The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation Presents the 2023 Broadcast Historian Award
The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2023 Broadcast Historian Award is Daphne Brooks, Yale University, for her book, Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.
Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry? Read More.
Resumes and Reels a Virtual Mixer for Broadcasting Students
Did you just graduate? Looking for your first job in media? Would you like to have your resume reviewed or your portfolio reel assessed by broadcast professionals? Here’s your chance!BEA, NAB, Jacobs Media and RTDNA invite you to submit your resumes and reels for an upcoming virtual assessment. A select group of students will be chosen. The panel will review your resumes and reels and then meet and comment on them during a live virtual event with other broadcasters. Afterwards you’ll have the chance to network with the audience as well.Read More..
Dom Caristi, professor emeritus of media, Ball State University, has been named the 2023 Distinguished Education Service Award (DESA) winner.
Dom Caristi (Ph.D, Univ. of Iowa) is co-author of Communication Law 3rd edition (2022) with William Davie and Laurie Thomas Lee. He was a Fulbright Professor in Slovenia in 1995, Greece in 2009 and has been a visiting professor in Italy. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Chapter of the Fulbright Association. He has served fellowships with the Radio Television Digital News Association and the National Association of Television Program Executives. Read More..
2023 On-Location Submission Deadlines: June 15, 2023 Panels, Research & Creative Work
On-Location provides professional development with a series of hands-on training sessions, and an opportunity to promote academic scholarship through research and creative sessions and competitions. This year’s conference will include special sessions on virtual reality, augmented reality, 360° video, including panels, speakers, and demonstrations. learn more..
2023 Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship Presented to Jannette L. Dates, Ph.D.
Jannette L. Dates, Dean Emerita at Howard University, has been awarded the 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship Award.
Dates has been a leader in the cable industry as well as academics. She held various leadership position in the Baltimore Cable Association, served as a speaker during the 50th Anniversary Emmy Awards, served as a speaker on National Public Radio’s famed show “All Things Considered” and still serves as a member on the Federal Communications Commission advisory board and as a member of the board of Baltimore’s local NPR affiliated WYPR. She rose through the ranks to be a full professor at Howard University in the department of Radio, Television and Film before becoming an associate dean and dean of the School of Communication in 1996.Read More.
2023 Recognition of Institutional Excellence in Media
BEA is pleased to announce the 2023 rankings of schools based on the creative achievement of their students. The rankings, which began in 2022, are founded on the results from the BEA Festival of Media Arts. The BEA Festival is the preeminent international media competition focused on student and faculty creative endeavors. In the last five years alone, over 6,000 student creative works were submitted from BEA’s more than 300 member institutions around the globe. Entries go through a blind-juried review in the following competitions: Audio, Documentary, Film & Video, Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Technologies, News, Scriptwriting, and Sports. Read More..