EVENTS

Town Hall Lecture Series with UW Communication professors

October 13, 2009; January 7, 2010; March 4, 2010; May 6, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

The Department of Communication is partnering with Town Hall in Seattle to present a four-part lecture series on journalism, digital media, and civic engagement. All of the speakers for the series will be Communication professors: David Domke, Hanson Hosein, Lance Bennett, and Ralina Joseph, and the lectures will take place at Town Hall. The dates for the talks are October 13, January 7, March 4, and May 6. Each of the lectures will include a focus on a specific topical matter, beginning with David Domke’s talk on news and citizen engagement in the health care debate.

Advance tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com, or call (800) 838-3006, or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m. downstairs at Town Hall (enter on Seneca Street). Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Additional information about Town Hall and the lecture series can be found at www.townhallseattle.org.

First lecture: Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30 pm
David Domke: Healthcare in the Media Revolution

It wasn’t so long ago that staying informed meant subscribing to your hometown newspaper and watching one of three broadcast networks. Today, the business models of “the news” are under siege, and with them the role and popular understanding of journalism itself: in its place, niche-marketed cable shows, and an amateur and professional “news-gathering” apparatus of blogs, news portals, and social networking. A media revolution is being waged all around us—how are we doing? As where and how we get our news changes, can we still interpret in the same way? And what are the consequences for our democracy? A new series, co-produced by the University of Washington’s Department of Communication and Town Hall of Seattle and called The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World, will explore the ways we are empowered and diminished in the new media environment. Each program in the four part series will zero in on a different “top story”; the series kicks off with Professor (and Department Chair) David Domke’s analysis of the ways public engagement around and news coverage of the healthcare debate inflects, and even supplants, public understanding.

AWC National Conference returns to Seattle roots

Oct. 15-17, 2009
Seattle Sheraton Hotel

In honor of its 100th year, the Association for Women in Communications (AWC)’s national conference is in Seattle, where it all began. The opening general session begins with a keynote on the "Instincts of Leadership" by Pattye Moores. Ann Curry is the 2009 International Matrix Award honoree. For more information and to register, visit www.womcom.org.

Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

October 29, 2009
University of Washington Club
5 to 7 p.m.

For more information, contact Victoria Sprang at vsprang@uw.edu or (206) 724-3580

An Evening of Communications Career Development

January 27, 2010

An Evening of Communications Career Development will feature:

  • Representatives from Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, Washington Technology Industry Association, MSNBC, comScore will be on hand to talk to visitors about working at and applying to their companies.
  • A lively networking opportunity hosted by My Tam Nguyen (’06), a public relations specialist for the City of Seattle, and staffed by the members of the alumni board and other alumni working in print and broadcast journalism, public relations, digital media, strategic communication and other communication-related jobs. Also joining the event will be the representatives from participating companies.

A panel discussion on entrepreneurialism will feature:

  • Fitz Cahall (’02) founder of climbing blog (and so much more) The Dirtbag Diaries
  • Laura Pavlou (’06), founder of the interactive online magazine WWISH
  • Lucas Mack (’04), founder and principal of 4th Avenue Media, specializing in helping clients navigate the exploding world of online media.
  • Representatives from The Common Language Project

The complete 2010 lineup will be posted at www.com.washington.edu.

“Back to School” Fundraiser

April 15, 2010

The Department of Communication's Alumni Board has scheduled its first big fundraising event for spring 2010: a “back to school” evening with the department on April 15, 2010, at a location soon to be determined.

The night will begin with lectures from alumni paired with Communication professors discussing compelling communication topics. Our featured guest is Marc Watts, a 1982 grad and successful media coach and broadcast talent agent.

Come sit in the classrooms and desks you were all too familiar with and follow that up with a cocktail reception and auction. The auction will include, among other exciting items, an Italian dinner for eight at the home of Terry Tazioli, alumni board president and host of TVW’s Author’s Hour; and a lunch (or dinner) with Tazioli for two followed by the opportunity to sit in the audience for a taping of his show.

Proceeds will benefit Communication Department scholarships supporting undergraduate and graduate transformative experiences.

Mark your calendar now and stay tuned for more information!