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The 36th Annual Murrow Symposium 'Transformational Media': A Multidisciplinary Event (Video)
Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2010
Contact:
Mary Hawkins, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, 509-335-6507, mhawkins@wsu.edu
Mary Hawkins, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, 509-335-6507, mhawkins@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash.—Transformational Media is the title of this year's Murrow Symposium, April 19 and 20 on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Wash. Workshops, group discussions, and a special evening program will explore new trends and challenges in the fields of journalism, broadcasting, organizational communications and public relations.
NPR's Deborah Amos and PBS's Judy Woodruff are this year's recipients of the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award. They will be joined by key NPR staff as well as representatives from Amazon Web Services, Edelman Digital, Seattle Times Online, Associated Press, Microsoft Advertising, ProPublica, and King Broadcasting, among others. The daytime sessions and evening roundtable discussion are all free and open to the public, but registration is required in advance.
Founding dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Lawrence Pintak, encourages WSU faculty and students from every discipline to attend.
"
T
he way in which we as a society communicate – how we network with friends, family and co-workers, how we get our news, how we market products – is dramatically changing. So this symposium is relevant to everyone from journalists to scientists to accountants,” Pintak said.
The morning plenary session is called “
New Media, New Careers: How Social Media Is Transforming the Communication Landscape.” It explores how social media - Blogs, Twitter, and online communities - are creating a new multidirectional, multi-platform public sphere. The panel of experts will discuss the latest developments for both current and soon-to-be professionals. Other sessions will address communication knowledge across a range of subjects and platforms.
To mark the rapid changes in media, a new award will be presented: The Edward R. Murrow Award for Media Entrepreneurship. The first award will be presented to
ProPublica
for its work as a nonprofit provider of hard-hitting online journalism.
"It’s fitting to reward the outstanding leadership provided by ProPublica at a time when others are cutting back or eliminating investigative journalism," said Pintak.
For those unable to attend, there will be an opportunity to join the plenary sessions online via the Virtual Journalism Summit. A limited number of participants will be admitted to join the virtual world, 2nd Life, and video of the plenary events will also be streamed to the general public. Information about the Virtual Journalism Summit is posted at the symposium site at
http://murrowsymposium.wsu.edu/
.
There will be a Seattle Murrow Symposium event on April 21. Judy Woodruff, Deborah Amos and Murrow College Dean Lawrence Pintak will discuss how Public Television and National Public Radio cover world news in a discussion at Seattle's Town Hall, co-hosted by CityClub. Register for that event at
www.seattlecityclub.org
.
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