BEA2004 Preliminary Convention Program - At a Glance
(Final Version)

Thursday:

 

10:00 AM-12:00 PM   BEA Convention Registration Temporary Personnel Training

N264

11:00-3:00 PM            BEA Board Committee Meeting: Publications Committee

N219/220

1:00-3:00 PM              BEA Festival of Media Arts Committee Meeting

N221/222

3:30-4:00 PM              BEA Executive Committee of the Board of Directors Meeting

N223/224

4:00-8:00 PM              BEA Board of Directors Meeting

N223/224

 

Friday:

 

7:30-8:00 AM              Division Chairs Pre-Convention Meeting

            N262

8:00-9:00 AM              Opening Continental Breakfast

N252, N254, N256

8:00-5:00 PM              Convention Registration/Email/Lounge

            N264

9:00-5:00 PM              Exhibit Hall

N252, N254, N256

9:00-5:00 PM              Avid Hands-On Lab (Free Training Lab)

N253

9:00-5:00 PM              Apple Hands-On Classroom (Free Training Lab)

N257

9:00-5:00 PM              Technology Demonstration Room (TDR) Exhibits

            N255

Friday Session 1, 9:00-10:15 AM

            N203/204: High School Media Programs: Their Role in BEA [BOARD]

                   N210:  Writing Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: The Young & The Restless: What is Happening to the 20-Somethings in TV
                              News? [News]

            N219/220: History Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: “The Times They Are a Changin…” Again: Curricular Innovation in a 21st
                              Century World [CC&A]

            N223/224: Designing Web Pages for Users with Disabilities: A Web Accessibility Primer
                              for Digital Media Faculty [Com. Tech.]

            N225/226: Spanish Language Broadcasting: Bold Vision, Fresh Thinking Trends
                              [M&S, Multicultural, Research]

            N227/228: Convergence in Broadcast, Cinema & Interactive Media Education
                              [Com. Tech., CC&A, PAC]

            N229/230: Privacy & Surveillance: Untangling Issues in Telecommunications [L&P]

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Panasonic]

                   N261: Faculty News Competition Awards [News, BEA Media Arts Festival]

Friday Session 2, 10:30-11:45 AM

            N201/202: Trends in Latin American Broadcasting: Between the Hard Place of the State
                              & the Rock of the Market [International]

            N203/204: Fair and Balanced in the Broadcast News Classroom [CC&A, News]

                   N210: History Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: Student TV Stations: Practice & Problems [SMA]

            N219/220: Communication Technology Division Business Meeting

            N221/222: Women in American Journalism: How Far Have We Come? [Gender]

            N223/224: Risk Taking in College Teaching [CC&A]

            N225/226: Teaching News Courses in a Converging Media World [News]

            N227/228: Performance Teaching: A Comprehensive View [PAC]

            N229/230: The Gordian Knot in Radio Production: How Common Industry Pressures &
                              Procedures May Hinder Application of Research Findings in Real Life
                              [BIRD, M&S]

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Avid]

                   N261: Student & Faculty Scriptwriting Competition Awards
                              [Writing, BEA Media Arts Festival]

Friday Session 3, 12 noon-1:15 PM

            N201/202: It’s Up To Us: How Former Broadcast Journalists Can Subvert the Low
                              Standards in Broadcast News by Teaching the Next Generation to Buck the
                              System [CC&A]

            N203/204: The Indispensable Guide to the International Television Market
                              [International, L&P, M&S]

                   N210: Research Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: Promoting the Student Radio Station: Successes & Failures [SMA]

            N219/220: Communication Technology Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: Paid Newscast Segments: News for Sale? Or Print Advertorials Moving to
                              TV? [BOARD]

            N223/224: Media History IS Media Literacy [CC&A, History]

            N225/226: Local News Coverage of Communities of Color: Problems & Solutions from
                              the Research Front [Multicultural, News]

            N227/228: Why Teach Radio News? [News]

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Macromedia]

                   N262:  TDR Breakout Session [EZ News]

Friday Session 4, 1:30-2:45 PM

            N201/202: Aircheck: Student Newscasts… Who is Doing What, How [News]

            N203/204: Challenges in Media Aesthetics: Zettl’s Sight, Sound, Motion in Today’s
                              Media Production Environment [PAC]

            N210:        International Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: FCC Deregulation & News: How U.S. Media Policy Affects the “Product”
                              [News]

            N219/220: Do We Need National Student Outcomes for Television Production Programs?
                              If So, What Should They Be? [2Yr/Sm. Col.]

