EVENTS
Center for the Digital Globe Symposium 2013
Business Models in a Digital Age
Friday, April 26, 2013
Location: Fred W. Smith Forum Room (2nd floor), Reynolds Journalism Institute - MU Campus
(All events are free and open to the public.)
The day’s events began with welcome and opening remarks by Randall Smith, Reynolds Endowed Chair of Business Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism and Antonie Stam, Leggett & Platt Distinguished Professor of Information Systems, Trulaske College of Business. Six entrepreneurial project presentations followed. The project sessions were judged by a distinguished panel of three: Rob Eshman, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of TRIBE Media, Elizabeth Keck, Senior Director of Sustainability for Walmart and Les Borgmeyer, Vice President of Sales for Columbia Daily Tribune/Tribune Publishing Company.
The six entrepreneurial project sessions were followed by a final session to announce the winning teams. The projects were:
Project 1: ANDAC - Connie Farrow, Project Manager of American Newspaper Digital Access Corporation: Monetization of Digitized Content.
Project 2: Next Avenue - Judy Diaz, President
Project 3: AP (Associated Press) - Francesco Marconi, Strategy Analyst: Strategy & Digital Products
Project 4: MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) - Chris Worthington, Managing Director, Regional News
Project 5: Treepple - Glen Cameron, Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair in Journalism Research
Project 6: Nation Media Group - Olga Arara-Kimani, General Manager: Business Development
View all sessions, including the announcement of the winning teams on our Reynolds Journalism Institute symposium videos page. http://www.rjionline.org/cdig-symposium-videos
See bios for the faculty, entrepreneurs and judges on our Reynolds Journalism Institute CDiG symposium page. http://www.rjionline.org/events/cdigsymposium
RJI Innovation Week 2012
Monday, April 23 thru Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Reynolds Journalism Institute - MU Campus
(All events are free and open to the public.)
The week's discussions included new opportunities in social media for news and advertising, application development and digital design to improve how users engage, and understanding and retaining information. Insights were shared on segmenting advertisers and media products and readers to better serve readers and advertisers. Research was shared on modeling bundling pricing for news delivery on various platforms, news usage on tablets, updates on paid content initiatives, broadband reach into rural areas and business and marketing plans for several media operations. At the end of the week, Orlando (FL) Sentinel Editor Mark Russell moderated an election year discussion with input from Major Garrett (the National Journal), Jake Wagman (political reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) and Darrel Rowland (public affairs editor of the Columbia (OH) Dispatch).See the 2012 RJI Week videos page to view recorded sessions of the week's events
http://rjionline.org/news/rjinnovation-week-videos#monday
RJI Innovation Week 2011
Monday, April 25 thru Friday, April 29, 2011
Location: Reynolds Journalism Institute - MU Campus
(All events are free and open to the public.)
The week's discussions included solving journalism's business problems today, paid content models for the future and opportunities, early lessons and solutions from Reynolds Fellows.See the 2011 RJI Week videos page to view recorded sessions of the week's events
http://rjionline.org/news/rjinnovation-week-videos#monday
Umar Cheema Presentation: Challenges to Freedom
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.
Fred W. Smith Forum Room, Reynolds Journalism Institute (2nd Floor)
Umar Cheema, an award-winning investigative journalist from Pakistan, spoke at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on Thursday, April 21st at 7:00 p.m. Umar is known for his bravery in the face of adversity. Heralded by The New York Times for his work, Cheema has regularly faced threats. In honor of his work, he received the International Free Speech Award at Syracuse University in April 2011.Last September, Cheema was abducted in the early morning hours and tortured by masked men. He was told not to speak about the incident or face death. After his release, Cheema immediately went on television to tell his story. An article in The New York Times paid tribute to Cheema, saying he took the biggest risk of his career: “He has done all Pakistanis a favor by refusing to be intimidated.” This was not the first attack. A car ran over him on the dark night of December, 2004, causing multiple fractures and keeping him in bed for six months.
Cheema works for The News, the largest English-language daily newspaper in Pakistan. He has broken stories on important political developments, exposed relationships between the security agencies and the private militia, and called into question the sitting government. Too, he has written about the conflicts within the Pakistan army and its intelligence agencies. In 2008, he was the only Pakistani journalist selected for two awards: the Daniel Pearl Fellowship and Britain’s Chevening Scholarship. During his Daniel Pearl Fellowship, he received on-the-job training at The New York Times. He has a master’s degree in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics.
