Presenter: Mary Solberg
Time: Thursday, June 22 at 11:30
Location: Room 2320

Newspaper Editing in a Tweet-Driven World

How do newspapers compete in a tweet-driven world? Decreasing attention spans, competing sources of instant news, and increased printing costs create challenges for the diocesan and secular press. But Twitter —with its 140- character limit – can be an ally. Newspaper editors can use it to drive readership and push themselves to write and edit more tightly and creatively.

Mary Solberg

The 2016 recipient of the Catholic Press Association’s Individual Excellence as Editor Award, Mary Solberg is editor of FaithLife newspaper and associate director of communications for the Diocese of Erie, Pa.

She has won numerous Catholic Press Association awards in the categories of Best Front Page, Best Photograph, Best Sports Feature, Best News Writing and Best Special Supplement. She is a 2016 recipient of the Golden Quill Award (history feature) from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, and a 2016 Niagara Award recipient for feature writing from the Public Relations Society of America, Erie.

A 1981 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, she was a daily news reporter and a weekly columnist for the Times Publishing Company (Erie), for which she also served as editor of Lake Erie LifeStyle magazine.

A native of Pennsylvania’s Great Lakes region, she is married and the mother of three sons.

2:00 pm: Grand Salon

Q&A

MARTIN SCORSESE is an Academy Award-winning Director and one of the most influential filmmakers working today. He has directed critically acclaimed, award-winning films including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, which won an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture, Shutter Island, and Hugo for which he received a Golden Globe for Best Director.

His 2013 film, The Wolf of Wall Street received DGA, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Director, as well as a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Film. His latest feature, Silence, is based on the acclaimed novel by Shusaku Endo.

Scorsese has directed numerous documentaries including the Peabody Award winning No Direction Home: Bob Dylan and Elia Kazan: A Letter to Elia; as well as Italianamerican, The Last Waltz, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies, Il Mio Viaggio in Italia, Public Speaking, and George Harrison: Living in the Material World, for which Scorsese received Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Nonfiction Special.

Scorsese co-directed The 50 Year Argument in 2014 with his long time documentary editor David Tedeschi. Scorsese executive produced the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, winning an Emmy and DGA Award for directing the pilot episode. Scorsese is the founder and chair of The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of motion picture history.

15.45 – 16.45: Espace Jardins Room
No matter what the medium, production is the process in which our mission must take shape in the real word. This session will look at questions like: In institutional settings, how does the decision-making process progress and remain creative? Can we actually develop models for collaborative production? What does it mean to produce media “from the periphery“? Participants should come prepared to discuss such challenges in earnest, to share best practices, and to consider building networks to share resources and maybe projects.

Facilitator
Larry Rich (USA)
Head of Maryknoll Productions for nearly 20 years, where he oversaw award-winning video, TV and radio productions. Prior to that he worked for over a decade as print journalist and video producer in Peru, focusing on human rights.

15.45 – 16.45: Grand Salon Room
The Content/Creativity session will focus on sharing and discussing multimedia content produced by SIGNIS and several other partner organizations taking part in the 2017 CPA/CMC. This session will delve into the creative processes involved in the production of impactful multimedia content and the innovative ways media platforms are being utilized by Catholic media professionals in North America. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to highlight current media trends and to connect with each other to develop creative and thoughtful perspectives to content production.

Facilitator
Michael Jones (Maryknoll, USA)
He is a multimedia producer and content strategist based in New York City. He has consulted many NGOs, non-profits, and human rights.

15.45 – 4:45: Hydro Quebec Room
Discussion around implicit and explicit religious content sharing across different media and social networks will be showcased followed by a discussion.

Facilitator
Maria Ruiz-Scaperlanda (USA)
An award-winning Catholic journalist and author.

15.45 – 16.45: Rooms 4512 & 4514
Discussion around rebranding, marketing and sustainability will be
showcased and a discussion will be held about the lessons to be learned.

Facilitator
Joe Sinasac (Canada)
Publishing Director for Novalis in Toronto.

08.30 – 09.45 : Rooms 4512 & 4514

Facilitator
Billy Atwell (USA)
Diocesan Director of Communications, Diocese of Raleigh, NC.

Presenters:
CPA
SIGNIS