Emmy Entries Due!

Don’t forget: June 6 is the postmark date for entries in the 2002-2003 Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Awards. The Call for Entries is posted on line at www.NTAUpperMidwest.org.

Silver Circle Nominations Requested

Silver Circle Chair Sarah Holland (KMSP/WFTC) is asking for nominees for The Silver Circle. “This is the most meaningful honor we bestow,” said Holland. “It is how we recognize the men and women who have made significant contributions to our industry for 25 years or more. We need your help to identify and honor these individuals.” Nominations are due June 20, 2003. Silver Circle Presentations will be made at the Emmy Awards Gala on October 25, 2003. `The nomination form is posted online, or email [email protected] to request a copy in the mail.

Molly Ivins: “Critiquing the Media”
June 20, 2003, 12 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center, Johnson Great Room

The Minnesota Journalism Center presents Molly Ivins, best-selling author and widely syndicated political columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Ivins is recognized as one of the nation's wittiest and best-known political pundits. Author of the best-selling book, "Molly Ivins Can't Say That Can She?," she is the former co-editor of the liberal monthly Texas Observer and former Rocky Mountain bureau chief for The New York Times. She has also worked for the Houston Chronicle, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Dallas Times Herald.

Ivins' lunchtime talk to the journalist audience will critique media coverage of national events, public and political figures and current affairs.

Cost to attend the event is $20. Due to limited seating, please RSVP by June 13.Call (612) 625-8095, with your menu option of either chicken or salmon (vegetarian option available upon request). Visit www.alumnicenter.umn.edu/ Dir&Parking.htm for driving directions, parking information and map.

Poynter Institute Seminars

Leadership Conference for TV News Anchors
August 3-5, 2003, Apply by 6/9/03

Where can you learn from BOB SCHIEFFER, moderator of Face the Nation, CBS News; FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, news anchor, CNN, and BARBARA COCHRAN, president, Radio-Television News Directors Association - all in the same seminar? These outstanding professionals will serve as visiting faculty at Poynter's Leadership Conference for TV News Anchors seminar to be held this August. They'll join Poynter's Jill Geisler and Lillian Dunlap to help TV news anchors with a desire to grow as journalists and leaders. The tuition is only $300 and that includes your hotel stay in St. Petersburg. Don't miss the APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 9. You can apply online at www.poynter.org/2003/Anchors or contact Jacqueline Davidson at 888-POYNTER (888-769-6837) or [email protected] for an application form.

Tough Choices: Doing Ethics
August 17-22, 2003, Apply by 6/23/03.
Recent stories regarding "one of journalism's biggest ethical earthquakes" at The New York Times remind us once again about the important connection between ethics and excellent journalism. This seminar will be led by Bob Steele, Poynter's Ethics group leader, and will feature an outstanding visiting faculty that includes: Angie Kucharski, News Director, KCNC-TV; Marianna Spicer-Brooks, Director, News Standards & Practices, CNN; and Tom Huang, Texas Living Editor, Dallas Morning News. The tuition is only $450 and that includes your hotel stay in St. Petersburg, Florida. Don't miss the APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 23, 2003. You may apply online at http://www.poynter.org/2003/Ethics, or contact Jeannie Nissenbaum at 888-POYNTER (888-769-6837) or [email protected] for an application form.

Producing TV Newscasts
August 17-22, 2003, Apply by 6/23/03
Newscast line producers and executive producers with at least three years of full-time newsroom experience will learn the principles of newsroom leadership and how to coach reporters and photojournalists to tell more memorable stories. This seminar will be led by Poynter's group leader for broadcast and online Al Tompkins. Visiting faculty members will include Jen Pifer, Senior Futures Editor, "Life from the Headlines," CNN and Angie Kucharski, News Director, KCNC. The tuition is only $450 and that includes your hotel stay in St. Petersburg, Florida. Don't miss the APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 23, 2003. You may apply online at www.poynter.org/2003/ProdTVNewsAug or contact Fanua J. Borodzicz at 888-POYNTER (888-769-6837) or [email protected] for an application form.

The Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program

Applications are being accepted for the News Reporter Training Program. Applicants must be college graduates and fulfill other requirements. For details about the program, visit www.theBroadcaster.com, select INFO, then TRAINEE. The deadline has been extended to June 30th. Applications are available as a download only.

If you are a small-medium size television or radio station interested in taking a trainee early 2004, email us at [email protected] and request information on the program, or visit our website. Information will be emailed as a PDF file. The Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization formed in 1993 to provide training opportunities to minority college graduates in television and radio news reporting and news management.

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