May 18, 2009
*tour of NBC 10 studios at 5:30 p.m.
session takes place from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
NBC 10 Studios, Peacock Room
10 Monument Road
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Participants are encouraged to post questions for Monday's panelists in advance of Monday's session to this blog posting. Questions posted to the blog in advance will be answered first during Monday's session, so feel free to fire away!
Check-in Instructions:
- Participants are required to sign in upon entry in order to receive a visitors badge
- No photo ID is needed
Food & Beverages: Pizza and drinks will be provided at this session.
Transportation/Parking:
Nearest parking - there is a parking lot at the NBC 10 building
Nearest train station - Bala Cynwyd station (R6 Regional Rail line)
Nearest subway stop - NA
Featured Guest Speakers:
CHRIS BLACKMAN
News Director, NBC 10
Chris Blackman is vice president of News for NBC 10 Philadelphia. He joined NBC 10 in July of 2001 as assistant news director and was promoted to news director in January of 2002.
Prior to joining NBC 10, he spent four and a half years in Asia as vice president of News Programming for CNBC Asia in Hong Kong and Singapore where he created several award winning programs.
Blackman has been with NBC for 23 years, including ten years at the NBC owned station in Chicago where he worked as a news writer, producer and executive producer. While working in Chicago, Blackman earned a number of Emmy and Associated Press Awards. He views his trip to South Africa and the Emmy he won for writing about the apartheid and the release of Nelson Mandela as one of the highlights of his career.
Blackman graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Communications.
BERNARD DAGENAIS
Editor, Philadelphia Business Journal
Bernard Dagenais is the editor of the Philadelphia Business Journal, one of 40 local business news publications owned by American City Business Journals. The business journal's exclusive local business news content can be found in its weekly newspaper, with daily breaking news featured at philadelphiabusinessjournal.com and, through broadcast partnerships, on KYW News Radio, WHYY and Fox 29's Good Day Philadelphia Show.
A journalist for nearly 25 years, Bernie took the helm of the business journal's editorial operation six years ago. He is previous business editor of The Washington Times.
CHRIS KREWSON
Executive Editor, Online/News, Philadelphia Inquirer
Chris Krewson is the executive online editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, responsible for all aspects of The Inquirer's online efforts, including breaking news, blogs, multimedia projects and its presence in social media. He oversees a multimedia staff in the newsroom, including the Continuous News operation, as well as breaking news and blog posts from every desk in the newsroom: Metro, Sports, Science and medicine, Business and Features. He's the newsroom's primary liaison with philly.com.
TOM MCGRATH
Executive Editor, Philadelphia Magazine
Tom McGrath is the executive editor of Philadelphia magazine and online editorial director of Phillymag.com and Bostonmagazine.com. Prior to joining Philadelphia magazine in 2003, he served as executive editor of Men's Health magazine and before that was editor of Atlantic City magazine.
McGrath is also the author of MTV: The Making of A Revolution (Running Press), a business/cultural history of the cable network, and co-author of Fitness Made Simple (McGraw Hill), with fitness expert John Basedow. His writing has been published in Men's Health, Women's Health, George, Glamour, Child, Success, Runner's World and other national publications.
He has won several writing/reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and he has appeared on NPR, the Fox News Channel, MSNBC, the BBC and numerous other TV and radio outlets.
Moderator:
JACOB FARBMAN
Director of Communications, New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Adjunt Professor of Communication Studies, The College of New Jersey
Jacob C. Farbman, APR joined the New Jersey Council of County Colleges in October 1999 as its public relations officer. In July 2006, he was promoted to Director of Communications. In his current role, he directs the Council's statewide internal and external communication programs for New Jersey's 19 community colleges.
In addition to his duties at the Council, Jacob has served as an adjunct professor of communication studies at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in Ewing since January 2001, teaching Introduction to Communication Theory and Strategies of Public Relations. In 2005, TCNJ's chapter of the Sigma Pi fraternity honored Jacob with one of five Outstanding Faculty Awards. In 2007, he received the Anthony Fulginiti Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for his outstanding contributions to public relations education.
Jacob is one of less than 10 public relations practitioners in the country representing community colleges to hold an Accredited in Public Relations (APR) distinction awarded by the Universal Accreditation Board of the Public Relations Society of America. The APR recognizes exemplary standards of character and competence in the practice of public relations.
Jacob and his wife, Ritamarie, live in Langhorne, Pa.
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