PRSSA Students Are Taking Over PRSA in October!

PR Experts & Journalist Panel: How Are Journalists and PR Professionals Really Adjusting to Social Media?

What is the future of journalism with bloggers, tweets and big news stories breaking over different mediums? Our panel will discuss how social media, like Twitter and Facebook, have changed how the two professions work together. The PR professionals will discuss how they are using social media to promote events, clients...etc. The journalists will discuss how social media has changed the way they conduct interviews, publish stories and interact with their audiences. The Future is Now.

Chapter Annual Meeting - Your Final Chance to Cast your Ballot
In addition to the exciting program on “Social Media,” the October 13 event provides the bonus of being our Chapter’s Annual Meeting. A final opportunity to cast a ballot will be available for those who had not yet voted for their favorite candidates for the 2010 officers and directors. Elections and Nominations Committee Chair Jeff Caponigro, APR, Fellow PRSA, will oversee the final balloting process, tabulate the results and announce the results at the October 13 event. Take advantage of the opportunity to vote in person (if you haven’t voted through email already) and be the first to learn who the chapter officers and directors will be for 2010.

The combination of the “Social Media” program with the Annual Meeting and elections process makes this the one must-attend Chapter event of the year.

Moderator:
Butch Ward, Managing Director/Faculty, The Poynter Institute

Speakers:
Tom Wagner, Public Relations Manager, Florida Aquarium
Bob Andelman, Host/Producer, “Mr. Media Interviews” podcasts
Eric Deggans, Television/Media Critic, St. Petersburg Times
Ellyn Angelotti, Interactivity Editor/Adjunct Faculty, Poynter Online

RSVP by emailing Bobby Eagle at robertceagle@gmail.com.

Date - Tuesday, October 13
Time - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location - USF Downtown Center

Cost:

Students: $15	PRSA Members: $25
Nonmembers/Guests: $30

Moderator:
Butch Ward is Managing Director and a member of the faculty of The Poynter Institute. A journalist for 27 years at The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Baltimore News-American, Butch served stints as managing editor at both newspapers. He leads seminars in leadership, editing and writing, and has taught for the Committee of Concerned Journalists and for APME NewsTrain.

Panel:
Bob Andelman is the host and producer of the “Mr. Media Interviews” podcasts. He is also the co-author of 9 books including his latest book: “FANS! Not Customers: How Commerce Bank Created a Super-Growth Business in a No-Growth Industry,” written with Commerce Bank founder, chairman and CEO Vernon W. Hill II.

Eric Deggans is the Television/Media Critic for the St. Petersburg Times. Eric Deggans originally joined the paper in 1995 as pop music critic. In 1997, Deggans assumed the role of TV critic, writing reviews, news stories and long-range trend pieces on the state of the TV industry locally and nationally. He joined the Times editorial board in 2004 before returning to the critics' corner, first as media writer in 2005, then again as TV critic in 2006.

Tom Wagner is the Public Relations Manager at The Florida Aquarium. He has used new social media tools like Twitter and Facebook to find innovative ways to promote the aquarium.

Ellyn Angelotti is the Interactivity Editor of Poynter Online and an Adjunct Faculty member. She has taught and written about innovations in multimedia development, social networking and how news organizations connect with users through interactivity methods (like user commenting). She podcasts weekly for University of Florida's Journalism Now, a weekly discussion covering multimedia, data and social aspects of modern news.