ADVISORY/National Federation of Press Women to Hold Annual Conference, September 4 - 6, 2003, in Wilmington, Delaware.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday - Saturday (Sept. 4 - 6) WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2003 News from NFPW NFPW National Federation of Press Women NFPW National Fire Prevention Week : The National Federation of Press Women will hold its annual members' conference in Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. , on September 4 - 6, 2003. Wilmington will be home to media and communications professionals from throughout the United States as the Delaware Press Association, an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women, hosts the 2003 NFPW Communications Conference. For more information about the conference, go to www.DelawarePressAssociation.org. Judith Miller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times senior writer, will be the keynote speaker Friday, September 5. Ms. Miller will talk about "The Middle East: A Veteran Journalist's View of the Missiles, Microbes and Madness" from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Wyndham Hotel. The keynote session is open to the public free of charge. Other conference speakers include U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "Foreign Relations and the Media: Are We Well Enough Informed?;" Ralph Begleiter, former CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. world affairs correspondent and Distinguished Professor of Journalism at the University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. , "The Era of Media Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation ;" and Jim Bohannon, Westwood One national radio talk show host, "Talk Radio Today." NFPW is a membership organization of professional journalists and communicators, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. For more than 65 years, NFPW has promoted the highest ethical standards while fostering professional development, networking, and protecting First Amendment rights. For more information about NFPW, go to www.nfpw.org or, contact Carol Pierce, Executive Director, (800) 780-2715 or presswomen@aol.com. The 2003 NFPW Communications Conference is sponsored by Business Wire, Community Publications, Inc., Delaware Today, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , Morgan Stanley and The News Journal. Ms. Miller's presentation is partially underwritten by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) U.S. independent agency. Founded in 1965, it supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. .
- PHOTO Opportunity - Interviews - Q & A -
WHO: NFPW members, non-member allied professionals, general public
(Keynote session only)
WHAT: 2003 NFPW "Brave New Media World" Communications Conference
WHEN: September 4 - 6, 2003
WHERE: Wyndham Hotel, 700 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware
CONTACT: Katherine Ward
Conference Director
2003 NFPW Communications Conference
PHONE: (302) 655-2175
E-MAIL: DelawarePress@aol.com
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