International Applications of Convergence Education    [Print This Page] Time: 12:15-1:30 p.m. Date: Thursday, Sept. 11 Place: Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute As a leader in both international and convergence journalism, the Missouri School of Journalism is partnering with top schools around the globe to train the next generation of multimedia reporters, editors and managers. Discover common approaches and unique challenges facing educators in China, Russia, New Zealand and the United States. Moderator: Lynda Kraxberger Chair, Convergence Journalism Faculty Missouri School of Journalism Lynda Kraxberger is chair of the convergence journalism faculty and teaches convergence journalism to students at the Missouri School of Journalism. She coaches students on multi-platform and multimedia storytelling for online, print, radio and television newsrooms. Kraxberger's roots as a newscast producer in medium-market TV stations shaped her interest in visual storytelling. Now, she merges audio and video editing techniques with print to create "new" story forms online. Kraxberger was awarded the University of Missouri's highest teaching award in 2007, the prestigious William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. Discussion Leaders: Yuen-Ying Chan Director and Professor The University of Hong Kong Dean Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication Shantou University, China Ying Chan, an award-winning journalist and a Hong Kong native, established The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre in September 1999. She set up the first professional postgraduate journalism program in Hong Kong, launched the city's first fellowships for working journalists, and forged extensive ties between HKU and the news industry. Chan's honors include a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, a George Polk Award for journalistic excellence and an International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists. She taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and served on the board of the Asian American Journalists Association. Chan has a bachelor's degree in social sciences from HKU and a master's from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Martin Hirst Associate Professor, Curriculum Leader, Journalism Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Martin Hirst joined the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand in January 2007, after a 12-year teaching and research career in Australian journalism education. He has an extensive background in academic research in journalism and communication/media studies. Hirst is currently writing a book on journalism in the age of YouTube and is the co-author of three books: Communications and New Media: Broadcast to Narrowcast; Journalism Ethics: Arguments and Cases (with Roger Patching); and Look Both Ways: Fairfield, Cabramatta and the Media. He has written extensively on his research, including many refereed journal articles and several book chapters on the political economy of journalism, the impact of the terror frame on reporting of significant terrorist incidents and on the politics of journalism. Hirst, a former radio and television journalist, has worked for the ABC and the SBS as a senior correspondent, in addition to spending three years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Canberra. He also has had several short stints in government public relations in New South Wales and Queensland. Hirst is the recipient of a 2008 Erasmus Mundus teaching fellowship and will be in residence at City University in London beginning in September 2008. The fellowship promotes the European Union as a center of excellence in learning around the world. Mike McKean Director, Futures Lab Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Associate Professor, Convergence Journalism Missouri School of Journalism Mike McKean is the Futures Lab director at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he has taught for 22 years. McKean created the School's convergence journalism program and chaired the convergence journalism faculty from 2005-2008. He is a leader in teaching with technology at the local, national and international levels. Winner of the MU's Innovator Award, McKean is chairing the campus Information Technology Committee; coordinating partnerships with Apple, Inc., AT&T and Adobe Systems; and helping establish convergence curricula at Moscow State University in Russia and Shantou University in China. McKean also has chaired the radio-TV news faculty at Missouri, served as Web director at KOMU-TV and news director of KBIA-FM. Before joining the School of Journalism, he was managing editor of KTRH NewsRadio in Houston and assistant news director at the Missourinet in Jefferson City. Olga Missiri Video Editor Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Olga Missiri is the video editor for the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Prior to joining RJI, Missiri taught international communication, Internet production and journalism, TV studio and field production as well as digital media courses at Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland and later at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. Missiri has more than ten years of professional experience with the national and international media industry in Europe and the U.S. She has worked as a journalism, broadcast production and Web design trainer and consultant for television stations in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucuses. Among other things, Missiri supervised the Internews School of Journalism in Moscow, Russia and worked for CNN as a field producer. Ernest Yuyan Zhang China Program Coordinator, International Programs Missouri School of Journalism Ernest Zhang is the China Program Coordinator at the Missouri School of Journalism with research interests focusing on media management, media economics, and international communication. Zhang completed his doctorate in the J-School in May 2008 with his dissertation focusing on media convergence. When he defended his dissertation, Dean Mills commented that he was one of the researchers in the United States who best understands convergence. Before coming to Missouri in 2000, Zhang spent six years in China as an editor and reporter. While working with Guangzhou Daily Press Group, he acted as deputy director of the Political and Cultural News Department, and managing editor of the Guangzhou Morning Post, affiliated with the group that is China's first and most profitable newspaper conglomerate. After getting his master's degree from the J-School, he started his doctoral study. Zhang has attended many academic conferences with academic papers. He is now an active member with several key U.S. associations of journalism and communication such as AEJMC, ICA, NCA, and CCA. He has published articles on America's and international journals of journalism and communication. He is a co-author of the two books in the Series of Brand Operation Strategies in Chinese and Foreign Media published in China respectively in August 2007 and March 2008. About the Futures Forum Top journalists, advertisers and thought leaders will lead numerous interactive sessions during the Sept. 11 Futures Forum, a day of cutting-edge discussions about the next century of journalism. Ethics, convergence and politics are just a few of the many hot topics that will be explored in this diverse program dedicated to challenging industry thinking and visualizing possibilities for the future. Sessions will be 75 minutes long and held concurrently with others on the schedule. Full schedules will be available during on-site check in during the Sept. 10-12 celebration. Close Window