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SportsManias Digital Media Summit Gathers Most Accomplished Journalists And Executives To Discuss How Digital Media Is Changing The Sports IndustryMIAMI, Aug. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The SportsManias Digital Media Summit, a one-day forum focusing on how digital media is changing the sports industry, takes place this Friday at The Conrad Miami, bringing together sports journalists, tech leaders and industry executives. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $50,000 to support the conference. The forum will host conversations around the ways that traditional journalism is merging with social media to engage avid communities of sports fans in new and innovative ways. Panelists will discuss important issues, emerging trends and opportunities in sports media and technology. The SportsManias Digital Media Summit aims to build community among journalists, technology leaders and industry executives throughout the sports industry. Over 100 participants from across the country are expected to be in attendance. Rick Horrow, "The Sports Professor" and CEO of Horrow Sports Ventures, will host the SportsManias Digital Media Summit. Sessions will feature over 30 renowned writers, editors, entrepreneurs and executives from the sports media space, including: Pete Vlastelica, executive vice president of Fox Sports Digital Media; Woody Paige, sports columnist for The Denver Post and regular panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn; Gerry Ahern, vice president of content for USA TODAY Sports Media Group; Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN2's "His & Hers"; Mitch Gelman, vice president of product at Gannett Co.; Noreen Gillespie, deputy managing editor of the Associated Press; Jeffrey Gerttula, senior vice president/GM of CBS Sports Digital; Bob Ryan, 2015 APSE Red Smith Award winner from the Boston Globe/ESPN; Robert Shaw, head of Global Sports Media for Facebook. The sessions will cover six pressing topics in the sports media world:
"SportsManias is helping to advance the evolution of sports journalism and creating new opportunities for innovation in an area that is ripe for audience engagement," said Jennifer Preston, Knight Foundation vice president for journalism. "Adding to Miami's momentum for ideas, the SportManias Digital Media Summit will forge new connections between leaders in the sports journalism industry and entrepreneurs working to bring new innovations in media to wide audiences," said Matt Haggman, Knight Foundation program director for Miami. The SportsManias Digital Media Summit is an invitation-only event designed for innovators and leaders in the sports media space. Panels will run from 8:50 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, followed by a closing reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The event will be streamed live for free and open to the public at knightfoundation.org/live. To find out more about the Summit, visit the event website at sportsmanias.com/digitalmediasummit. Join the conversation around the Summit on Twitter using the hashtag #sportsmaniasdigital. About SportsManias About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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