Day Two: Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith
We started this morning with a session with photojournalists Gary Fong & Kenneth Irby. Interestingly, Kenneth is a ordained pastor, which made for a very fun Gospel-like presentation!
I’ll be presenting along side La Shawn Barber at 1PM about the power of blogging. I have read La Shawn’s blog for a long time, but I never had the honor of meeting her. I’m hoping to learn a thing or two from her, as well as from the many other great presenters today.
You can get a preview of what I will be talking about via SlideShare.net.
Day One: Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith
Dr. Robert Case is providing introductions for the start of the conference. I just heard the sad news that my good friend Rudy Carrasco won’t be here tonight. 
Herbert Lowe will be giving the introduction keynote speech.
Herbert Lowe is director of communications for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, a nonprofit research and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the foundation in May 2007, Lowe was a newspaper reporter at Newsday in New York City. He is a past president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the world’s oldest and largest organization for journalists of color.Lowe was elected on Aug. 8, 2003, to a two-year term as NABJ president, and served as chairman of its 19-member board of directors and chief spokesman during a period of unprecedented growth. The total of full, associate and student members swelled to a record 4,695 in July 2004, a 43 percent increase from a year earlier.
In NY for WJI Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith
Hi everyone, Sorry I have been missing in action for so long. There has been a lot going on, starting with a recent job change and a move. I hope to keep blogging here, though it won’t be with the same regularity that you have seen in the past.
I’m in NY City this evening, and I got to bring along my lovely bride. I’ll be speaking tomorrow along side LaShawn Barber about blogging at the WJI Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith. I’ll post up some thoughts later tomorrow, but for the most part, I’m going to spend my time sharing with students and having a nice time with my wife.
Professional and college journalists of faith will gather together for the annual World Journalism Institute weekend conference for minority journalists of faith. The conference will take place at The King’s College in midtown Manhattan.This unique conference is designed to provide the Christian minority journalist with a brief introduction to the courses and networking of the World Journalism Institute.
Those who attend will be encouraged and challenged to integrate their Christian faith and journalism practice in a fashion appropriate for today’s mainstream newsrooms. The conference is an opportunity to meet other like-minded journalists from around the country to discuss issues facing the minority journalist of faith.
The conference will be composed of lectures, seminars, media tours and fellowship. The third annual Samuel R. Cornish Lecture will be given in honor of Cornish, who founded the first African-American newspaper.
Heads Up: Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith
I’ll be part of a panel discussing blogs, and online writting at this year’s WJI Conference for Minority Journalists of Faith. You can see the full list of educators who will be presenting.
Professional and college journalists of faith will gather together for the annual World Journalism Institute weekend conference for minority journalists of faith. The conference will take place at The King’s College in midtown Manhattan.This unique conference is designed to provide the Christian minority journalist with a brief introduction to the courses and networking of the World Journalism Institute.
Those who attend will be encouraged and challenged to integrate their Christian faith and journalism practice in a fashion appropriate for today’s mainstream newsrooms. The conference is an opportunity to meet other like-minded journalists from around the country to discuss issues facing the minority journalist of faith.
The conference will be composed of lectures, seminars, media tours and fellowship. The third annual Samuel R. Cornish Lecture will be given in honor of Cornish, who founded the first African-American newspaper.
ENROLLMENT CAP
Enrollment for the weekend conference is limited only by classroom size. Carpe diem!COST
Because of generous underwriting, a registration fee of $50 is the cost. World Journalism Institute will provide meals and some classroom materials.
I'll be at NSHMBA's 18th Annual Conference and Career Expo
I’ll be heading out to Houston TX on Thursday for NSHMBA’s 18th Annual Conference and Career Expo. I’ll be saying a few words at a the Proctor & Gamble Luncheon, but otherwise its going to be just a time to meet up with our members, and do some networking. You can learn more and register by going to the NSHMBA web site.
Thousands of Hispanic MBA students and professionals will attend the conference looking for career opportunities and professional development. In addition to a very informative conference of business issues, NSHMBA organizes perhaps one of the most preeminent career expos around to provide Hispanic students an opportunity to network with the corporate recruiters.Last year was yet another success with 6,800 of the best and the brightest Hispanic MBAs professionals and students, 237 corporations, and 74 academic institutions attending. Each year the event has grown and this year we are expecting more than 7,000 attendees.
Dates: October 4 -6, 2007
Career Expo Dates: October 5 & 6, 2007
Expected Attendance: over 7,000
Conference Location:
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
Busy Schedule these days…
I’ve been real busy the last couple weeks, so here are my apologies for the lack of frequent posting. I have some homework to catch up on tonight, and I have a presentation to prepare for Saturday. I’ll be talking about using the Internet to help win political campaigns to a group of students from Patrick Henry College. Since I was a home schooled student, I’m looking forward to speaking to the group.
