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The following
organizations can provide valuable resources on careers in
broadcasting. Some of these organizations have their own Job
Banks to assist both employers and people searching for jobs.
State Broadcasting
Associations - Many states have statewide associations, similar to
MBA, which represent the interests of the stations in the state.
AAJA: The Asian American Journalists Association seeks
to increase employment of Asian American print and broadcast journalists;
assist high school and college students pursuing journalism careers;
encourage fair, sensitive and accurate news coverage of Asian American
issues; and provide support for Asian American journalists.
AES: The Audio Engineering Society is the
only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology.
AWC: The Association for Women in Communications is
the one organization that recognizes the complex relationships that exist
across communications disciplines.
AWRT: American Women in Radio and Television is
a national, non-profit, professional organization of women and men who
work in the electronic media and closely allied fields.
BBA - Black
Broadcasters Alliance is primarily comprised of African American broadcasters,
who represent the interests of both employees and owners in the broadcast
communications industry.
BEA: The Broadcast Education Association is
the organization for professors, students and professionals involved
in teaching and research related to radio, television and electronic
media education.
BTP: The Broadcasting Training Program's
mission is to diversify the newsroom by the placement of minority TV/radio
news reporter and news management trainees at television and radio stations
across the United States.
CBI: Collegiate Broadcasters,
Inc. represents students involved in radio, television, webcasting
and other related media activities. They provide technical, legal, organizational
promotional and political resources to members.
IBS: Intercollegiate
Broadcasting System is an organization representing college and school-based
Webcasting, closed-circuit, AM carrier-current, cable radio and FCC-licensed
FM and AM stations.
IRTS: The International Radio and Television
Society Foundation offers educational programs on electronic media
for established and young professionals, students, professors, and other
interested publics.
MCAI: Media Communication Association
International (formerly called ITVA) serves the needs of accomplished
visual communicators who work in corporate, organizational, and independent
settings.
MAEB: Michigan Association
of Educational Broadcasters represents low-power educational broadcasting
stations in Michigan.
MAPB: Michigan
Association of Public Broadcasters represents the public radio and
TV stations in Michigan.
NAB: The National Association
of Broadcasters priority is to maintain a favorable governmental, legal
and technological climate for the constantly evolving and dynamic business
of free over-the-air broadcasting by representing the radio and television
industries in Washington -- before Congress, the FCC and federal agencies,
the courts, and on the expanding international front.
NABJ: The National Association of Black Journalists is
the largest media organization for people of color in the world.
NAHJ: The National Association
of Hispanic Journalists is dedicated to the recognition and professional
advancement of Hispanics in the news industry.
NAJA: The Native
American Journalists Association's primary goal is to improve communications
among Native people and between Native Americans and the general public.
NBS and AERho: The National
Broadcasting Society and Alpha Epsilon Rho have as their purpose
to enhance the development of college and university students involved
in telecommunications, broadcasting, cable and other electronic media.
Newslab: A non-profit resource
for television newsrooms, focused on research and training.
NLGJA: The National Lesbian
and Gay Journalists Association works from within the news industry
to foster fair and accurate coverage of lesbian and gay issues and opposes
newsroom bias toward lesbians and gays and all other minorities.
NPPA: The National Press
Photographers website.
The Poynter Institute: The Poynter Institute is
a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalism.
Project for Excellence in Journalism:
An initiative by journalists from all media to clarify and raise the standards
of American journalism.
RTNDA: The Radio & Television
News Directors Association is the national association of electronic
journalists. RTNDA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting,
cable and other electronic media in more than 30 countries.
RTNDF: The Radio and Television
News Directors Foundation's mission is to promote excellence in electronic
journalism through research, education and professional training in four
principal program areas: journalistic ethics and practices; the impact
of technological change on electronic journalism; the role of electronic
news in politics and public policy; and cultural diversity in the electronic
journalism profession.
RTVJ: The Radio-Television
Journalism Division of The Association for Education in Journalism & Mass
Communication (AEJMC)
focuses on the teaching, practice, study and research of broadcast news
as a profession.
Reporter.org: Resources for
journalists, including specific beat-related links.
SBE: The Society of Broadcast
Engineers is a non-profit organization serving the interests of Broadcast
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