MCNY Explores The Media's Effectiveness in Covering Emergencies & Disasters

May 3, 2011 - PRLog -- The faculty of Metropolitan College of New York's (MCNY) stellar Emergency and Disaster Management  masters degree program consists of professionals who work directly on-site at emergencies. During this panel, they will help equip media professionals with valuable tools that can enhance your coverage of emergencies and disasters in New York City and beyond.  

Join MCNY's Emergency & Disaster Management faculty and other invited guests at this session, which will  provide insightful advice and tips to help media be more effective in covering emergencies and disasters. This forum will also open a dialogue between media and Emergency and  Disaster Management professionals on how to best work together during a disaster.
 
Featured Panelists:
-Moderator, Dean Meminger, Reporter, NY1 News    
-Joshua Wilwohl, Reporter, Patch.com an Author of "All the News that Fits in Your Pocket"
-Rolando Pujol, Managing Editor, AM New York
-John Keefe, Executive Producer, News & Information, WNYC New York Public Radio
-Julian Phillips, Former Co-Host & Reporter, Fox News
-Ali Gheith, Director, MCNY's Emergency and Disaster Management Program  
   
Date:               Monday, May 16, 2011 -- 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.  
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Panel Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. - Q&A

Location:       Metropolitan College of New York
431 Canal Street
11th Floor Conference Center  
New York, NY 10013

RSVP:            Tamara Young, UniWorld Group
                        (212) 212-7224
                        Tamara.Young@uwgny.com
                        *Please RSVP by May 11, 2011

MCNY's stellar Emergency and Disaster Management faculty have managed local and international crises ranging from the 9/11 attacks and the earthquake in Haiti to the NYC Blizzard of 2010. MCNY's professors often serve as the Public Information Directors and responders on site at many disasters in the New York region.