I’ll also be introducing the keynote speaker and sharing a few words at the NSHMBA scholarship Luncheon sponsored by Procter & Gamble at NSHMBA “Leading With Influence” Conference & Career Expo. Should be a great event.
Finaly, in November, I’ll be part of a panel discussion on the power of the Internet in journalism (they got my mug shot and info here). I’m excited because I’ll get to meet La Shawn Barber. You can learn about the whole list of great speakers here.
From the vault: Brownback for President?
For those non-political readers, don’t say I didn’t warn you. I was at CPAC 2007 just a few weeks ago, and got to record Brownback answering some questions. Since I was just putting up some other videos, I thought I would throw this one up.
Google, Fairness, Bias: Talking to Eliot Schrage
Update: David All has posted some thoughts on the conversation with Schrage.
Google’s top executives are known to contribute heavily to Democratic pols. And the allegations raised by prominent bloggers in the conservative ’sphere like Michelle Malkin and others brings to light the notion that at some time, some video might be removed, or perhaps, will never be featured.
As I said earlier, I like YouTube’s new editor, Steve Grove. He seems honest and objective and I trust him to give all content a fair shake. But, I’m just one conservative. And this is a very big sphere.
So how can Google + YouTube take steps now to avoid an editorial controversy in the immediate near future?
Read David’s full post – its quite substantial and has some key ideas and warnings that would apply to anyone involved in corporate communications or campaign management.
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After the keynote (at Politics Online 2007), I had the chance to tape a conversation between David All (David All Group) and Eliot Schrage (VP at Google) on fairness and bias and what is Google doing to preserve objectivity. The noise is high, so you are going to have to do a bit of lip-reading, but notice his look when he sees me taping…listen in.
Precious…
Politics Online: Keynote Session with Eliot Schrage, Google.com
Eliot Schrage is VP of Global Communications for Google, Inc. He is a TERRIBLE public speaker! I mean, really bad. I mean, like first year Public Speaking 101 bad.
He starts off arguing that Google is content neutral, and argues that even though some may not like it, they are obligated to allow all sorts of content. It made me wonder how he would answer questions about Michelle Malkin’s HotAir videos that have been removed because they where critical of radical islam?
He predicts political “spyware” in the coming elections. You could hear a “hmm” in the room full of online political strategists. He poses potential legal questions as a result of emerging technologies in political campaigns. For example, is it legal to send text messages to a person located in close proximity of a polling place?
He is opening up for Q&A. I sense a negative vibe in the room towards Google. He got a question about click fraud, and someone just asked him about China and sensorship. He is obviously getting a bit defensive…and the crowd laughed at his reaction when the question was asked.
So You Want to Build a Web Team: What You Need to Know Before you Begin
We’re just about ready for the second morning plenary. My boss, Chuck DeFeo is one of the presenters, so it should be interesting. I’m hoping he’ll say my name and give me my 30 seconds of fame.
11:23 – Introductions. How to build a web team, and what are the right ways to do it. The only other guy I know up on the panel is Patrick Ruffini, who is working on the Rudy Giuliani campaign.
Q: What kind of people are you hiring.
Ruffini: Seven categories. The online campaign has to be completely integrated with your traditional campaign. Your web team needs to speak the campaign language. You need to have someone who knows what the people in the field need. Integration is key.
Joe Trippi: There shouldn’t be a wall between the online strategy guys (web team) and the traditional campaign teams. Field is offline AND online.
Chuck DeFeo: Campaigns are broken down into 3 areas: Communication, Finance, and Political. Over all of those there is a strategy (like Joe in the Dean campaign). Your eCampaign has to reflect how you are organizing for your strategy. “It’s integrated with all three of those.”
11:36 — They are getting deep into political campaigns strategy, and discussing how online strategy implementation is different. I’m not a political science guy, so some of this stuff isn’t all that interesting, but some of the concepts could be related to any communications strategy.
A key point is that to execute effective online strategy, you have to have buy-in all the way from the top. The implementation of an online strategy has to be in focus with the organizational goals. This is challenging when you have higher-ups who don’t get it when it comes to technology, and “tie the hands” of their web guys.
Jerome Armstrong is talking about he got Mark Warner to let him use Second Life for his campaign. It was not well received in the political world, but it was very well received by the technical world — the bloggers, among others.
How to deal with negative viral crisis: Flood the zone. Makaca was a problem because the campaign did not respond to the video. Another example is Romney. Someone posted a negative video, and Romney responded by taping a phone call with a conservative blogger responding to the negative video. He overtook the story, and drove the message.
They are talking about political campaigns in today’s YouTube world. They all agree each candidate should have a videographer follow the candidate 24/7 and post daily video journals. Of course, you still do the more traditional “tracker.” You can also use viral “citizen” videographers to send in videos, reducing your costs.
12:10PM – We are going to Q&A, but here is a video clip of some thoughts on YouTube.
Also there, David All, Patrick Ruffini, and Matt Lewis (with whom I shared the video), and Robert Bluey. Check out their comments as well.
