Given the increasing amount of job reductions and cutbacks at area media outlets, the TBABJ wants to help journalists of all ethnicities deal with changing times. As a result, we've put together a few initiatives.
*We have started a running list of open jobs on our Web site, TBABJ.com. Go to the site and click on the Jobs link on the right-hand side. This will provide a listing of all entries dealing with open jobs and job training.
*We are offering free multimedia training and career counseling at a special seminar June 20, led by consultant and Poynter Institute affiliate Lillian Dunlap. "Making it powerful: Your Voice in Multi-Media Storytelling" will focus on acquiring skills to strengthen on-air and online performance. We'll share excellent storytelling examples, lead the group through exercise and send each participant home with new tools and tips.
The workshops leaders are:
Lillian R Dunlap, PhD (Journalist, former professor at University of Missouri, Affiliate at Poynter Institute)
Jaye Sheldon, MA (Voice Coach and Actor). Other participats are TBA.
Location is TBA, but we will make an announcement very soon.
*We will open up our membership listserv to anyone interested in regular email updates about jobs and training. Simply email this address and we'll add you to the listserv so you can get regular updates on all the job listings we learn about and training seminars.
Again, all these resources are open to all media and communications professionals. We will also offer several opportunities to network and meet other area communications professionals, so check our Web site regularly.
If you have any other recommendations, please feel free to email or contact me at the information below. At a time of tremendous change and constriction in the industry, it's time for all of us to work together.
Eric Deggans
TV/Media Critic, St. Petersburg Times
Chair, NABJ Media Monitoring Committee
President, Tampa Bay Assoc. of Black Journalists
(727) 893-8521
www.TBABJ.com
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