NPC Panel to Help Journalists Transition to Public Relations
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Zenger Room
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Professional Development
This event is not sponsored or endorsed by The National Press Club. Inquiries should be directed to the contact above.
National Press Club Hosts Panel to Help Journalists Transition to Public Relations
Four public affairs and communications professionals who made the transition from journalism will speak at a panel in the National Press Club’s Bloomberg Room on Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 6-7:30 p.m.
The former journalists will discuss how the skills they used as journalists help them in their new profession. They’ll share tips about making a transition, and explain how meeting deadlines, perfecting copy, and relentlessly checking facts are skills that are as useful on one side of a story as the other. They’ll also answer questions about training for outreach to former colleagues in today’s new media landscape.
There will be plenty of opportunities for professionals and students to ask questions.
The panelists include
- Jared Allen, Assistant Vice President, FD Public Affairs, formerly reporter, The Hill
- Keith Blackman, Blackman Media Solutions, formerly Director, Media Practice, Burson-Marsteller and White House producer, NBC News
- Mary O’Driscoll, Director, Division of Media Relations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, formerly editor and reporter at E&E Publishing and The Energy Daily.
- and Rob Doherty, Vice President, The Hatcher Group, formerly Washington bureau chief, Reuters, will serve as moderator
Members and non-members are invited. This is a free event but reservations are required – contact [email protected].