Join us for a brown bag panel discussion about how traditional media outlets are using social media, and the challenges and opportunities that they face with the growth of social media.Panelists include:
Brad Ramsey, Vice President & General Manager, Charlottesville Newsplex
Brad Ramsey is Vice President and General Manager of the Charlottesville Newsplex, overseeing day-to-day operations of CBS19, ABC16, WAHU FOX27, newsplex.com, and other web and mobile content properties. His 10-year television career includes a 3-year stint as a sports anchor and reporter, several years in advertising sales, and most recently 2 years planning, building, and managing Winchester, VA’s first network television station. After moving to Charlottesville in 2008, Brad was tapped to join the Nielsen Company’s “Anytime/Anywhere” Advisory Board, designed to improve the accuracy of media measurement across the country. He is vice-chair of the 2010 United Way – Thomas Jefferson Area Campaign, a member of the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary Club, and an in-coming member of the Piedmont Virginia Community College Foundation Board. Brad is a 1998 graduate of Virginia Tech, and received his MBA from Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business in 2000. He lives in Crozet with his wife Chris, son Alex, and another baby boy on the way.
Sonya Donaldson, Editor-at-Large, Technology, Black Enterprise MagazineSonya Donaldson is a writer and editor with more than 12 years in the industry and 18 years as a journalist. Currently the Technology Editor at Black Enterprise magazine, she specializes in technology strategies for entrepreneurs and small businesses, advising companies on hardware, software, and web tools implementation. Sonya has written in a variety of media—weekly and daily newspapers, Websites, and magazines. She has worked with the Los Angeles Sentinel, The Daily News Los Angeles, Windows Sources magazine, Home Office Computing, and Yahoo! Internet Life as writer and editor. A “social connector,” Sonya is also a public speaker on a variety of tech issues: social media for entrepreneurs and small businesses, digital divide and access, women in technology, African American tech innovation, and technology and education.
A graduate of Brooklyn College, Sonya is currently a doctoral candidate in English literature at the University of Virginia; she teaches twentieth- and twenty-first century literature as well as a popular first-year writing course, “Technology and Identities,” and blogs at Tech & Sensibility.
Matt Rosenberg, Daily Progress, Online Content Coordinator
Matt has been with the Daily Progress for several years starting his career at the Charlottesville daily as a photojournalist. Matt is a 2003 graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. After graduating from RIT, Matt had a first hand view of the changing role of media and the rise citizen journalism during his coverage of the 2005 London bombings. His coverage of that event was included in Time Magazine’s “Best of 2005” photography review edition.
He is currently responsible for exploring electronic publishing opportunities at the Progress such as blogs, video, podcasting, social media, mobile, and the emerging e-reader market.
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Bring your lunch and join us for the first SMCCville event of 2010!
