Meredith Birkett, MSNBC
“Business Practices: Multimedia”
Convergence Speakers
- Brett Akagi, KARE-TV
- Rich Beckman, University of Miami
- Mark Biello, CNN
- Meredith Birkett, MSNBC
- Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
- Karen Ducey, Seattle Post Intelligencer
- Richard Koci Hernandez, San Jose Mercury News
- Scott Jensen, KTUU Alaska
- Russ Kendall, The Bellingham Herald
- Brad Loper, Dallas Morning News
- Scott Mc Kiernan, ZUMA Press
- Shawn Montano
- John Moore, Getty Images
- Mickey Osterreicher, NPPA General Counsel
- Denny Simmons, Evansville Courier and Press
- Eric Sowl, KTUU-TV
- Brian Storm, Mediastorm
- Scott Utterback, Courier Journal
- Kinsey Wilson, USA Today
- Zach Wise, Las Vegas Sun
- National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (speakers TBA)
Birkett is a senior multimedia producer at MSNBC.com, a general news web site seen by an average of 30 million unique users each month. Birkett has worked at MSNBC.com for six years.
In this role, Birkett works with freelancers, picture agencies, staff multimedia journalists and wire services to create multimedia content across all sections of MSNBC.com. Birkett also produces popular multimedia features such as The Week in Pictures and the Year in Pictures.
Birkett's projects have earned recognition from organizations such as the Online News Association, Pictures of the Year International and the National Press Photographers Association.
Mc Keirnan and Birkett will team up to discuss the business practices involved with multimedia productions. Learn who is paying for them and how much, as well as the different ways projects are approached and produced for online and TV audiences.
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