ATT: Students, Job Seekers, Educators, Parents and Media Industry Professionals: Future of Media Education Webinar

On Thursday August 13 at 100pm ET leading media ecologist Jack Myers founder of MediaVillage and AdvancingDiversityorg moderates the next quotLeadership Conversationquot on the quotFuture of Education for Media Marketing Advertising ampamp Journalism amp8211 for Industry Professionals Educators Students ampamp Job Seekersquot with Dean Gracie LawsonBorders Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications Dean Mark Lodato SI Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and Andrea Press Media Studies Department Head University of Virginia The webinar is complimentary but to attend one must register at MediaVillagecom here Kai Wright Founder ampamp Curator of blacklist100 and Columbia University lecturer will join Myers for a keynote conversation to open the 90minute live quotMedia Education SummitquotquotWhether you are a student job seeker parent educator or media professional you will gain valuable insight on both the short and longterm future of media education during this 90minute webinar with leaders in the world of academia and social justicequot said Myers an education and diversity activist for the media and advertising community who has spent decades researching and reporting on the media marketing and advertising landscapeTopics discussed by Wright and the Deans in conversation with Myers includeRecommendations for advancing relevant educational connections and collaboration between the media community and academiaHow can we successfully attract diverse new majority talent to media and advertising professions especially from nontraditional sourcesHow can academic institutions help feed diverse leaders into senior positions of responsibility in media advertising and journalismWhat are the best models for assuring that diverse students see themselves reflected in the professional ranks of the media communityHow can we hold the media advertising and marketing community responsible for delivering on ambitious talent development goals and what are those goalsWhat are the realities confronting college students as they enter or return to school and what are the different models being testedWhat are college communications journalism and advertising programs doing to adapt their curriculum to the new realities of the fake news social media commercialfree environmentTo quote a section of Wright39s introduction of the quotblacklist100quot quotSorry but not sorry this isn39t a message of hope it39s a message to stay woke Because education representation and talent development are all critical components to building a healthy work environment ampamp community for all we cannot allow leaders to stay asleep at the wheel any longerquotDean LawsonBorders is a member of the advisory board of BlackPastorg and the editorial board of the International Journal on Media Management Her book Media Organizations and Convergence Case Studies of Media Convergence Pioneers focuses on convergence of technologies in media organizationsDean Lodato is making his first public appearance since joining the Newhouse School in July from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University where he established partnerships between the school and such major media outlets as NBC News CBS News ABC News Univision Fox Sports Arizona Pac12 Networks EW Scripps Co TEGNA and Meredith Corporation Lodato39s career in broadcast journalism preceded his academic career working at network affiliates in Phoenix San Francisco Washington DC and Ft Myers Florida as an investigative reporter political correspondent and anchorAndrea Press is the William R Kenan Jr Professor of Media Studies and Sociology at the University of Virginia where she founded the Media Studies Program Professor Press is internationally known for her interdisciplinary scholarship on the media audience on feminist media issues and on media and social class in the US She has authored the forthcoming US MediaReady Feminism and Everyday Sexism and Women Watching Television Gender Class and Generation In The American Television ExperienceJack Myers Leadership Conversations support the MediaVillage Media Industry Advancing Diversity ampamp Economic Relief Fund efforts Ten organizations were selected as recipients of the Relief Fund by the Advancing Diversity Council an organization of 45 industry diversity and inclusion leaders focused on advancing diversity from advocacy to activism The 10 beneficiaries are 4A39s Foundation ADCOLOR Advancing DiversityMentor39s Playlist American Education Foundation AEF AAF AdCamp for High School Students Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University International Radio ampamp TV Society Foundation IRTS Jacaronda Foundation College Loan Relief John A Reisenbach Foundation and TD Foundation for Children of Wounded Warriors and Fallen HeroesFor interviews with Jack Myers who is author of the bestselling 2013 book Hooked Up A New Generation39s Surprising Take on Sex Politics and Saving the World and recently wrote quotThe numbers don39t lie diverse workforces make companies more moneyquot for MarketWatch39s Opinion page to learn more about MediaVillage39s and AdvancingDiversityorg39s diversity and education programs or to get a copy of Myers39 white paper on quotThe Case for Education ampamp Diversity as Tools for Business Growth in Marketing ampamp Mediaquot contact DianeStefani19gmailcom

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