BEA2025

BEA2025

BEA2025
Welcome to the BEA2025 convention program! All BEA sessions and events take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall, 3rd floor.

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2:00pm PDT

Empowering students to tell great video stories: Tips from the NPPA News Video Workshop W308

8:30am PDT

Welcome and BEA101 W312/313 Part 1: Developing Strong Drone Videography Courses for Broadcast Productions W305

10:15am PDT

From student to teacher: Making the transition with a bachelor’s degree W307 Breaking Down Silos: University Cross Collaborations Around Documentaries and Film W311 Having Constructive Conversations with Journalists About Appearance and Vocal Presentation W308 Three or Three Million: Growing and Maintaining Your Podcast Audience in a Crowded Universe W304 Partnering with Athletics: Experiential Learning from Broadcasting to Branding W306 Balancing Teaching and Student Media Advising: Synergies and Struggles W302 BEA101 for Students ONLY W312/313 From COVID Back to Classroom W301 Based on True Events: A Guide for Screenwriters on Navigating Life Rights, Acquiring Intellectual Property, and Crafting a Compelling Story W303 Mobile Journalism Awards Film Screenings W309

11:30am PDT

Alpha Epsilon Rho (AERho) Awards Ceremony W312/313 Check Out Time! Current Best Practices in Student Equipment W311 Part 2: Drones for Immersive Experiences W305 Development and Impact of Social Media in the Arab World W307 Let's Talk About It W301 What I Wish I Knew Before Entering The Business W308 Podcasting: Gen Z's New TV? W304 Gaming Content and Your Media Organization W306 Nonlinear Narrative Storytelling: Exploring the pros, cons, and intrigue of complex plot structures. W303

12:45pm PDT

BEA Research Grant Presentations W308 Teaching to Administration: Guidance From Those Who Have Done It W307 From Print & Semaphore to Radio, TV & Satellite: The Evolution of U.S. Armed Forces Network Technology and Messaging W305 Good Morning Indian Country: An Exemplar of Increasing Native Representation in News Media through Cross-cultural Collaboration W303 We’ll Do it Live (Streaming) on Social Media and Website W311 Podcasting: Teaching the Next Generation W304 Research Division - Top Research Presentations W302 AI Fact-Checking and Google Earth Tools for Student Media W306

2:00pm PDT

Teaching American Comedy Production in the Age of Cancel Culture: History, Structure, and Inclusive Pedagogy W312/313 Overseas Documentary Production: What We Learned W311 Global Perspectives in Education: Integrating and Assessing International Components in Course Design W307 Problems and Solutions in Modern Production Practices for Television and Film W303 The Rise of Digital HBCU Radio Stations: Shaping Voices in Black Communities W308 Researching Reality TV: The Impact of Casting Choices and Archetypal Narratives on Audience Engagement and Production Practices W305 Research Committee - Election Cycle: Top Research Presentations W302 Success Stories of Growing BEA Chapters at Small Universities and Colleges W309 Sports Podcasting: Current and Future W304

3:15pm PDT

Fully Prepared: Working Trauma Training into Journalism Curriculum W312/313 History Division - Top Research Presentations W302 Integration and Intelligence: Chinese Experiences and Global Perspectives in Digital Media Education W306 Multiculturalism, Mental Health, and Media Management: Equipping the Next Generation of Empathetic Broadcast Leaders W303 On the Job Hunt: Tips for Successful News Careers W307 Unique Ways to Teach Cinematography W305 Sports Division - Top Research Presentations W304 Mastering the Two M’s: Motivation and Monetization for the Future of Your College Radio Station W311 Free Speech Foundations and Futures W308

4:30pm PDT

Teaching Future Broadcasters Without a Broadcasting Program W305 What We Need to be Teaching Broadcast & Production Students: The BEA OAB Summer Faculty Fellows Experience W306 Bringing Politics into the Classroom W311 Following the Shadow: SIU's Collaborative Live Production of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse W308 Keep the Radio Star Shining in Digital Darkness W301 Replicating Research W302 Esports on Campus: Building a Toolbelt for Competitive Video Gaming Broadcasting W304 What We Wish We Learned: Graduating Seniors Reflect W307

