Press Club of Long Island

MELVILLE, N.Y., February 5, 2009 – The Press Club of Long Island, the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, presented a forum focused on today’s troubled economy and what that means for the future of the news media on Long Island. The discussion centered on how local media companies plan to cope.  Included [...]

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A crowd of about 60 came to a PCLI panel on the future of media on Long Island on Sept. 18 at Newsday.

The discussion centered on Cablevision’s recent acquisition of Newsday, and how the paper might link up with News 12 Long Island, the cable giant’s cable TV operation.

Panelists John Mancini, Newsday’s editor, and News 12’s news director, Pat Dolan, said they’ve only had preliminary discussions – in fact, the event, held at Newsday, marked only the third time the two had been in the same room – and that they had identified several opportunities to share editorial resources, but nothing definitive.

Another panelist, Long Island Business News president and publisher, John Kominicki, said his paper was moving fast to adapt to the changing habits of news consumers by employing social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, while venturing headlong into multimedia with podcasts, video and audio slideshows.

Moderated by Robert Papper, chairman of Hofstra University’s journalism department, the panel was rounded out by Jeff Lambert, publisher of South Bay’s Neighbor Newspapers, a local shopper chain.

Video for Dummies IIA training session on the basics of video journalism Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – 7 to 9 p.m. Location: Newsday Auditorium 235 Pinelawn Road, Melville Featuring: Michael DelGiudice TV Photographer – WNBC-TV Ken Sawchuk Photojournalist – Newsday G. Stuart Smith Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies – Hofstra University Moderator: Meredith [...]

The Future of News Media on Long Island A panel discussion about the changing journalism landscape Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 7 p.m. Location: Newsday Auditorium 235 Pinelawn Road, Melville Panelists: Pat Dolan News Director – News 12 Long Island John Kominicki Publisher – Long Island Business News Jeff Lambert Publisher – South Bay’s Neighbor [...]

“Video for Dummies” A discussion and demonstrationon the basics of video journalism. Learn the technical aspects of shooting footage and telling stories for both the Web and TV. Wednesday, June 11, 2008 – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Newsday Auditorium235 Pinelawn Road, Melville Featuring:Michael Del GiudiceTV PhotographerWNBC-TV Ken SawchukPhotojournalistNewsday Moderator:Meredith DanielsSenior Multimedia ProducerNewsday.com Free Admission Pizza [...]