            N221/222: Diversity Summit: The Broadcast Networks & BEA Membership Discuss a
                              Diversity Game Plan [BOARD]

            N223/224: Cutting Tenure’s Gordian Knot [CC&A, PAC]

            N225/226: Dealing with Change at the Campus Radio Station [BIRD, M&S, SMA]

            N227/228: The Human Connection [Writing]

            N229/230: Research Division Paper Competition

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Apple]

                   N261: Student Video Production Competition Awards
                              [PAC, BEA Media Arts Festival]

Friday Session 5, 3:00-4:15PM

            N203/204: Tapeless Recording—Options & Implications [Com. Tech., PAC]

                   N210: Law & Policy Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: From “Copywrong” to “Copywrite”: Preparing & Supporting Radio
                              Advertising Copywriters [M&S, Writing]

            N219/220: International Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: The Frontline: Assignment Editing Skills [News]

            N223/224: A Master Class Collaboration in High Definition Video [PAC]

            N225/226: Technology Issues in Broadcast Education Poster Session
                              [CC&A, Com. Tech.]

            N227/228: Girl Fight: Women & Romantic Reality Television [Gender, Research]

            N229/230: Contemporary Issues in Classroom Management [CC&A, SMA, PAC]

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Adobe]

                   N261: Student News Competition Awards [News, BEA Media Arts Festival]

                   N262:  TDR Breakout Session [Dalet Digital Media Systems]

Friday Session 6, 4:30-5:45 PM

                   N210: Courses, Curricula & Administration Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: The Political Economy of International Communication: Understanding the
                              Gordian Knot [Research, International]

            N219/220: Diversity Best Practices: Complying with Standard 12 [BOARD]

            N221/222: Top Teaching Hints: Broadcast Boot Camp [News]

            N223/224: Understanding the College Radio Audience: Strategies for Finding the Right
                              Music Mix [SMA]

            N225/226: Health News: Beyond Fluff, Between Scares & Breakthroughs [News]

            N227/228: Innovation in Radio Programming [BIRD]

            N229/230: Law & Policy Paper Competition

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Digital Media Automation]

                   N261: Faculty Video Production Competition Awards
                              [PAC, BEA Media Arts Festival]

                   N262:  TDR Breakout Session [Apple]

6:00-7:00 PM              BEA Awards Ceremony

            N261

7:00-8:00 PM              Opening night reception

N252, N254, N256 (Exhibit Hall)

 

 

Saturday:

 

8:00-5:00 PM              Convention Registration/Email/Lounge

            N264

9:00-5:00 PM              Exhibit Hall

N252, N254, N256

9:00-5:00 PM              Avid Hands-On Lab (Free Training Lab)

N253

9:00-5:00 PM              Apple Hands-On Classroom (Free Training Lab)

N257

9:00-5:00 PM              Technology Demonstration Room (TDR) Exhibits

            N255, N259

9:00-5:00 PM              Placement Center

            N223/224 

Saturday Session 1, 9:00-10:15 AM

            N201/202: Shoot Globally, Plan Locally: Successful International Service-Learning
                              Production Experiences [PAC]

            N203/204: Return to Public Affairs Programming? Out of the Ghetto Hours & Into Prime
                              Viewing Time [Multicultural]

                   N210: 2-year/Small College Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: Untangling Public Media’s Gordian Knot [SMA]

            N219/220: Courses, Curricula & Administration Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: Contemporary Media Writing [Writing]

            N225/226: Ratings & Research: What Students Need to Know in the Newsroom [News]

            N227/228: Engaging & Retaining the Hybrid Internet/TV Audience [Com. Tech.]

            N229/230: Annual Telecommunication Act Update [L&P]

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Ross Video]

                   N262: Faculty Audio Competition Awards [BIRD, BEA Media Arts Festival]

Saturday Session 2, 10:30-11:45 AM

            Keynote Address       Bruce L. Christensen, Senior VP, New Media and Technology,
            Las Vegas Hilton,
         Bonneville International Corporation, & President, KSL Television,       Ballroom A                   Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday Session 3, 12:00-1:15 PM

            N201/202: District 1 meeting

                                    Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
                                    New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Western Europe incl. Britain

            N203/204: District 2 meeting

                              Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
                                    North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Caribbean and Africa

            N211/212: District 3 meeting

Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington
      DC, West Virginia, Mid-east and Eastern Europe including Russia