8:30am PDT

From Presentation to Publication: Turning Conference Panels into Papers W308

9:00am PDT

The Practicing Professor W307 Examining Major News Events of the past 5 decades - part 2 W304 Growing International Presence with BEA Latin America W305 Amplifying Diverse Voices: 70 Years of Progress and the Path Forward in Broadcast Education W311 Redefining Journalism: Teaching Trauma-informed, Empathy-based Reporting W303 Lessons from the 2024 National Student Media Convention W309

10:00am PDT

Research Symposium: Communicating Science in World Suffering from Infoxication - Session II W306

10:15am PDT

Examining Coverage of Major News Events of the Past 5 Decades W304 Seeing is Deceiving: Findings from Multiple Case Studies of Generative AI in Media W309 Shaping Perceptions: Generation Z’s Response to Black Media Representation W303 Accommodating the Accommodations on Deadline W307 Regional / School Film Festivals as Pedagogy W308 The Radio Station 11th Edition is coming out - and the new podcast is live! What topics would help you teach effectively? W305 Does it Count? How Different Colleges and Universities Acknowledge Sports Creative Work in the Promotion Process W311 Different Ways to Format Your Student Media Program W301 The Sequel: Successes & Struggles with a Student Run Production Agency at a Local College W302

11:30am PDT

Navigating the Challenges: Effective Strategies for Teaching DEI Amidst Pushback W304 Representation of BIPOC/Queer Women & Its Impact Beyond Content Creation W303 2025 Communication Technology Update W307 Digital Storytelling, Collaborative Environments, and Participatory Empowerment W311 Cloning Voices: Using voice-generated AI for classroom and creative projects W309 Bridging Theory and Practice: Successful Media Service-Learning Projects in Partnership with Your Community W308 Two Year College/Scholastic Division Innovative Teaching Showcase W302

2:00pm PDT

Making the Most of Capstone: Exploring Structures and Content for the Future & Now it's real: Best practices for students and media programs to prepare for life after college through senior capstone classes W312/313 International & Writing Divisions - Top Research Presentations W301 Conversation with the Chiefs W308 How HBCUs became the buzz? W304 The State of the Broadcast News Industry W307 Redefining the Game: The Influence of Generative AI on College Sports Broadcasting W309 College Skillset Foundations for Career Savvy Futures W303 College Radio Roundtable W302 Media Writers Pitch Session W311

3:15pm PDT

Meet the Editors Exhibit Hall Lounge W322-W327 Our students need media literacy. Are we giving it to them? If so, what are we giving them? W307 Defining the Documentary: The Use of AI in Documentaries W309 Content Creation is now a multi-billion dollar industry. While many students want to create content they aren't interested in traditional student newscasts. Should media schools teach content creation? W302 Telcom Update 2025 W308 Surviving in a Divisive DEI Climate W304 TikTok Tactics: Adapting Journalism to a Viral World W303 Does the "Flipped Classroom" format in High Schools hinder students' preparation for College Mass Media and Field Production classes, since college homework is mostly unsupervised? W301 Exploration, Analysis and Curriculum of the Athletic Entity as Media Property W305 Media Writers Q&A Session W311

4:30pm PDT

Staying motivated in Higher Education: Discussions related to faculty work culture, career trajectory, perceived value, and overall engagement W307 Practical Approaches To Teaching Documentary Storytelling W306 Putting the ‘Serving’ into Hispanic-Serving Institution W304 Celebrating Teamwork and Industry Partnerships W312/313 Managing Professional Partnerships: How Faculty Balance the Needs of Students and Clients W301 The Future of Radio: Communal and Generational Impact of Student Voices in College Radio W311 Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations: Revolutionizing Strategic Communication and Redefining Engagement W309 Student Research-in-Progress Digital Poster - Session 1 BEA Exhibit Hall W322-W327 Service Learning & Community Engagement Showcase W302 Creating Sport Specific Study Abroad Programs for Your Institution W305 Promoting student media on social media W303 Should we omit teaching the Superhero Movies genre in our Screenwriting classes, since their structure is predictable, their content violent, and the productions so expensive? W308

