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Symposium explores convergence
of print, broadcast, online media

Rob Curley of The Topeka Capital-Journal shares work from the newspaper’s Internet edition, CJOnline.com (Photo by Roberto Westbrook)

Mindy McAdams, professor and Knight Chair for Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process, hosted a Feb. 22 “Symposium on Converged Journalism.”

Speakers on the program focused on how they do their jobs in a converged media world. They included:

Doris Bloodsworth, JM 1997, reporter, The Orlando Sentinel
Bill Bortzfield, online news editor, Jacksonville.com
Janice Castro, former managing editor, Time.com
Rachel Chamberlin, senior producer, MSNBC
Robert Curley, director of new media, Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal
Paul Hechinger, senior producer, CourtTV Online
Gary Kebbel, news director, America Online
Tom Kennedy, JM 1972, managing editor for multimedia, Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive
Janet Kolodzy, former senior producer, CNN World Report and Cleveland Plain Dealer editor
Kirk LaPointe, senior vice president for news, CTV Inc. (Canada)
Victoria Lim, reporter, WFLA-TV, Tampa
Stephen Marshall, strategic/creative director, Guerrilla News Network (GNN.tv)
Jane Stevens, Discovery.com correspondent
Archie Tse, graphics editor, The New York Times
Steve Yelvington, vice president, strategy and content, Morris Digital Works