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The Information ReEvolution
February 18, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Virtual webinar
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You’re invited to join in a candid and thought-provoking conversation with Iowa media professionals representing broadcast, digital and print media.
Guests will explore how the businesses of news, information and entertainment are evolving and implications on communications professionals and society.
Questions and topics to be explored:
- How is the blurring of news and opinion impacting society and societal discourse?
- How has the exponential increase in information and opinion channels altered the media landscape?
- How does a more skeptical public affect news and information sources and how that information is captured and shared?
- How is the continued evolution of social media affecting more “traditional” broadcast and print communications channels?
- How can public relations/communications professionals be of most service to those in the business of sharing news and opinion?
- How has the pandemic altered news and entertainment consumption?
- What emerging trends will impact how people receive news, information and entertainment?
- What do you enjoy most – and find most challenging – about your profession?
- What one piece of advice do you have for those interested in a career in broadcast, print or digital media?
Panelists: - Maxwell Schaeffer, Co-host, Max & Amy in the Morning, WHO Radio
- Kathie Obradovich, Author, Iowa Capital Dispatch
- Bill Steiden, Investigations and Business Editor, Des Moines Register
- Dave Price, Political Director, Host of “The Insiders” and weekend news anchor, WHO-TV
Tickets
$0.00 PRSA Iowa member ticket
$10.00 Non-member ticket
$0.00 Student ticket
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