campus Map

Campus Parking

Accommodations  The Brookwood Inn has a special "Fisher rate" (subject to availability) for those attending the workshop. (The Inn's contact information is included in the "Accommodations" link.)

Things to do in Rochester

Additional workshop dates and locations:

March 27: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

The Particulars

Please read:
:: API's Registration, Tuition and Hotel Policies
:: Special requirements for international members

Tuition: $195

Note: Unlike API's multi-day seminars, workshop tuition is transferable but not refundable.

Hotel/Meal Package: Attendees will be responsible for securing their own accommodations.
This charge is in addition to the tuition fee, and is paid directly to the hotel by the seminar member upon checkout.

Location: Wegmans School of Nursing (Room 100)
St. John Fisher College
3690 East Avenue
Rochester, New York

(This seminar has already occured)