Cheema’s talk was sponsored by the Center for the Digital Globe.
View the International The News article about Umar Cheema's 2011 Free Speech Award.
View the Columbia Missourian article published on April 21, 2011.
Umar Cheema has written a moving article in The New York Times about the death of a colleague.
Video of the Umar Cheema Presentation
Student Event: RJI Android Student Competition
November 30 and December 8, 2010
The 4th Annual RJI Student Competition builds upon its past success and takes it up another several notches this year by targeting Android, Google's mobile operating system. Android development offers you the opportunity to add yet another skill set into your career toolbox. This year we have three (!) technology partners to enable student teams to dream BIG: Adobe, Google and Sprint. We are thrilled to announce that our media partner this year will again be Hearst Innovation, the company's internal unit charged with fostering innovation across broadcast, newspaper, magazine and digital brands. We anticipate a larger focus on strategic communication this year.
Two events to mark on your calendars:
Competition Information and Team Building Speed Dating Event
Tuesday, November 30 6:00 p.m.
Fred W. Smith Forum, RJI room 200
Curious about if the competition is something you'd like to try? Wanting to compete in this year's competition but you are still looking for team members? This is the event for you.
Presentation of this year's challenges by Hearst Innovation
Wednesday, December 8 6:00 p.m.
Location: Room 200, Reynolds Journlism Institute
(You will be required to sign an NDA to attend)
This event will unveil the challenges offered up by Hearst employees for this year's competition. These proposed project areas represent the collective innovation thoughts and ideas from one of the world's leading media companies. This event is an unmatched opportunity to get an inside peak at where the industry is prospectively headed.
See Beth Polish's (Hearst Corporation) letter for more details about the competition.
See Unveiling of Hearst Projects on December 8th for more details about this event.
Keith Politte, J.D.
Manager, Technology Testing Center
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Missouri School of Journalism
040 Walter Williams Hall
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Office:573-882-9646
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David Crane Presentation: Diamonds, Guns and Thugs
November 11, 2010
Open Reception at 6:00 p.m., Room 100A Reynolds Journalism Institute
Presentation at 7:00 p.m., Fred W. Smith Forum Room, Reynolds Journalism Institute (2nd Floor)
Blood Diamonds Prosecutor David Crane spoke at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 11th in the Fred W. Smith Forum Room of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. A reception was held prior to his presentation.
David M. Crane was appointed a professor of practice at Syracuse University College of Law in the summer of 2006. Prior to that time he was a distinguished visiting professor for the 2005 academic year. From 2002-2005 he was the founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, an international war crimes tribunal, appointed to that position by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on 19 April, 2002. Among those he indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity was the President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, the first sitting African head of state in history to be indicted for such international crimes. Professor Crane served over 30 years in the federal government of the United States. Appointed to the Senior Executive Service of the United States in 1997, Mr. Crane held numerous key managerial positions during his three decades of public service prior to his tribunal appointment. Professor Crane holds a Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University, a Masters of Arts Degree in African Studies and a Bachelor of General Studies in History, Summa Cum Laude, from Ohio University. Prior to his departure from West Africa in 2005, Professor Crane was made an honorary Paramount Chief by the Civil Society Organizations of Sierra Leone. For his service to humanity, Case Western Reserve University in Ohio awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in May, 2008.View the Salem Fekadu interview with David Crane on Columbia Access Television.
David Crane Interview on Columbia Access TelevisionVideo of the David Crane Presentation
Film Presentation by Dutch Director Ineke Smits: Transit Dubai
October 20, 2010, 2:00 p.m., Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute (2nd Floor)
Dutch film director Ineke Smits showed her 2008 documentary film titled Transit Dubai followed by discussion. In addition to directing and writing fiction and documentary films, Ineke is also a script advisor, creative producer and lecturer. Transit Dubai premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. It won the Audience Award at Gdansk Film Festival in 2009. The city of Dubai is a travel destination and home for people from all over the world. Many of its inhabitants are temporary visitors from Europe, Asia, America and the Middle East. This film looks at Dubai through the eyes of four photography students and uncovers multiple layers within this modernized and at the same time traditional society. It also shows how Western influences and IT have changed the local culture and people.
