Web and Mobile Reporting Seminar with Robb Montgomery

Friday, April 9, 10am-4pm
River Rock Casino Resort, Thompson Room

On behalf of the Canadian Newspaper Association, the BCYCNA would like to invite our members to register for a Web and Mobile Reporting seminar conducted by Robb Montgomery. The event will take place at the River Rock Casino Resort on Friday, April 9 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

BCYCNA members can take advantage of the member rate of only $75.00 – this price includes lunch and GST. Please register this week to avoid seminar cancellation (a minimum of 20 participants is required.)

Please register online at:
http://robbmontgomeryvancouver.eventbrite.com

Robb Montgomery, CEO Visual Editors and Seminar speaker

About the Seminar:
Robb Montgomery, CEO of Chicago-based Visual Editors, makes a rare appearance in western Canada to deliver his popular workshop. He has worked as an editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune and has redesigned newspapers including The Examiner for San Francisco, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He currently consults with editors in the Middle East, Asia, U.K., Europe and North America to improve their online multimedia reporting and produces video journalism training events in North America and Europe.

Here is what you will learn:

• Manage your e-documents better and discover new tools to build online surveys and polls.
• Use RSS readers, link shorteners and filtering to save you time and improve your research.
• See how social bookmarking techniques can deepen the resources you collect and help find new sources.
• Create rich slide shows that include photo, video, audio, text and Web links.
• Quick tips on small camera use to create stronger visual sequences.

For more information:
Susan Brophy Down, Canadian Newspaper Association
sdown@cna-acj.ca
416-923-3567 ext. 231

Community papers faring better than metro dailies

Recently the Business Ledger, a suburban Chicago newspaper, wrote an enlightening article on the current status of community newspapers. The piece comments how community papers are performing better than other publications in the industry, such as metro dailies.

The article continues to explain how community newspapers have an advantage over other outlets due to their ability to deliver regional audiences for local advertisers, much like the BCYCNA Community Classifieds.

The article closes with, Nancy M. Lane, president of Suburban Newspapers of America,  saying, “The future is bright.” As mentioned in the recent blog post, The BCYCNA continues to deliver, the future is optimistic for community newspapers!

For a full report of the story, click here.