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Election Coverage: Are you ready?
October 6, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$35.00Event Navigation
This webinar is co-presented by the Minnesota News Media Institute and Online Media Campus
Thursday, October 6
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Michael Toeset, editor of GateHouse Media’s Briefing 2016 website, and Tim Schmitt of GateHouse Media’s Newsroom Development team will discuss coverage plans for election night, as well as some great digital tools you can use to provide readers with the best experience.
Register online now: http://bit.ly/2bRThaK
Meet the Presenters …
Michael Toeset has extensive experience is the lead editor of the GateHouse Media political website, which pushes content out to all digital platforms. He was previously the assistant editor for the national More Content Now division of GateHouse Media, where he created content, edited and published content for newspapers across the country. Previously he worked at the Daily Southtown and Midwest Suburban Publishing’s Niche Department, working with newspapers and magazines.
Tim Schmitt has spent decades in various newsrooms — some print, and some broadcast. He was a sports reporter, news reporter, and then managing editor of his hometown paper, the Tonawanda (N.Y.) News, where he led an award-winning editorial page. He’s worked as an editor, staffer or longtime contributor with the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff, the Mesa Tribune, the Arizona Republic, the alt-weekly Buffalo Current, and the Niagara Falls Gazette, where he was executive sports editor over four dailies — spearheading coverage of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres. He joined GateHouse Media in early 2015.
Register online now: http://bit.ly/2bRThaK