TORONTO – More than 150 broadcast news executives and journalists will converge on Toronto in two weeks for the National Conference of the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada (RTNDA).
The three-day conference, June 9 to 11, 2005 will explore a wide variety of topics that impact markets of all sizes. Session highlights include:
* One-on-One with CRTC Chair Charles Dalfen
* Diversity: The Power, Profitability and Potential featuring Statistics Canada
* CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and others on "Tales of the Tsunami"
* A panel session with Canada’s top reporters on Enterprise Reporting
* Motivational speaker Bob Nelson on Coaching and Mentoring Staff
* CBS White House Correspondent John Roberts
* Legal Minefields in Covering Youth Crime
Full conference information and registration is available at www.rtndacanada.com. Plus, a special one-day registration rate is available for reporters, producers and broadcast journalism students who may not be able to attend the full conference.
The RTNDA National Conference will be held at the Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel.
The prestigious RTNDA Canada Awards will be presented at the National Awards Gala on Friday, June 10, 2005. Co-hosts Ted Woloshyn of CFRB Radio and Beverly Thomson of CTV’s Canada AM will present 50 awards in nine categories.
The Awards recognize the best in broadcast journalism in Canada.
The Radio-Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDF) will also present scholarships to five broadcast journalism students. Since 1980, the RTNDF has awarded almost $200,000 in scholarships to deserving students.
RTNDA Canada is the voice for electronic journalists and news managers in Canada. The members of RTNDA Canada recognize the responsibility of broadcast journalists to promote and to protect the freedom to report independently about matters of public interest and to present a wide range of expressions, opinions and ideas. The RTNDA Canada Code of Ethics, adopted by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, is used to measure fairness and accuracy in our profession.
