Rewarding the Enduring Values of Radio-Television Journalism [Print This Page]
- Time: 10:45 a.m.-Noon
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
- Place: Neff Auditorium, 204 Neff Hall
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The best in American radio-television journalism always seems to involve the traditional enduring values - obligation to the truth, loyalty to citizens, the discipline of verification and independent monitor of power. Winners of America's top radio-television journalism awards explain how the enduring values guide the practitioner.
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Moderator: Bob Priddy
News Director
The Missourinet
Bob Priddy, BJ '63, is the news director of The Missourinet, a statewide commercial radio network that provides news, sports and special programming to approximately 60 radio stations in Missouri. In his 30-plus year career, Priddy has led numerous efforts in opening Missouri's government to its citizens through coverage of public participation in legislative committee work; opening Missouri's courtrooms to radio and television coverage; and, more recently, spearheading the successful efforts to allow Missourians to listen to legislative debate and Missouri Supreme Court arguments on the Internet. Priddy is the only two-time chairman of the board of the Radio-Television News Directors Association. He also has served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, the education arm of RTNDA, and is now its secretary-treasurer. Priddy is a historian who has written four books focusing on Missouri history. In 2000, he received the Mizzou Alumni Association's Faculty-Alumni Award. In 2002, he received the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism.
Discussion Leaders:
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Joe Bergantino
The Center for Investigative Reporting/New England
Boston
Joe Bergantino, MA '80, is launching the first regional non-profit investigative reporting collaborative in the country in partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting based in California. The collaborative, The Center for Investigative Reporting/New England at Boston University, will produce investigative reports for multiple news outlets. Bergantino led the I-Team at WBZ-TV News in Boston until May 2008. Bergantino’s I-Team reports brought con artists to justice, saved taxpayers millions of dollars and affected the lives of thousands of New Englanders. His investigations brought about major reforms from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill, and the repercussions of his stories have been felt worldwide. For his extraordinary work, Bergantino has won many of broadcasting's most prestigious awards, including a duPont-Columbia Award, a duPont-Columbia Citation, the Gabriel Award, multiple Emmy Awards including Best Investigative Reporter in New England in 2007, The Robert F. Kennedy Award for reporting on the disadvantaged, and several Associated Press and Radio and Television News Directors Association awards. He was an ABC News correspondent from 1986-1991, where he reported for World News Tonight, Nightline and Good Morning America. Twice named the city's best reporter by Boston Magazine, Bergantino has been teaching journalism at Boston College since 1995.
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John Ferrugia
Investigative Reporter
7NEWS, Denver
John Ferrugia, BJ '75, has been honored with television journalism's most prestigious awards, including the duPont-Columbia Award, two George Foster Peabody Awards, a national Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and induction in the National Academy of Television Arts and Science-Heartland Chapter's "Silver Circle" for his career contributions to broadcasting. Ferrugia came to 7NEWS in 1992 from KCNC in Denver, continuing an award-winning career in television journalism that has taken him from the Great Wall in China, to war torn Beirut, to Vatican City. He has covered critical national and international issues and prominent world leaders, including prime ministers, the Pope and presidents. Ferrugia's investigative reports, known as "The Ferrugia File," include medical fraud, inner city gangs, grey market drugs and cutting-edge cancer research. He has been a contributing correspondent to ABC's 20/20, Good Morning America and CNN broadcasts, as well as appearing on Oprah. Ferrugia's many awards include the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Award, Colorado Broadcasting Association and Missouri Broadcasting Association awards and several Emmys. He also has been awarded the prestigious McGraw-Hill Award for Editorial Excellence four times, the latest in 2007.
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Stacey Woelfel
Associate Professor, Missouri School of Journalism
News Director, KOMU
Stacey Woelfel, BJ '81, is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and the news director for KOMU-TV, the University of Missouri-owned NBC affiliate for central Missouri. The commercial station serves as the teaching laboratory for the Missouri School of Journalism. Students at KOMU-TV are the reporters, producers, writers, photographers and editors of five daily newscasts that go head to head with competing newscasts in the market. He is the national chairman-elect of the Radio Television News Directors Association, where he has served as a member of the executive committee, chair of the ethics committee and a member of the convention planning and education committees. Woelfel also serves as a member of the board of governors of the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is a winner of the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism, the Emmy, the Edward R. Murrow and numerous regional and local awards. Woelfel is a frequent instructor in free media practices for journalists worldwide. He is the author of Suspicious Signs: Effects of Newscaster Scripts, Symbols, and Actions on Audience Perceptions of News Organization Bias. Woelfel holds a doctorate in political science.
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About the Futures Forum
Top journalists, advertisers and thought leaders will lead numerous interactive sessions during the Sept. 11 Futures Forum, a day of cutting-edge discussions about the next century of journalism. Ethics, convergence and politics are just a few of the many hot topics that will be explored in this diverse program dedicated to challenging industry thinking and visualizing possibilities for the future. Sessions will be 75 minutes long and held concurrently with others on the schedule. Full schedules will be available during on-site check in during the Sept. 10-12 celebration.
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