FSNE Note
A series of regular updates that appear in upcoming Bulletins about Florida Society of Newspaper Editor activities.
Sept. 18, 2007
FSNE Colleagues: I earlier alerted you to the excellent Newstrain event coming to Tampa Nov. 2-3. Newstrain has a strong record in training for editors, especially frontline. This training will be Newstrain’s first to emphasize multimedia and include online producers. It is a perfect complement to the skills workshops we are having in Gainesville October 13 and Miami Dec. 1. FSNE is a primary sponsor of Tampa Newstrain along with the Online News Association and APME. Please consider sending a delegation to this very affordable opportunity. Details of the program are below. A registration form is found at www.newstrain.org and www.flpress.com.
Gil Thelen, FSNE executive director
At-a-glance
Become a more effective editor as newsrooms move to multimedia approaches. Two days of training in editing and management for changing newsrooms.
When:
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, 2007
- Nov. 2 – Program runs approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Nov. 3 – Program runs approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Enjoy a reception hosted by The Tampa Tribune on Friday evening.
Where:
The Tampa Tribune building at 200 S. Parker St., Tampa, FL 33606-2395
Cost:
$50 registration fee, which includes lunches and snacks.
Faculty:
Michael Roberts, deputy managing editor for staff development at The Arizona Republic. He is consistently a top-rated teacher at NewsTrain workshops around the country. At the Republic, he is responsible for all newsroom training, serves as writing coach, and edits major projects. Since 2006, Roberts has been part of the leadership team transforming the Republic into one of Gannett’s new Information Centers. In spring 2007, the conversion included more than 100 training sessions. Roberts helped create and launch News Train, designed and taught API’s first online seminar for copy editors, and is a regular speaker at National Writers Workshops, the Freedom Forum and regional AP and SPJ workshops. Before coming to the Republic in 2003, Roberts was features editor, AME/features-business, and then for 10 years the training editor/writing coach at The Cincinnati Enquirer. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a masters in training and human resource development from Xavier University.
Jody Brannon, Senior Editor, MSN.com. Jody Brannon took the Senior Editor position at MSN.com in 2006 after six years at USATODAY.com. She is MSN.com’s first blogger with a home-page presence. She is also the chief liaison with users. As the executive producer of news for USATODAY.com, Brannon handled breaking news and coordinated prime-time programming. She was previously the executive producer at Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive and served for two years as managing editor for washingtonpost.com During her time at washingtonpost.com, the site won an EPpy from Editor & Publisher for best news section in a newspaper online service. Brannon was editor of Sports Etc., a Seattle-based magazine, and has been a reporter, columnist and editor for The Seattle Times and The Tacoma News Tribune. Brannon received her Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication from the University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 1999.
Bob Steele, The Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values and the Senior Faculty in Ethics at The Poynter Institute. A Poynter faculty member since 1989, he’s taught hundreds of workshops and thousands of journalists and media leaders. He’s also led ethics and values sessions for nearly 100 news organizations across the country. He was the co-author of Doing Ethics in Journalism, published by The Society of Professional Journalists, and he has authored articles, case studies and handbooks for The American Society of Newspaper Editors, The Radio-Television News Directors Association, and other professional organizations and academic journals. He began his professional career in Bangor, Maine, in 1973 as a news reporter for WLBZ-TV. He spent a decade as a reporter, executive producer and news director in Maine, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Terry Eberle, executive editor, Florida Today. Terry Eberle has been recognized as the top editor in Gannett two times, as runner-up for editor of the year two times and among the top 10 editors another two times. He started at Florida Today in 2003, one week before the Columbia shuttle disaster. Before that, he was vice president/executive editor at the Indianapolis Star. Eberle grew up in Miami where his father was general manager and production director of the old Miami News.
Program highlights:
- Leading change
- The Big Picture: news and info on the Web
- Coaching writers
- Online story forms
- Multimedia story planning
- Working in teams
- Editing blogs
- Using databases effectively
To Register: Form at www.newstrain.org with detailed information.
Payment:
Your $50 registration fee is expected upon registration, prior to the seminar, to hold your spot. You may pay by credit card, check or money order.
To book a hotel:
Registrants should make their own reservations. Check www.newstrain.org soon for a list of affordable hotels near The Tampa Tribune.
For more information:
Rosemary Goudreau, Tampa Tribune, rgoudreau@tampatrib.com, 813-259-7142
Rosalie Stemer, APME NewsTrain, rstemer@yahoo.com, 203-667-7341
Carol Nunnelley, APME NewsTrain, cnunnelley@ap.org, 205-870-9686
Florida Partners:
Lead partners and hosts: The Tampa Tribune and Florida Society of Newspaper Editors
| Co-sponsors: | Florida Press Association Associated Press Bradenton Herald St. Petersburg Times The Miami Herald |