I hope you are all settling nicely into the new school year in your various capacities. I wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the deadline coming up for paper and panel submissions – September 15. We want BEA2012 to be the best ever and are counting on lots of quality submissions to accomplish that. I know I have spoken to many of you about panel proposals and I am looking forward to seeing them all.

The main purpose of this email, however, is to seek volunteers to occupy the position of Student Television News Features Chair for the Festival of Media Arts. Peter Casella has occupied this position, but has had some health issues set him back in his schedule. He has asked that we find a replacement for his position. He has assured us that he is willing to help the new chair get off the ground and hold their hand as much as they wish through the process. BEA and News Division leadership will help as well. Peter has served so well in this position and is such a valued member. It will be hard to replace him.

If you are willing to occupy this position, please let me know as soon as possible. We need to fill this position well before the date submissions start coming in (the window for submissions opens on November 15). Now is the time to step up and volunteer to help our division in this time of need.

Thanks to each of you for your involvement in BEA and our News Division. I look forward to seeing you in Vegas!

Jared Johnson
BEA News Division Chair

I hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend and that your semesters are off to a smooth and productive start. I just wanted to remind you about a few items as we focus on the 2011-2012 academic year.

1. Please take note of my new contact information below. If you have any BEA issues that need my attention, please feel free to contact me.

2. I know Heather, JD, Traci, and Dale have been keeping you updated on the upcoming convention deadlines. Please keep up your efforts to encourage your division members to submit their papers and panel proposals by the September 15th deadline.

3. I’ll be contacting division chairs and website/newsletter editors in the next couple of weeks to discuss ideas and best practices for intra-division communication.

Thanks for your service to BEA.
Mike

Michael Bruce
Interest Division Rep. (IDR), BEA Board of Directors

The discussion of this issue at our business meeting last year was spirited but necessarily short. You are receiving this memo because you made some valuable contributions to the debate that need to be considered by all members of the news division. Please summarize your position in one or two concise sentences and email your argument to me by Friday, April 8 at sybril.bennett@belmont.edu. I would appreciate it if Peter Casella would then outline the options for the members and facilitate a vote to be taken at the meeting. If the proposal is adopted, it will be submitted to the festival committee. If it is rejected, we will solicit further input and offer an amended proposal and second vote. The process will be repeated until the membership adopts an acceptable presentation eligibility requirement.

With gratitude to Peter Casella for leading the charge on this,

Sybril Bennett

BEA Chair, News Division

Our annual convention is less than a week away and I wanted to let you know about a few issues we will discuss at our division meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 9:15am. Please plan to attend.

1. Several members are working on a proposal to address the “what constitutes a broadcast” Festival issue.

2. Bob Papper is asking the News Division to consider: making Electronic News not only the official journal of the RTVJ Division of AEJMC but also the official journal of the BEA News Division. The idea would be wider distribution of the journal … and, hopefully, more submissions and interest. Because there’s so much overlap of membership between the two divisions, Bob came up with what appears to be a workable plan.

Right now, AEJMC RTVJ members pay $18/year (as part of their dues) to get the journal. It seemed to Bob, if all the members of AEJMC RTVJ and BEA News paid $9/year for the journal, Sage would get the same amount of money and no one would pay more than $18/year (which is what they’re paying now). Some people would pay less ($9/year) if they were only members of one organization, but I don’t think Sage would care.

We will vote on both items at the meeting.

Below is a tentative agenda. Please let me know if you have other items for discussion. Thanks!

Peace,
Sybril

Broadcast Education Association
News Division Meeting
April 12, 2011

Introductions
Awards
– Research
– Festival
Old Business
– Festival Broadcast Rules-Peter Casella
New Business
– Electronic News-Bob Papper
– Facebook Page
Election and Installation of Officers for 2012
– News Chair-Jared Johnson, BYU
– Vice-Chair Lurene Kelly, Memphis
– Need to elect/select Research Chair
Adjournment

Media and Morality: Investigating the Connections

Please accept this special invitation to attend the BEA Research Symposium at our up-coming Conference, next month.

Our Symposium Chair is Ron Tamborini, Michigan State. The topic is, “Media and Morality.”

The leading researchers from across the nation will be examining the relationship between media and morality has been a lasting concern among broadcast scholars and practitioners. Does morality play a part in how audience members select, interpret and respond to media content. Can media alter moral values? The challenge to answering such questions is enhanced by the complex nature of morality itself.
This symposium joins leading scholars in efforts to clarify both simple and complex processes that shape the reciprocal influences that connect media and morality. Invited panels, competitive papers, and a keynote address will set the course for future understanding of these connections.

