The Current State of the Media: Local and Beyond
On May 21, 2009 Oregon Public Broadcasting President and CEO Steve Bass and Central Oregon Correspondent Ethan Lindsey will be City Club's distinguished guests for a forum on “The Current State of the Media, Local and Beyond.”
With the changing landscape of the media and the rise of news sources on the Internet, consumers of media need to know where to turn for their news, and how to trust the sources providing that news. Mr. Bass will speak on how some news outlets, including OPB, are making changes to keep up with the current economic and technological trends and what measures are being taken to ensure that reliable, local news is still at the forefront for Oregonians.
In addition, Mr. Lindsey will provide insight as to how the reporter's job has changed. Budget cuts, new technology and demand for up-to-the-minute news have impacted how news is recorded and conveyed. Lindsey will share his unique perspective on reporting the news.
The Forum will begin at 11:30 and conclude at 1:00 p.m. City Club Forums are conducted at St. Charles Center for Health and Learning, 2500 NE Neff Road in Bend.
Preregistration is required by May 18th at 5:00 p.m. The cost to members is $13.00 for lunch. Nonmembers pay $25.00.
The pre-registration deadline has passed - please phone the City Club at 541-633-7163 to inquire about availability.
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SPEAKER BIO
Steven M. Bass was named president and chief executive officer of Oregon Public Television on January 1, 2006. Serving previously as founding President & CEO of Nashville Public Television for seven years, he oversaw that station’s transition from government ownership to become an independent, non-profit public television station.
While at NPT, he served as executive producer of four programs for PBS, including Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues, which was broadcast on PBS in June 2004 as part of the American Masters series and in December 2004 on the BBC Arena series, and release on home video by Universal. Other executive producer credits include Bill Monroe: The Legend Lives On (2003); Christmas at Belmont (2003); and The Carter Family (American Experience, 2005).
Prior to joining NPT, Bass served as vice president & manager of television stations for WGBH/Boston and vice president & general manager of WGBY/Springfield, MA for seven years. In his tenure at WGBH, Bass revitalized the station’s services to its local community through new local programs and expanded broadcast services.
Prior to his service with WGBH, Bass spent nine years with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in Washington, D.C.
From 2002 to 2004, Bass served as chairman of the Association of Public Television stations, the Washington-based trade association that represents public television stations to the Congress, the FCC and other government entities.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, with majors in economics and music. He also holds a Master of Arts in business from the University of Wisconsin's Graduate School of Business, where he concentrated in arts administration.
Along with his wife, Sara, a former administrator with the Office of National Drug Control Policy at the White House, he resides in Lake Oswego with their two daughters Catie and Caroline.
Ethan Lindsey is OPB's first central Oregon correspondent, based in Bend. He cut his public radio teeth working as a producer at the daily business program Marketplace in Los Angeles, and received his master's degree in journalism, with an emphasis on radio, from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Before opening OPB's Bend bureau, Ethan freelanced and reported from Berlin, Germany on a yearlong Fulbright journalism fellowship. He can be heard regularly on all sorts of national public radio shows, including Weekend Edition, Marketplace, B-Side Radio, Weekend America and Marketplace Money.
Ethan may have grown up in Eugene, down the street from the University of Oregon -- but attended the University of California, Berkeley. So... Go Bears!