Survive and Thrive in TV

In a news business filled with buzz words like blogging, “backpack journalism”, and “repurposing for the web”, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that, in the end, it’s still all about good storytelling. Both photographers and reporters are invited to attend this day long program. There will be break out sessions for both reporters and photographers, and critiques (VHS only) at both stops. Learn from experts who can provide tools to help you master your craft—both as it exists today, and as it may exist tomorrow.

Faculty & Staff

John Goheen

is the only three-time winner of NPPA's Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year. He is also a Sprague recipient, the NPPA’s highest honor. He helped create the Advanced Team Storytelling Workshop, and is a regular on the Workshop’s faculty. John has worked as a one-man-band covering local, national, and international stories for over 25 years, long before anyone came up with the term “backpack journalist”.

Joshua Shea

is the 2007 Editor of the Year and has won 14 NPPA BOP awards. He is an Editor at KCNC in Denver. Previous career stops include, KMGH/Denver, and KOCO/Oklahoma City, where he worked as both an Editor and a Producer.

Joe Fryer

works on daily stories and special projects at KARE-TV in Minneapolis. He was runner-up for this year’s NPPA Photojournalism Award for Reporting, and received the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Writing in 2006.

Deborah Potter

is the Executive Director of the NewsLab (www.newslab.org), an online resource center for journalists in Washington, D.C. Deborah leads workshops for journalists across the United States and around the world. She was a past executive director of the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, and spent more than 20 years in TV news, including 16 as a network correspondent for CBS News and CNN.

Steve Sweitzer

, director of the Airborne TV Seminar, is news operations manager at WISH-TV, Indianapolis. A past president of the NPPA, Sweitzer is a former Indiana TV News Photographer of the Year.

Rochester, NY

October 19th & 20th

Critiques (VHS tape only):

Friday, Oct 19

Seminar:

Saturday, Oct 20

Registration opens 7:30 am on Saturday.

Seminar begins 8:00 am

Event Location:

Rochester Institute of Technology

Frank E Booth Fine Arts Building
Andrews Memorial Dr
Rochester, NY 14623

Hotel

Radisson Hotel

175 Jefferson Rd
Rochester, NY 14623

Phone: (585) 475-1910

Mention NPPF before September 21 and receive a special $94 rate

Des Moines, IA

October 20th & 21st

Critiques (VHS tape only):

Saturday, Oct 20

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Seminar:

Sunday, Oct 21

Critiques and seminar hosted by WHO-TV.

Registration opens 8:00 am on Sunday.

Seminar begins 8:30 am

Event Location:

WHO-TV

1801 Grand
Des Moines, IA

Hotel

Quality Inn & Suites Event Center

929 3rd St
Des Moines, IA 50309

Phone: (515) 282-5251

Mention NPPA before October 6 and receive a special $72 rate

Fees

• $50 for NPPA members, and photographers/reporters accompanied by an NPPA member
• $60 for non NPPA members
• $35 for students
• $10 late fee will be added for registrations received after October 5th.

Stations sending five or more people pay only $45 per person.

• View the 2007 Seminar Schedule.
• Download the Airborne TV Seminar Registration Form (PDF, 48kB).
• For additional information, please contact Seminar Chair, Steve Sweitzer
  ssweitzer@wishtv.com or 317-956-8561.