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When
the members of the Public Radio News Directors (PRNDI) gather June 14-16 in
Washington, DC, they will have at least one major decision to make:
Will the
organization expand its focus and take a new name – the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA)?
The
outcome is not known.
A similar change was defeated in 2016. Then, former
PRNDI President George Bodarky pushed for PRNDI to change its name to Association of Public Media Journalists
(APMJ) PRNDI. Members who have voting
privileges said “no way.”
“Voting
members” is the key phrase. Then and now, each member STATION, not individual,
has one vote no matter how many people from the member station participate in
PRNDI. Generally, the News Director of a member station casts the one vote.
In
other words, KWIT in Sioux City has one vote, the same as WBUR in Boston.
According to Christine Paige Diers, Business Manager for PRNDI, this rule has
not changed:
“Per our current bylaws,
each member station receives one vote at our business meeting. The change
that is being put before the membership at this time is only for a name
change. We are not planning to ask membership to change voting structure
at this time.”
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| George Bodarky |
The proposal failed in 2016.
It is tough to predict what the outcome will be in June.
There are 110 voting member stations.
Many of the News Directors were present in 2016.
Back in 2018 there was a debate about whether the word “radio” should remain in
the organization’s name.
The
vote will happen on Saturday (6/15) between 12:15pm and 2:30 at the PRNDI
Business Meeting.
Read more about the proposed name change. PRNDI President Alicia Zuckerman and Executive Director Terry Gildea wrote an article for Current explaining the procedure and rationale for the changed. You can see it here. https://current.org/2019/04/prndi-proposing-name-change-reinventing-identity-to-serve-all-pubmedia-journalists/
Read more about the proposed name change. PRNDI President Alicia Zuckerman and Executive Director Terry Gildea wrote an article for Current explaining the procedure and rationale for the changed. You can see it here. https://current.org/2019/04/prndi-proposing-name-change-reinventing-identity-to-serve-all-pubmedia-journalists/
2019 PRNDI CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
Meanwhile,
the conference planners have planned sessions with heavy emphasis on updating skills
and the operation of newsrooms.
The
conference happens June 14 -15 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Washington,
DC. A complete schedule and registration
information are available here.
Here
are some of the sessions that caught our interest:
• THURSDAY (6/13)
PRX Presents the 2019
Catapult Project Podcasts (evening)
Kick off the 2019
PRNDI conference with a sneak peek at the station’s working with PRX’s Catapult
project to launch new podcasts.
Teams from KUER, WUOL, WABE, WFYI and Colorado
Public Radio will showcase their new podcasts.
Conference attendees will
learn about how to be a part of the next Catapult training opportunity.
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| Sadie Babits |
Best Practices for Writing
Digital (10:15am)
The challenge to
write for the eyes versus the ears is real, and often what works in our radio
features doesn't translate well to digital.
You'll leave with tips, tricks and tools
that you can use right away.
Moderated by Sadie Babits, Visiting Professor of at
ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. will lead the
discussion.
• FRIDAY (6/14)
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| Kate Concannon |
Regional
Sharing (10:30am)
As NPR ramps up
its hub system for regional reporting, the session examines Regional Journalism
Cooperatives.
Kate Concannon, Managing Editor at the Mountain News Network, will speak about how
the Cooperatives are formed and sustained.
Other presenters include Mary
Shedden, News Director at WUSF in Tampa and Bruce Auster NPR's Senior Director
for the Collaborative Journalism Network.
• SATURDAY 6/15
Main Session: Covering the 2020 Elections (9:15am)
Join a panel of
newsroom leaders as we discuss station-led efforts to harness the collective
power of public media journalism.
PRNDI Business Meeting
(12:15 pm)
The vote to
change the organization’s name from PRNDI to the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) is on the schedule for this meeting.
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| Lulu Garcia-Navarro |
Annual PRNDI Awards Banquet
(7pm)
NPR’s Lulu
Garcia-Navarro hosts the presentation of the PRNDI Awards, Editor of the Year
and PRNDI’s Leo C. Lee Award.
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