RTDNA National Meeting 2015
 

Speakers Biography

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Raj Ahluwalia
Senior Producer, The National, CBC TV News
Session: Making the Call: An Election Night Primer

Steve Alperin
Principal, DSA Digital
Session: Next Generation of News Brands Online
Adrienne Arsenault
Correspondent, The National
Session: Recording or Reporting; Journalism in the Age of the Never-ending Deadline
Mark Blanchard
 Manager, Network Resources, News Technology and Logistics, Global News
Session: New Technology, New Paradigm: The Digital Future
(Moderator)
George Browne
Managing Editor, globalnews.ca
Session: The 5 Minute Mentor
Suzanne D'Amours
National Coordinator, Weather Services to Media, Environment Canada
Session: Weather Bomb
Tom Emrich
Consultant & Advisor, We Are Wearables & BetaKit
Session: Wearables: The Latest Tools Journalists and Newsrooms Can Use
Brodie Fenlon
Managing Editor, CBCNews.ca
Session: Getting Your Story Out On Social Media

Catherine Ferguson
Business Development Strategist, Global News Digital
Session: Selling Out? The Ethics of Sponsored Content/Native Advertising

Wendy Freeman
President, CTV News, Bell Media
Session: Bear Pit
Bogdan Frusina
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Dejero
Session: New Technology, New Paradigm: The Digital Future
Paul Hunter
Foreign Correspondent, The National
RTDNF Scholarship Awards Luncheon
 
Mike Karapita
Coordinator of the Journalism Program, Humber College
Session: Copy Editing For Online and Broadcast
Anton Koschany
Executive Producer, W5 and CTV Elections
Session: Making The Call: An Election Night Primer
Lysanne Louter
Emmy Award-winning Producer/Director, CBC the fifth estate
Session: The 5 Minute Mentor
Jennifer McGuire
General Manager and Editor in Chief, CBC News
Session: Bear Pit


Jack Nagler
Director of Journalistic Public Accountability and Engagement
Session: Ethics of Journalism
Marissa Nelson
Senior Director of Digital Media, CBC News and Centers
Session: Getting Your Story Out On Social Media (Moderator)
Greg O'Brien
Editor and Publisher, Cartt.ca
Session: Bear Pit
(Moderator)
Troy Reeb
Senior Vice-President, News & Station Operations, Global News
Session: Bear Pit

Shauna Rempel
Social Media Strategist, Globalnews.ca
Session: Getting Your Story Out On Social Media
Vanessa Schneider
Program Manager, Google
Session: Google Search, Trends and Maps for Media

Mark Sikstrom
Executive Producer, Product and Technology Innovation, CTV News
Session: Ethics of Journalism

Harris Silver
Manager, High Risk Deployment, CBC
Session: Managing Risk in the Field

Shawn Snider
Marketing Product Manager, Newsroom, Media Asset Management and Teleprompter, Ross Video
Session: New Technology, New Paradigm: The Digital Future
Jeffery Tam
Managing Editor, Rogers Sportsnet
Session: The 5 Minute Mentor

Patti Tasko
Managing Editor, Pagemasters North America
Session: Copy Editing For Online and Broadcast
Dave Trafford
Broadcast Journalist
Session: Ethics of Journalism
(Moderator)
Lis Travers
Vice President and Executive Producer, CANADA AM
Session: The 5 Minute Mentor
Allison Vuchnich
Network Correspondent, Global News
Session: The 5 Minute Mentor
Ron Waksman
Director, Online & Current Affairs, Global News
Session: Selling Out? The Ethics of Sponsored Content/Native Advertising
Session: Ethics of Journalism

Tom Walters
Los Angeles Bureau Chief, CTV National News
Session: 10 Powerful Writing Tips For Narrative Storytelling
Stephanie Wilson Chapin
Sr. Director, Digital, CTV News & Entertainment
Session: Getting Your Story Out On Social Media


John Wright
Senior Vice President, Strategic Public Affairs Research and Managing Director, Ipsos Global @dvisor
Session: Truth or Dare: Polling in a New Age