Some of the students in the Action News newsroom
WPVI-TV, 6abc
at the Broadcast Pioneers Symposium
Saturday, October 26, 2013
IMPORTANT! If you sent in and didn't receive a confirmation, that's probably because you used your school e-mail address. Because we do alot of mailing from our e-mail address, some schools think that anything from our e-mail address is spam. (We actually do no spamming). The schools therefore do not allow our e-mail to reach your e-mail box. You never see it even though we sent it. This is why we suggested you use a non-school e-mail address.
This is the event that college students wait for all year! Once again, it's time for our annual Broadcast Pioneers Symposium. Area college students will see first hand a major market television station and will listen to advice from their staff. This year, our 14th annual event will again be held at the studios of CBS 3, KYW-TV. The date is Saturday morning, November 7, 2015 from 9 am to 12 noon. We start off with eats and soft drinks and end with a pizza lunch and more sodas.
Information updates are posted at http://www.broadcastpioneers.com. This page is a continuation of the story running there.
Introductory remarks by our CEO Gerry Wilkinson, former Operations Manager for WDAS Radio and formerly a television producer for WHYY-TV. Pat Delsi, a former president and current chairman of this organization will be on the panel. He was the owner of WSSJ Radio in Camden. He worked for six decades in the Philadelphia market as an announcer, newscaster, disc jockey and more. We are still putting together the rest of our panel which will come from CBS 3. However, below is a link so you can see who has been on previous panels, just to give you an idea what to expect.
There's a tour of the CBS 3, KYW-TV and the CW Philly 57 facilities. For as long as time permits, get your photo taken seating on the "Eyewitness News" set (depending on the availability of the studio. There's a free pizza lunch afterwards for you to speak one on one with our panel and Broadcast Pioneers officers.
At our first symposium, a student asked us how to get an internship. We told her and she got one at an area television station. After the internship was over, they hired her part-time and then, they gave her a full-time position as a producer. We hear stories like this all the time.
Pat Delsi, our former president and current chairman of the board, mentioned that he was outside the Geator Gold studios at 7th and Market in Center City Philadelphia when a young man came up to him and asked if he happened to be Pat Delsi. Pat said, "Yes!" The young man mentioned the he attended one of our symposiums because he was having trouble getting an internship. He said with what he learned at the symposium, he was able to line up an internship with an area television station.
A young man was interested in working in newsradio. He attended one of our symposiums, got put in touch with the right people and got an internship and later a part-time job. He is now a full-time news anchor for the station. By the way, he was also one of our scholarship winners. Details on our scholarships will be announced at the symposium. Earlier this year, we awarded twenty $1,000 scholarships. You could be next.
This is what can happen when students attend our symposiums. Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia; Innovators in Philly Broadcasting.
IMPORTANT! Please be advised that it takes some time to process your registration. If in doubt, you can always e-mail us at:pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com.
If you have NOT received your confirmation e-mail, please e-mail us at: pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com! This is important because over 10% of the registered students listed incorrect e-mail addresses or ones that couldn't be read. Two had mailboxes that were filled up. One came with no e-mail address listed and one came without an application form. Please print legibly and clearly!
YOU WILL BE MEETING ALOT OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE! SO DRESS TO IMPRESS! Dress is business casual. If in doubt, look at our photos of past events. It is important to arrive on-time or even early.
CBS 3 will allow parking in the former Inquirer lot next to their studios. Enter from Hamilton Street..
The facilities of KYW-TV, CBS 3 is at 1555 Hamilton Street (16th and Spring Garden Streets) in Center City Philadelphia. Public transportation stops nearby.
IMPORTANT! Since each symposium is different, you should still plan to attend even if you attended previous ones. Since each year, we rotate the station, it takes three different symposiums to see three different stations and network with different people. Even if you attended the last symposium that was held at KYW-TV (that would be 2012), each one is enough different to warrent your attendance. You only need one contact from your networking to help you get that all important first job.
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