9:00am PDT

Exploring Audience Engagement with Al-Generated Content: A Comparative Study of User Cognitions in the United States and China W309 What’s the story? Teaching students to find good story ideas and develop them W311 Is Radio’s Past its Future: Reviewing 70 years of Radio Trends, 1950 to 2050 Tik Tok is Reinventing Radio or Is it? W305 The Old Fashioned Way: A qualitative technology Study Done without Technology W301 Streaming the Old with the New: Convergence Culture in Today’s Sports Media W304 Reflection on Student Media Coverage of an Election: What Worked, What Didn’t & Suggestions for the Future W306 High School to College Transfers: Opening the Pipeline for Media Students W307

10:15am PDT

Level Up: How Educators Can Win the Game with Virtual Production W301 The Pride Flag is Printed in Gayscale: Gender Identity, LGBTQ+, Body Image, and Depiction of the “Other” in the Media W306 The Road to Perdition: Challenges, Debates, and Solutions for Media Scholars to Counter Authoritarian Assaults on the Media from Nixon to Trump W303 Beyond ChatGPT: Using Generative AI Tools W309 News Division - Top Research Presentations W308 Large Multi-camera Live Events, both in and outside of the classroom W304 From the Top – Radio Unplugged Teaching Sports Documentary Filmmaking: The challenges, successes and opportunities in an exploding sub-genre. W305 Show. Don't Tell W307

11:30am PDT

ACEJMC Accreditation Solutions Session W306 Redefining Broadcasting: Histories of Network Television in the Digital Age W303 Is AI The New Textbook: Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Create Course Content. W309 Media Coverage of War in the Middle East: Past Performance, Current Situation and Future Trends W305 Challenges and Triumphs of Black Women in Media: Personal Journeys and Professional Insights W308 Scholar-to-Scholar Digital Poster Session - Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies, News, Radio & Audio Media and Sports BEA Exhibit Hall W322-W327 RAB Student Scholar Mentor Match-up W311 Creating Impactful Partnerships: Service Learning Through Collaboration with Businesses and Non-Profits W302 Reporting Campuses in Crisis: Student Journalism During Rising Tensions W307

1:45pm PDT

BEA Ignite W305 Using AI Text and Image Generators in Assignments W309 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Art of Leading Student-Led Media Projects' W302 Marking Musical Moments: History, Music, and Media in the Late Twentieth Century W301 The ESRB at 30: Rating the raters and how they address speech, violence, and morality in a new century of gaming W307 Marketing Stories to the World: How Streamers Reshape Global Audiences W303 More Perspectives on the Vilification of Journalism W308 Implementing Immersive Audio into New and Existing Courses W304 Screenwriting Craft: Twist into Two W306

3:00pm PDT

A Holistic Approach to Digital Media W307 Overhype: A.I., Automation & Adoption of Innovation W309 Remembering Jeff German W302 Inviting Students Into Your Productions W305 Reinventing and Reclaiming Local Radio W304 Student Research-in-Progress Digital Poster - Session 2 BEA Exhibit Hall W322-W327 Sports Broadcasting Program Showcase W308 Building a Radio Station. Things mom and pop never told us about. W303

4:15pm PDT

Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Tecnology Division - Top Research Presentations W304 Those who can’t… teach and other lies contributing to your imposter syndrome W305 The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat: The Fulbrighter's Lament W306 Generative AI in the classroom and the industry: What do you need to know? W309 The Rapid Evolution of Sport-Based Social Media W308 We'll do it Ourselves: Finding Nontraditional Revenue Streams for your College Radio or TV Program W307