View a full description of this event: http://cdig.missouri.edu/InekeSmits.pdf
Business, Technology and the Media: Charting a Course Through Chaos
March 15-16, 2010, Reynolds Journalism Institute
The Center for the Digital Globe, The Donald W. Reynolds Chair of Business Journalism, the Alfred Friendly Press Foundation and Reynolds Journalism Institute hosted a symposium on March 15-16, 2010 to explore cutting edge ideas for the future of media. The invitation list included executives from Samsung and the Associated Press. Several little-known start-ups and well-known futurists attended as well. The first day’s goal was to stir the imagination with some excellent (and varied) presentations. The second day focused on several smaller seeded discussions that generated some new business models and directions. View the agenda, biographies and session videos at the Reynolds Journalism Institute web site. http://www.rjionline.org/events/stories/cdig-rji/index.php
Reynolds Journalism Institute Event: Interactive Panel Discussion on the Importance of Advertising Ethics
October 14, 2009, from 10:00 a.m.-Noon, Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute
The Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism hosted an interactive panel discussion by advertising industry leaders on the importance of advertising ethics to the business of advertising and to its professionals. View videos for this event at the RJI web site. http://rji.missouri.edu/events/stories/ad-ethics-oct/index.php
Missouri School of Journalism Centennial/Dedication Event
September 12, 2008, from 1-2:30 p.m., Jesse Auditorium
President's Roundtable: Communication for a Digital Globe
Missouri School of Journalism Centennial/Dedication Event
Gary Forsee, President of the University of Missouri System, and former chairman and CEO of Sprint Nextel, hosted an interactive panel discussion on continuous technological changes in the way we communicate and the joys and challenges of living in a digital world. Russ Mitchell of CBS News moderated the discussion. Roundtable panelists were: Sue Bostrom, Chief Marketing Officer, Cisco; David Dorman, Chairman of the Board, Motorola, Inc.; Mark Hoffman, MA ’80, President, CNBC; Carol J. Loomis, BJ ’51, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine; Amy McCombs, BJ ’68, BA ’69, MA ’72, former president and CEO of Chronicle Broadcasting; Dave Senay, President and CEO, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications; Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO, AT&T Mobility. This panel discussion will also be aired on several public television stations at a later date. View the full announcement and biographies at the Missouri School of Journalism web site. http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2008/09-08-president-roundtable.html
Student Events
September 8 and October 14, 2008 iPhone 3G Student Developer Contest
See the following announcement of the winning NearBuy Team in our campus student newspaper.
Reynolds Institute announces winner for iphone contest (The Maneater Newspaper- May 8, 2009)
See the competition winners page on the RJI web site.
Competition Winners
Symposia/Conferences
March 12, 2008 - Symposium on Social Networking
The Center for the Digital Globe sponsored a social networking symposium on March 12, 2008, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Wrench Auditorium (S102 Memorial Union). Rebecca Phillips, Vice President of Social Networking at Beliefnet, discussed social networking web sites, including FaceBook and My Space. Beliefnet is an award winning religion and spirituality web site recently acquired by News Corp and launched in October, 2007. It is the largest single religion web site, with over three million regular users. Professor Paul Martin Lester, Department of Communications at California State University-Fullerton, joined the symposium through video conference to discuss his experiences with teaching a class on the Second Life online community. Professor Chi-Ren Shyu, MU Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, discussed science collaboration across disciplines. He regularly teaches courses about the internet. Professor Patricia Fry, MU School of Law, discussed legal issues. Professor Fry has served on many state and national committees and conferences on electronic commerce. She has published widely in the field of commercial law and electronic commerce and has taught courses on sales and leases, modern payment systems, secured transactions and electronic commerce. Professor Wayne Wanta, MU School of Journalism and Director of The Center for the Digital Globe, served as moderator for the symposium. He teaches the Center's J8052 capstone course on the impact of technological change and globalization. In 2007, he served as President of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the largest journalism education association in the world. View our Presenter Bios page to learn more about our speakers. Read the highlights from our symposium.
Highlights from the Center for the Digital Globe symposium on Social Networking - March 12, 2008
Seminar Presentations
April 18, 2007: Dr. So-Yeon Yoon - Virtual Reality Design Software Demonstration (Architectural and Interior Design Planning and Communications Software)
A copy of Dr. So-Yeon Yoon's software presentation summary is available at this link: http://cdig.missouri.edu/virtualrealitydemo.pdf
