This might be of interest to those of you in the DC area.... -ac
-----Original Message----- From: Gloria Pan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 6/6/2005 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Carvin, Andy Subject: Two fellowships available for The Media Center's Cross-Platform Media Teams program The Media Center invites bloggers and leaders of small, independent, alternative or start-up media ventures to submit applications for two fellowships to: Cross-Platform Media Teams: Strategic Thinking for a Multi-Platform World June 21 - June 24, 2005, Reston, Virginia (in the Washington, D.C. metro area) The fellowships cover tuition only. Recipients will be responsible for their own travel and lodging costs. Recipients must be able to attend the entire program and take on the role of program reporters. In this executive learning program, organizational teams of senior representatives from both Web and legacy operations will tackle the challenges and rewards of multi-platform media and interdepartmental cooperation, and take a critical cross-company survey of opportunities on the media horizon. The program includes on-site case studies of Washingtonpost.com and Discovery Communications, hosted by their top executives. Steve Hills, president and general manager of the Washington Post, Larry Kramer, president of CBS Digital Media and founder of CBS MarketWatch, and Neal Scarbrough, senior news editor at ESPN, lead the following roster of discussion leaders: o John Boland, Executive VP and Chief Content Officer, KQED o Adriaan Bouten, VP Business Development and Technology, USAToday.com o James Brady, Executive Editor, Washingtonpost.com o Neil Chase, Deputy Editor for News, The New York Times o Jeff Cole, Director, UCLA Center for Communication Policy o Susan DeFife, President & CEO, Backfence.com o Joe Fiveash, SVP/GM, The Weather Channel Interactive o Craig Forman, Vice President & General Manager, News and Information, Yahoo! o Fran Hauser, General Manager, Time Inc. INTERACTIVE o David C. Leavy, Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Communications, Discovery Communications, Inc. o Caroline Little, Publisher, Washingtonpost.com o Michael Maness, VP/New Media, Delawareonline.com o Betsy Lake Morgan, Vice President for Business Development, CBS News o Howard Owens, Director of New Media, Ventura County Star o David Payne, SVP and General Manager, CNN.com o Mark Potts, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Backfence.com o Steven Rosenbaum, CEO, Camera Planet o Vivian Schiller, SVP & GM, Discovery Times Channel o Halley Suitt, Blogger, Halley's Comment o Charles Tillinghast, General Manger and Publisher, MSNBC.com o Jeff Webber, Senior VP and Publisher, USAToday.com o Julie Willis, SVP, US Nets Marketing, Discovery Networks o Kinsey Wilson, Vice President and Editor in Chief, USAToday.com o Marcus Xiang, CEO, PDX.CN For more program agenda and other details, please visit: http://www.mediacenter.org/content/5103.cfm Please send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] a brief statement about who you are and why you're interested in the program. The application deadline is noon ET, Friday, June 10, 2005. Gloria Pan Communications Director, The Media Center at API 11690 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20191-1498 (703) 715-3301 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mediacenter.org _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
