Calling All Communicators....
Episcopal News Service. December 8, 1993 [93127X]
The communications office at the Episcopal Church Center is seeking colleagues to help staff the General Convention press operation in Indianapolis next fall, working on the Convention Daily, the Episcopal News Service and the Electronic Media.
The Convention Daily has openings for three members of the news staff, according to Jerrold Hames, editor of Episcopal Life. "We are looking for a combination of news, feature and photography skills," he said. The staff will work with the staff of Episcopal Life in producing a daily for those attending the General Convention and for those who subscribe.
The Episcopal News Service will need five people for its news team to produce daily news stories for colleagues on the staff of the Convention Daily and for the secular and diocesan media covering the convention. For the first time, a new member of the team will help the news director and assistant news director work directly with the media, especially the local electronic media, making church leaders and deputies available to the press, said Jim Solheim, news director.
The Convention Daily and ENS will share a photographer and, if possible, a darkroom assistant. If you are interested in either of these positions, apply to Hames.
Electronic Media is looking for 15 volunteers who are professional and experienced videographers, broadcast journalists/writers, on-camera reporters, computer networking specialists and media technicians to augment national and local Indianapolis telecommunication production staffs who will be engaged to handle both the General Convention and the Episcopal Church Women Triennial, working in cooperation with the ENS and Convention Daily teams, according to Kris Lee, director of Electronic Media.
The tasks will involve recorded telephone reports for local church members, continuous telecast of proceedings from both houses of convention to the official news media workroom, video coverage of daily news briefings and their screening in the public exhibit hall, and mid- and post-convention live satellite teleconferences for local reception by Episcopal Cathedral Teleconferencing Network affiliates at cathedrals and other regional church centers.
In addition, diocesan communicators who attend General Convention with their deputations or who have other responsibilities are invited to accept occasional assignments as "stringers" in areas of their interest. If you know you will be attending the convention and might be interested in joining one of the teams, indicate that in a letter.
To apply for positions, write to Hames, Solheim or Lee at the Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 to express interest, outlining your particular skills and experience.
Announcements of the teams will be made by February 1 and communicators attending the joint Associated Church Press-Episcopal Communicators convention at Kanuga this May will meet informally to discuss strategy.