General Convention Issues and Coverage

Diocesan Press Service. March 8, 1973 [73069]

Communications Group (IAS) - May Seminar

May 11 and 12, Syracuse, N.Y.

For: Diocesan Communicators, Full-time, Part-time

Parish Communicators, Parish Priests

In presentation and discussion format the seminar will explore:

1.) The nature of coverage possibilities in major national church conventions, with special attention to Louisville.

2.) Issues which will arise in Louisville and how they may be anticipated journalistically.

3.) Possibilities and restrictions of the variety of media in successfully communicating decisions and aura of General Convention to national, diocesan, and parish audiences.

Panelists at the seminar:

John C. Goodbody (Communications Officer - Episcopal Church),

Richard J. Anderson (Editor - Convention Daily),

Richard B. Barnhill (Syracuse University - TV),

Robert 0. Reid, Ph.D. (Communication - United Church of Canada),

Robert C. Ayers (Diocesan Editor, Director of I.A.S.),

Robert H. Fulton (Diocesan Communications Specialist),

Communications Faculty Members from Syracuse University,

Local News Editors (Print, Radio,. Television).

(There is a heavy demand for hotel space in Syracuse that weekend. Reservations should be made immediately for the seminar, which includes hotel).

Robert C. Ayers

711 Comstock Avenue

Syracuse, N.Y. 13210