(SALEM, Ore.) - Join Salem-News.com's Tim King for an evening of enlightening information about today's news media, as viewed through his twenty years in the industry as a reporter, photojournalist, producer, assignment editor and war correspondent.
It will be an opportunity for those who seek to know more about how the news industry works and how it impacts the world we live in. Tim will discuss and review different news sources and organizations, the evolution of video and computer technology, and talk at length about where it is all going. He will also go over basic equipment operation, and offer many tips that can save any person with a video camera time while increasing the quality of their work.
Tim will explain how things work today in comparison to earlier generations, and reveal candid newsroom stories that are entertaining, funny, sad and memorable.
Everyone who has questions about TV news, new media, the life of an embedded war reporter and all of the exciting stories in between, will enjoy a positive and fact filled night.
During his career, Tim King has watched the industry's changes, missing little in the transition from the analog period to the digital media world of today. He has worked for television stations on the Oregon coast, Southern Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada and Portland, Oregon.
Along the way he has earned a number of awards for events that range from the first interview with Evander Holyfield after the Mike Tyson ear biting incident, to his running down a pedophile on an Oregon street who didn't want his image shown to the public for KATU.
Tim has covered grisly murders and horrific crashes, and he has pursued stories that led families to closure over life taking events that came decades earlier. He will also share stories of hope, sacrifice and incredible success.
It seems like there are too many colorful moments from this career to recount, as Tim discusses being led away in custody by Mexican Immigration officials, having his life threatened by Southern Pacific Railroad Police, and being there when American soldiers fired their weapons in anger.
In addition to covering news in Mexico, he also traveled to Europe to investigate the truth of what happened to one young man from Arizona who was killed by the Germans in 1918.
Tim and his wife Bonnie produced the television documentary "Fallen Fortress at Cape Lookout" that aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting in 1993. It was the story of the sole survivor of a WWII B-17 bomber crash on the Oregon coast in 1943. They also produced a 13-week series "Hot Wheels in Las Vegas" that aired in Las Vegas as a weekend auto-based entertainment program.
In recording and reporting news, Tim has parachuted with Green Beret's and he strapped into the cockpit of an F-16 for an "Incentive Flight" with the U.S. Air Force over Death Valley, California.
More recently Tim spent two months covering Americans at war in Afghanistan. Images from this period will be presented as part of the event along with other multi media components.
Some may attend the event because they seek to know more about Salem-News.com and the fast emerging, Internet based, "new media" that is the best news delivery tool we've ever seen, one that is amazing today and will be more awesome tomorrow.
You will learn the moves that have led to his position as Executive Editor of News for Salem-News, the most frequently visited independent news Website in America, possibly beyond.
Tim is also one of the most frequently published writers on the Internet today, with hundreds of articles of all varieties available daily to people through Google and the Salem-News.com archives.
Join us for an evening of adventure and fun. Students and anyone else considering a career in the news media should plan to attend as questions and answers will be a big component.
The date and time of this Video and News Seminar will be announced and posted here once determined. We will hold it at a location between Salem and Portland, Oregon, depending on where the largest concentration of registered attendees are located.
The registration period will last two weeks, beginning January 16th and closing on January 31st, 2008. We may extend it in order to register a minimum number of attendees. The location and exact times will be announced at that time. If you plan to attend, RSVP to the address below and include a check or money order for $50 made out to Tim King.
Send a $50 check or money order to Tim KingSend to:Tim King- News SeminarPO Box 5137Salem, Oregon 97304
Please include your name and address with the payment, and contact information including a phone number and email address.
Email any questions to newsroom@salem-news.com
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