Contact: Toni Laws, (703) 854-7178
Neil Foote, (214) 448-3765
Media Advisory
Summer conference in Wash., DC to tackle content distribution,
advertising, diversity, and digital media issues
WHO:
The National Association of Minority Executives (NAMME) is an influential,
multicultural organization of media managers and executives of color
working in newspapers, broadcasting, magazines and online media. Its
members work both in news and on the business side.
WHAT:
Faced with increased competition and changing media consumption
patterns, several hundred media executives and managers of color
committed to diversity and inclusion will convene to strategize, analyze and
devise plans to infuse new energy into their businesses.
Featured newsmaker luncheon speakers at the 2007 conference will
include on Wednesday, July 11 Dean Baquet of The New York Times,
moderated by The Washington Post’s Milton Coleman and on Thursday,
July 12 Democratic National Committee Chair Gov. Howard Dean
moderated by veteran CBS Correspondent Randall Pinkston.
Additional panelists and presenters will be Newsweek essayist/author/journalist Ellis
Cose, Fernando Espuelas of VOY, Johnathan Rodgers of TV One, Rob
Curley of Washington.Post.Newsweek Interactive and Laura Marriott of the
Mobile Marketing Association, Mario Armstrong of The Digital Spin and
Pamela Mitchell of The Reinvention Institute™. Diversity Inc. Magazine will
host a panel featuring representatives from the nation’s most diverse
companies, including Cox Communications, Coca-Cola, Pepsi Bottling,
Sodexho and Deloitte & Touche. The Washington Post will host a reception
at which NAMME will release a groundbreaking study on the deployment of
affinity groups at media companies. Fox and News Corp. will feature a
special, limited-seating reception and film screening at the Motion Picture
Association.
WHEN:
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 thru Thursday July 12, 2007
WHERE:
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
1150 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-835-0500
DETAILS:
For conference registration and information visit
http://www.namme.org/programs/conference/registration/
