MMTC and NABJ Team Up for Broadband and Social Justice Summit and Hall of Fame Awards Induction and
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MMTC and NABJ Team Up for Broadband and Social Justice
Summit and Hall of Fame Awards Induction and Ball, January 16th and
17th, 2013
WASHINGTON,
DC, 12/21/2012-- REGISTER NOW for the Minority Media and Telecom Council’s (MMTC)
Fourth Annual Broadband & Social Justice Policy Summit (#BBSJ2013), January
16-17, 2013 at the Westin Georgetown, Washington, DC, followed by the National
Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) Hall
of Fame Induction and Reception, January
17th, 6pm at the Newseum.
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MMTC’s
Broadband and Social Justice Summit, January 16-17, 2013
Registration is open to the
public for MMTC’s BBSJ2013 Summit as the nation’s most noted leaders on
broadband, telecom and social justice policy convene to discuss "Creating Economic Opportunity Through
Digital Equality.”
NABJ
members are encouraged to register as press, bloggers, or general registrants
($100) at the BBSJ
Registration Page or by contacting Jewel Love at Jewel@desaneinc.com
or Maurita Coley at mcoley@mmtconline.org,
or calling 202.973.4314. MMTC’s BBSJ
attendees are encouraged to purchase discounted tickets to the NABJ Hall of
Fame Induction Reception and Ball at the discounted NABJ Member rate of $150
(up to 75 tickets are available at this rate). Register for the NABJ Induction and Reception at http://www.nabj.org/event/2013HOF.
The BBSJ 2013 Summit features
public, private, and nonprofit leaders, including:
Present
and former FCC Commissioners and Members of Congress: Hon. Mignon Clyburn, Hon. Robert McDowell, Hon. Ajit
Pai, Hon. Michael Copps, Hon. Reed Hundt, Hon. Deborah Taylor Tate, Cong. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Cong. Ed Towns (D-NY),
and Cong. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), among others.
Private
sector, government, and nonprofit leaders from: AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, Time Warner Cable,
Verizon, T-Mobile, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), American
Telemedicine Association, ASPEN Institute, Georgetown University’s McDonough
School of Business, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, U.S. Small
Business Administration, National Association of Multi-ethnicity in
Communications (NAMIC), National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), National
Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, NetCommunications, Ember Media, NOBEL
Women, Ronson Network Services, Urban Cyberspace Company, and Politic365, among
many others.
Discussion topics include:
- Opportunities
for entrepreneurs in a digital economy
- Creative
content distribution arrangements and opportunities in the mobile apps
economy
- The
upcoming spectrum incentive auctions and infrastructure buildout as a
catalyst to create jobs and spur economic growth
- Innovative
government and private sector initiatives to stimulate economic
opportunity and bridge the wealth gap
BBSJ 2013 Summit highlights include
the Congressional Luncheon, High Tech Policy Luncheon, and the Social Justice Reception, which
features the Annual Social Justice Awards with special guests.
MMTC Registration and sponsorship
details can be found on the BBSJ
Registration Page.
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NABJ’s
Hall of Fame Induction and Reception, January 17, 2013, 6 pm at the Newseum
On
Thursday, January 17, immediately following MMTC’s Broadband & Social
Justice Summit, join National Association of Black Journalists’ 2013 Hall of
Fame Induction Reception and Ball at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
Over
the last 20 years, NABJ has inducted over 50 distinguished journalists who have
made outstanding contributions to the industry into its Hall of Fame.
The
2013 NABJ Hall of Fame inductees and the Ida B. Wells Award Recipient are:
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Betty Winston
Bayé,
Longtime Columnist, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
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Simeon Booker, First Black
Reporter, The Washington Post and Washington Bureau Chief, Jet Magazine
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Alice Dunnigan, First Black
Woman Credentialed to Cover The White House, The State Department, and Congress
(posthumous)
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Sue Simmons, Longtime
Anchorwoman, WNBC-TV
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Wendell Smith, Legendary
Sportswriter, Helped Desegregate Baseball (posthumous)
·
Cynthia Tucker,
Pulitzer-Winning Columnist, The Atlanta Journal Constitution
·
Richard Price, Columnist and
champion of diversity in journalism, wins the Ida B. Wells Award
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