            N219/220: District 4 meeting

                                    Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
                                    Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Canada and Scandinavia

            N221/222: District 5 meeting

                                    Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico, Central
                                    America, South America, and Australia

            N225/226: District 6 meeting

                                    Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
                                    New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Asia and Pacific

            N227/228: District 7 meeting

            All two-year schools in the USA

Saturday Session 4, 1:30-2:45 PM

            N201/202: Fresh Thinking for Information Technology Across the Curriculum
                              [Com. Tech., PAC]

            N203/204: BEA Scholarship Workshop [BOARD]

                   N210: News Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: Growing Up Is Hard To Do: Managing Success in You Student Media
                              Organization [SMA]

            N219/220: Writing for Contemporary Portrayals of Gays & Lesbians on Television
                              [Gender, Multicultural]

            N221/222: Bold Vision, Fresh Thinking: Untangling the Gordian Knot of Teaching
                              Broadcast & Cable Sales [CC&A, M&S]

            N225/226: The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Congressional Protection or
                              Censorship [L&P]

            N227/228: Regional Trends in International Electronic Media Ownership [International] 

            N229/230: Broadcast & Internet Radio Division Paper Competition

                   N259:  TDR Breakout Session [Audio/Video Prod. Facility]

                   N262: 2-year/Small College Competition Awards
                              [2Yr/Sm. Col., BEA Media Arts Festival]

Saturday Session 5, 3:00-4:15 PM

            N201/202: Broadcast News Style Books & Diversity: Freedom, Responsibility or
                              Control? [Multicultural]

            N203/204: Copyright Policy to Operation Handbooks: A Roundtable Examination of
                              Policies, Practices, & Procedures to Assist Student Media Advisors [SMA]

                   N210: Broadcast & Internet Radio Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: ATAS College Television Awards Showcase [BOARD]

            N219/220: News Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: A Sense of Place: The Position of the Mass Communication Program Within
                              the University Community [CC&A]

            N225/226: Media & Telecommunications Management: Finding Common Ground
                              Between Curricular Approaches [M&S]

            N227/228: Untangling the Gordian Knot in Programming by Getting Back to Quality: An
                              International Perspective [International, PAC]

            N229/230: Practitioners to Strategists: Rethinking the Scope of Undergraduate Education
                              in Communication [Research, Broadcast Research Initiative]

                   N262: Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition Awards
                              [BEA Media Arts Festival]

Saturday Session 6, 4:30-5:45 PM

            N201/202: Liberal Arts College Production Studio: Serving the Student, the Curricula, &
                              the Community [2Yr/Sm. Col.]

            N203/204: The Future of Minority Hiring at Broadcast Stations Under the New FCC
                              EEO Rules [Gender, L&P, Multicultural]

                   N210: NAB Research & Information [BEA, NAB]

            N211/212: The Political Economy of Media & the Reporting of the War in Iraq [History]

            N219/220: Producing Producers II [News]

            N221/222: Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Assessment on College Campuses & in Media
                              Programs [CC&A, PAC]

            N225/226: Favorite Production Assignment Showcase 2004 [PAC, SMA]

            N227/228: Learn to Work Smarter with Arbitron Online [BIRD, M&S]

            N229/230: Scholar-to-Scholar Competitive Poster Session [BOARD]

                   N262: Student Interactive Multimedia Competition Awards
                              [BEA Media Arts Festival]

6:00-8:00 PM        Best of BEA Media Arts Festival: King Foundation Awards Ceremony

            N259/261

 

 

Sunday:

 

9:00-10:00PM       Final Convention Registration/Email/Lounge

            N255/257

9:00-5:00 PM        NAB/BEA/RTNDA Career Fair
N252, N254, N256

9:00-5:00 PM        NAB/BEA/RTNDA Career Fair Break-Out Session(s)
N253

Sunday Session 1, 9:00-10:15 AM

            N201/202: Adrenaline Junkies: Live Remote Sports Broadcasting [PAC]

            N203/204: Studies in Radio History & Imagination [BIRD]

                   N210: Management & Sales Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: Workshop on Creating an Effective Demo Tape (Radio & TV) [SMA]

            N219/220: Working Inter-Departmentally [2Yr/Sm. Col.]