BEA Institutional Member Schools:
Step One: If your school is a BEA institutional member, encourage your students to join BEA – membership is free for full-time students who attend BEA institutional members. Students should first contact Tracey Bailey at BEA, to become a member, tbailey@nab.org
Step Two: they should register for BEA2011. For $ 80 students can attend all of BEA2011 and all of the NAB Show.

Not an Institutional Member School:
If your school is not an institutional member, there are three avenues.
Avenue One:
Join, Have your school become a BEA Institutional member!! for information contact Traci Bailey at BEA, tbailey@nab.org

Avenue Two:
Students can become a BEA member for $ 55 and then pay the registration fee of $ 80. Total price $ 135.

http://www.beaweb.org/studentmembers.html

and then register at

http://www.beaweb.org/bea2011-reg.htm

Avenue Three :
Register for the convention at the non-member rate $ 160.

http://www.beaweb.org/bea2011-reg.htm

Mary C. Schaffer
Associate Professor
Multimedia Option Head
Cinema and Television Arts
MZ 325
California State University, Northridge
Mary.c.schaffer@csun.edu
818-512-4880 cell

This is a Call for BEA Festival of Media Arts Student Video Judges-

I¹m entreating you to step up and volunteer as a Student Video Competition Judge. We’ve had a big jump in entrants with over 170 entries (120 last year). Ideally we would have 21 judges so that I may split the narrative category which has more than 50 entries. Right now I only have 11 volunteers from judges who have “re-upped” from past years.

Please consider helping out by judging AND by passing on this call to friends and colleagues who would be viable judges in one or our categories.

The viewing and evaluating approximately 25 videos should take volunteers somewhere between three-to-five hours. The judging needs to take place between now and Jan. 15th. In some arenas (especially for instructors and assistant professors) this activity counts as “scholarly activity.”

I’ve simplified this year’s scoring form and I hope it will make it easier for judges to quickly and accurately evaluate our contestant’s submissions.

I would especially encourage professors from those school’s who’ve benefited from winning awards in the past, to pay it backward by participating as a judge this year.

The Student Video Competition in six different categories (narrative, music video, animation/experimental, studio, promotional and educational/instructional). Ideally, we need at least three judges in each category. Unfortunately, the last few years we’ve fallen short of that goal and some judges have had to take on more than one category.

If you’re willing to contribute to “the good of the BEA cause” please email: wkoch@apu.edu

Volunteers please let me know which category you prefer and maybe a couple more categories you’d be qualified in but “merely willing” to judge. PLEASE try and choose a category where YOUR STUDENTS HAVE NOT ENTERED‹but we can work around that if you’ll give me a heads-up.

Thanks in advance for your work on behalf of BEA.

Warren Koch
BEA Student Video Competition Chair

BEA is proud to announce the election results of the Board of Directors Executive Committee and District Representatives from Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8. The terms for the newly elected executive committee members and district representatives will begin at BEA2011 in Las Vegas this April.

BEA Board of Directors Executive Committee
Term: April 2011-April 2012

President: Sam Sauls, University of North Texas

Vice President of Academic Relations: Greg Newton, Ohio University

Vice President of Industry Relations: Ric Harris, Accenture

Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Schaffer, California State University, Northridge

BEA Board of Directors District Representatives
Term: April 2011-April 2013

District 1: Nancy C. Cornwell, Ithaca College

District 3: Mary T. Rogus, Ohio University

District 5: John Allen Hendricks, Steven F. Austin State University

District 7: Gwin Faulconer-Lippert, Oklahoma City Community College

District 8: Michael Bruce, Oklahoma Baptist University

We have several new board members this year and look forward to working with them to advance the mission and goals of BEA.

For contact information on the board members, visit BEA’s membership directory at www.beaweb.org.

December 6:
The Documentary Division – Research Proposals

http://beadocumentarydivision.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/call-for-pre-production-propostals.pdf

December 9:
2010-2011 Salary Survey

http://www.beaweb.org/pdfs/salarysurvey.pdf

December 15:
Faculty Research In-Progress Call for Papers

http://www.beaweb.org/bea2011-rip.htm

Note: Student Research in Progress is due January 15

December 15:
Festival of Media Arts

http://www.beafestival.org/

Don’t Forget:
Free student membership to full-time students attending BEA Member Institutions.

Mary C. Schaffer
BEA District 6 Board Representative
mary@schafferwalls.com
Associate Professor
Cinema and Television Arts
Multimedia option head
California State University, Northridge
818-512-4880 Cell