Monthly Archives: April 2007

Congrats, Brett! A Pulitzer!

As reported by The Birmingham News:

Brett J. Blackledge of The Birmingham News was awarded The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting today.

Blackledge received the honor, the highest in American journalism, for his 14-month investigation of Alabama’s two-year college system, in which he reported corruption, cronyism and nepotism on a wide scale.

“What’s remarkable about this award is it basically affirms what we do every day,” Blackledge said. “There’s nothing magical about this. It’s 98 percent of the stuff we do every day. It’s extraordinary, yet very ordinary.”

You can find a selection of the articles that got Brett this huge honor here

Job posting — Electronic Media Coordinator, UAB

Here’s job posting sent to us by:
Andrea Reiber, Manager of Electronic Media, UAB Office of Media Relations

The details are below or access it at www.uab.edu, then click Job Openings and then University Employment Opportunities.

Job Description

Under the general supervision of the Broadcast Media Relations Manager, this position will coordinate and implement new media strategies and initiatives. Will lead the collaborative efforts with all Public Relations and Marketing units, as well as other university entities, to explore/research new media opportunities, to develop and implement new media strategies and projects. For example, Pod casting, blogging, incorporating new audio, video and web-based technologies into the university’s media relations, marketing, public relations, publications, and Web communications plans. Understand the university’s business models and goals, and develop interactive strategies that will achieve objectives and support the brand identity. Assists staff with interactive media strategies. Handles editing video and audio content for use in new media strategies (i.e. new media press releases). Department strongly prefers proficiency with internet browsers (Explorer, Safari, and Firefox) Mac and windows applications (pring & online) environ. Must have strong written and verbal communication skills, and must have hands-on experience in social media, blogging, podcasting etc. Note: All candidate must have all of the above strongly preferred skills, no exceptions. The primary duties include coordinating and implementing new media strategies, helping Media Relations staff develop and guide interactive media strategies, developing news releases, podcast, and manage internet media relations. Also responsible for launching, maintaining, and evaluating aggressive social networking campaign. Additional duties include managing RSS (Really Simple Syndication feeds to allow for receiving UAB news), and website monitoring. The Annual Salary Range is $43,200 – $54,000 – $66,000

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree preferably in English, Communications or a related field and at least three years of experience in an electronic media or broadcast environment, preferably in a publications (online and print) setting. Proficiency using internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape, Firefox, etc.) Strong written, verbal and electronic communications skills. Experience using Mac based software and applications, as well as Windows applications.

April event: A tax break

Update: Photos from the April event.

Join the MOB for a break from taxes (filing, paying, avoiding) with our wine wind-down at The Grape in Five Points South. Lots of vintages to try, and networking and mingling on the patio. Come by any time between 5:30 and 7:30. [map]

Hang with media, advertising and PR professionals from across Birmingham.

Complete details are available on the Evite — be sure to invite your friends.

Contact us with any questions or leave a comment, or if you need flyers to post/e-mail.

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Ad Fed networking/lunch meeting

Photography: What everyone needs to know

Working with photographers is always exciting. But what do you need to know to make the job go by easier? And, sometimes there isn’t time to hire a photographer and stock is needed. What do you do then? What’s the difference in royalty-free and rights managed? Is stock available even from local photographers?

Have a question or want to hear some tricks of making this work go by smoothly? Come to the April Birmingham Ad Fed meeting.

  • Who: Photography panel (Billy Brown, Marc Bondarenko, Philip Griffith and Arden Ward)
  • When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Friday, April 20
  • Where: Alagasco, 20 S. 20th St. [map]
  • Cost: free to members, $20 for guests

RSVP by April 17 to info@bhamadfed.com.

For more information, visit Ad Fed / MySpace or call 205-942-0100.