            N221/222: Coffee With… (TBA) [PAC]

            N223/224: Gendered Machines: Technology & Gender Across Ages
                              [Com. Tech., Gender]

            N225/226: Designing a Broadcast Curriculum: Addressing Multiple Needs—Institutional,
                              Accrediting Bodies, New Media Technologies & the Job Market [CC&A]

            N227/228: The Textbook: You’ve Made Them Buy It… Now How Do You Use It? [News]

            N229/230: New Research on Media, Fear, Trust, & Mistrust Has Policy Implications
                              [Research, L&P]

Sunday Session 2, 10:30-11:45 AM

            N201/202: Pains & Gains: The Status of Women in Local TV News [BOARD]

            N203/204: From Topic Chat to Establishing TV Stations In a Global Sphere: Using the
                              Internet & Telecommunications To Build the 24/7 & Global Classroom
                              [CC&A]

                   N210: Production, Aesthetics & Criticism Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: The Sum of Us or Some of Us? Teaching Diversity, Civic Journalism &
                              Multiculturalism in Broadcast Journalism Courses [News]

            N219/220: Management & Sales Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: Current Issues in Law & Policy [L&P]

            N223/224: Communicating Reality: An Analysis of Communication Issues in Reality
                              Television [Gender, PAC]

            N225/226: Relevance of Radio Studies in the Mass media curriculum [BIRD]

            N227/228: Sports Programming on the Web: Bringing Athletics, Academics, & IT
                              Together [Com. Tech., PAC]

            N229/230: Conflict in the Pacific: Local, Regional & International Coverage &
                              Implications [International]

Sunday Session 3, 12:00-1:15 PM

            N201/202: Using RAB Tools to Enhance the Classroom Experience & Increase the Value
                              of Your Students in the Marketplace [BOARD]

            N203/204: Redefining Radio Ownership Regulation: Impact of the FCC’s 2003 Decision
                              Regarding Radio [BIRD]

                   N210: Gender Issues Division Business Meeting

            N211/212: Media Coverage of War in the Middle East [International] 

            N219/220: Production, Aesthetics & Criticism Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: Management & Sales Case Study Competition [M&S]

            N223/224: The Historic Impact of Media on Sports [History]

            N225/226: Promoting Professional Experiences for Students [PAC, CC&A]

            N227/228: Student News Webcasting [News]

            N229/230: Experiential Learning in the Research Course: Doing Research to Learn
                              Research [CC&A, Research]

Sunday Session 4, 1:30-2:45 PM

            N201/202: African Tales: Teaching Media and Journalism in Africa
                              [CC&A, International]

            N203/204: Radio & American Culture [BIRD]

            N211/212: Electronic Media News Coverage of the War in Iraq: What Effect Does
                              “Embedding” Have on the Ability of Journalists to Flesh Out Truth?
                              [BOARD]

            N219/220: Student Media Advisors Division Business Meeting
                             
& Student Audio Competition Awards [SMA]

            N221/222: Two-Year/Small College Annual Production Showcase [2Yr/Sm. Col.]

            N223/224: The Short Feature Undergraduate Production Class [CC&A, PAC]

            N225/226: Dateline Overseas: Getting Student Reporters Overseas—How, When,
                              Where? [News]

            N227/228: Real World to Ivory Tower: Making the Transition [News]

            N229/230: Gender Issues Division Paper Competition

Sunday Session 5, 3:00-4:15 PM

            N211/212: The Power & The Trauma: Embedded Journalists & Dealing With Traumatic
                              Situations [News]

            N219/220: Student Media Advisors Division Paper Competition

            N221/222: Media Facility Management & Budgets [M&S, 2Yr/Sm. Col.]

            N223/224: Who Really Owns Your Intellectual Property? [Com. Tech., PAC]

            N225/226: Alternatives to Large Programs: What to Do When You Only Have One News
                              Course [News]

            N227/228: The Action’s In the Writing II: Exercises & Methods to Give It Life
                              [CC&A, PAC, Writing]

            N229/230: Multicultural Division Business Meeting

Sunday Session 6, 4:30-5:45 PM

            N211/212: Workshop on Legal Issues Facing College Broadcasters [SMA]

            N219/220: Research Division “Research in Progress” Competition

            N221/222: Broadcast News Performance Tools Workshop [BIRD]

            N223/224: Convergent Technology Update: Is RTV RIP? [Com. Tech., M&S]

            N225/226: Beyond the Technology: Exercises, Assignments & Solutions in Teaching
                              Non-Linear Video Editing [CC&A, PAC]

            N227/228: TV News: Shooting Outside the Box [News]

            N229/230: Multicultural Division Paper Competition

5:45-6:30 PM              Post Convention Chairs Meeting

            N229/230