The Renaissance Journalism Center and ZeroDivide are pleased to announce that NAACP President Benjamin Jealous will give the keynote speech at the closing reception of its training conference, Seizing the Moment, on August 28.

Register today for Seizing the Moment: A Multimedia Journalism Training Conference for the Ethnic and Community Media on August 28, cosponsored by the Renaissance Journalism Center and ZeroDivide, in collaboration with New America Media.

One multimedia skills boot camp is already filled. The other, taught in Spanish and English, also requires preregistration, as space is limited to 16.

If you don't attend a boot camp, you can choose from 16 in-depth workshops on such topics as how to launch a Web site; new business innovations to survive and thrive in the recession; expanding your multimedia storytelling skills; and social networking fundamentals to build your brand and reach new audiences. 

When: August 28th, 2009, 8:30am-4:30pm, Reception 5pm-7pm
Who: Ethnic and Community Media
Where: San Francisco State University College of Extended Learning,
835 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

Registration $25 per person. For more details and to register, visit www.rjcmedia.org or call Whitney Wilcox at 415-773-0388, etx 333 or e-mail info@rjcmedia.org

Public Media Collaborative is teaching a set of these sessions, and JD Lasica, myself, David Cohn, Kara Andrade, Sarah Dopp, Kwab  Booth,  Abulkarruen Khan, and others will be there.

Hope you are too.