Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-xj05.mx.aol.com (rly-xj05.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.42]) by air-xj03.mail.aol.com (v96.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXJ34-51f3f9d3a6b204; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:34:09 -0400 Received: from Stacey.datamaxsol.com ([67.154.200.130]) by rly-xj05.mx.aol.com (v96.8) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXJ51-51f3f9d3a6b204; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:31:55 -0400 Received: from maria ([192.168.1.9]) by Stacey.datamaxsol.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:29:39 -0500 To: [log in to unmask] From: "BEA Member Services" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: NATPE: NOV. 1 Student Career Workshop Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:30:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Oct 2003 15:29:39.0062 (UTC) FILETIME=[2297E960:01C39C9F] X-AOL-IP: 67.154.200.130 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4930.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><U><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></U> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><IMG height=71 src="http://www.datamaxsol.com/images/natpe_logo.bmp" width=89 v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><U><SPAN ><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></U></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>NATPE Educational Foundation to Host Student Career Workshop<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></U></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>in San Francisco November 1<SUP>st<o:p></o:p></SUP></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></U></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SUP><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SUP></U></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><I><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Rare opportunity for college students interested in breaking into the television industry presented by NATPE and NATAS, sponsored by Carsey-Werner-Mandabach.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></I></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><I><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></I></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>LOS ANGELES, CA - October 9, 2003 - The National Association of Television Professional Executives (NATPE) Educational Foundation in association with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) will host a Student Career Workshop for university and college students interested in a career in television.<SPAN> </SPAN>The event, sponsored by Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, will be held at KPIX-TV in San Francisco on November 1<SUP>st</SUP>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN > </SPAN>As an Educational Foundation event free to students, the Student Career Workshop will present a prestigious local panel of speakers to work with and educate students for a day, offering valuable insight about the television industry and what it takes to break into the field.<SPAN > </SPAN>Speakers attending include Dan Krauss, graduate student and freelancer for "Frontline/World"; Janice Edwards, community relations director, NBC 11 and host and producer of "Bay Area Vista" and "Community Focus"; Karen Orofino, general sales manager, KRON-TV; Kira Vilanova, marketing and communications manager, Ch.14 KDTV (Univision) and Ch. 66 KFSF (TeleFutura); Lloyd LaCuesta, South Bay bureau chief, KTVU-TV; Lynn Friedman, editor, KGO-TV ABC 7 and many others.<SPAN> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Lew Klein, co-founder of NATPE and president of the NATPE Educational Foundation will moderate the panel of speakers.<SPAN> </SPAN>Also in attendance will be Dave Mills, news producer for KPIX and NATAS chapter president and Rick Feldman, president and CEO of NATPE.<SPAN > </SPAN>The free event will include a continental breakfast and lunch for students.<SPAN > </SPAN>As part of an ongoing series of student seminars, the Student Career Workshop has also been held nationwide in cities including New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Miami.<SPAN > </SPAN>The NATPE Educational Foundation has planned a minimum of 15 workshops to be held for students over the next three years.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regarding the announcement, Klein stated, "We are very excited to be hosting this unique opportunity for leaders in the local television community to shed light on the critical information that college students need to successfully pursue careers in this industry.<SPAN > </SPAN>The NATPE Educational Foundation has sought to provide students with the most knowledgeable professionals in the field to ensure that attending students will benefit greatly from the workshop." <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=right><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>(more...)<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>- 2 -<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Interested students must RSVP to attend the Student Career Workshop by contacting Chris Blackledge at (310) 857-1633 or at </FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>[log in to unmask]</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>.<SPAN > </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN > </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Currently celebrating its 25<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary, the NATPE Educational Foundation promotes educational activities on behalf of the association through a wide array of seminars, grants, workshops, meetings, instructional videotapes and conferences throughout the year to reach out to NATPE members and the global academic community.<SPAN > </SPAN>In addition to the Student Career Workshop, the Educational Foundation holds its annual Student Video & Film Production Awards, which this year had a record number of entrants.<SPAN > </SPAN>This year's winners are Katy Boggio of California State University Los Angeles, Scott Vosbury of New York's Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Film & Animation and Ben McNeill of Bond University in Queensland, Australia, the first ever international student award winner.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>NATPE also provides an educational membership option for faculty wishing to join the association. Services available through this membership are, to name a few, a discounted registration fee for NATPE's annual conference; online subscriptions to the association's two widely utilized industry guides, <I>Media Content Directory</I> and <I >NATPE Guide to North American Media</I>; invitations to NATPE networking and seminar events held throughout the year; access to submit applications for NATPE's Faculty Fellowship Program, as well as the Faculty Development Grant; and a complimentary annual edition of NATPE's "Living Curriculum" box set of video-taped panel sessions from the convention.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>NATPE is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms, across all platforms. NATPE develops and nurtures opportunities for the buying, selling and sharing of content and ideas.<SPAN> </SPAN>For more information on NATPE, please visit </FONT></STRONG><A href="http://www.natpe.org/"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>www.natpe.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>.<SPAN > </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>###<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>CONTACT:<I><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Jill Tsugawa<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The Lippin Group/LA<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>323-965-1990 ext. 322<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN ><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><A href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>