2008 Woodie Awards
BCCA Elects New Board, Changes Conference Name
Seth E. Davis
Staff Reporter
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: Campus News
BALTIMORE- The BCCA meeting held on Friday Feb 15 had a lot of ground to cover: two terms of the same board, a new executive board, missing ballots and an official name change.
After a vote, the executive board was determined. The newly electedboard include Pamela E. Foster, chair; Derrick Hackett, vice chair; Wanda Peters, secretary; and Janene Tate, associate secretary.
According to former chair Valerie White, the maintenance of the same executive board was due to reelection. White was reelected to the position in 2006. "I was technically reelected even though it was informal in 2006," White said.
Many members are pleased with the election of Foster as chair.
"She's just a natural born leader. She is very in touch with student media, national media and legal issues," BCCA associate secretary Wanda Peters said.
Foster talked about her plans as president. "I would like to get our team well organized so we have clear response. Also, we need to make sure we are very well branded with our new name," she said.
Also discussed was the fact that five of the 26 awards to be presented at Saturday night's award ceremony were not presented due to missing ballots. White said this is due in large part to judges not returning ballots, so the winners can be decided.
When speaking on contest difficulties and her future plans, Foster said, "We should make sure our contests are well organized and yield timely decisions."
Another topic discussed was the change of the official conference name. The conference was formerly named The National HBCU Newspaper/Media Conference but was changed to The National HBCU News Media Conference to include a larger demographic.
This change was subject to vote among the members.
"I think it appears to reflect the changing technology and the whole concept of convergence," said Reginald Owens, an assistant professor of journalism at Louisiana Tech University. "It also reflects where many of us have come to and where all of us need to go in the role of media."
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After a vote, the executive board was determined. The newly electedboard include Pamela E. Foster, chair; Derrick Hackett, vice chair; Wanda Peters, secretary; and Janene Tate, associate secretary.
According to former chair Valerie White, the maintenance of the same executive board was due to reelection. White was reelected to the position in 2006. "I was technically reelected even though it was informal in 2006," White said.
Many members are pleased with the election of Foster as chair.
"She's just a natural born leader. She is very in touch with student media, national media and legal issues," BCCA associate secretary Wanda Peters said.
Foster talked about her plans as president. "I would like to get our team well organized so we have clear response. Also, we need to make sure we are very well branded with our new name," she said.
Also discussed was the fact that five of the 26 awards to be presented at Saturday night's award ceremony were not presented due to missing ballots. White said this is due in large part to judges not returning ballots, so the winners can be decided.
When speaking on contest difficulties and her future plans, Foster said, "We should make sure our contests are well organized and yield timely decisions."
Another topic discussed was the change of the official conference name. The conference was formerly named The National HBCU Newspaper/Media Conference but was changed to The National HBCU News Media Conference to include a larger demographic.
This change was subject to vote among the members.
"I think it appears to reflect the changing technology and the whole concept of convergence," said Reginald Owens, an assistant professor of journalism at Louisiana Tech University. "It also reflects where many of us have come to and where all of us need to go in the role of media."
Permission to print granted by www.hbcu-journal.com
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