Intensive new media accelerator course right fit for studio owner eyeing new media

A first participant in the Corus/Canadian Women in Communications New Media Career Accelerator program says she hopes the knowledge gained from the week-long course will help her company eventually join the ranks of new media content producers. Lillyann Goldstein, one of 20 women participating in the program this week, is convinced the future of production is convergence and hopes the program will fill in the gaps in her knowledge about the sector. "I don’t know what I don’t know," the owner and VP of marketing of Wallace Studios tells Canadian NEW MEDIA. "That’s my concern…What exactly is going on, and what are the trends?" Participants in the 2002 Corus/CWC New Media Career Accelerator Program:Mary Barroll, Alliance Atlantis Communications Shauna McCaffrey, CCTAMarney J. Berube, TV Ontario Sue McGarvie, Passion MediaSarah K. Clarke, IMG Canada Carol McLean, CTV TelevisionCorri Coe, CTV Vivianne Morin,Cité-AmériqueJennifer Dobson, Globe Interactive Yvonne Paulson,Sympatico-LycosWendy Ell, CBC Lally Rementilla, Lucent Technologies CanadaLillyann Goldstein, Wallace Studios Rekha Shah, Toronto Star TelevisionAnnie Hadida, Bell ExpressVu Lillian Siu, Morrison HershfieldDana Johl, The Chalk Network Andrea Szego, PROFIT Magazine Linda M. Lefler, Aliant TelecomLola Wong, WTNOn March 1, Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) and Corus announced the program’s first participants, a diverse group of women from such organizations as Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., Passion Media, the Canadian Cable Television Association, Aliant Telecom Inc., and Morrison Hershfield Ltd. The course, presented in conjunction with the Banff New Media Institute, was announced a year ago as a way to provide women executives in the communications field with real-world experience with new media. Intended to assist a sometimes under-served group, the program is the result of Corus’ benefits package related to its acquisition of Power Broadcasting (CNM, Mar. 22/01). Goldstein is also involved with two new media ventures – DigiNiche (technology from which was recently selected to provide high-res, zoomable images of the Stanley Cup online), and Dante Entertainment Group. She’s looking forward to working with the diverse group. "I’m excited because I’m looking at the participants. I’m looking at the people who are doing the course – who are teaching and lecturing, and I think it’s a very exciting opportunity because it’s not too big. It’s intensive and people are flying in from different parts of the country," she says. "I find what’s really amazing is that the production industry, in a way, has always been a little bit behind the times. I developed a web site for ourselves at least five or six years ago – maybe even longer. To me, it was obvious. Now, of course, everyone is getting to the point where they expect it. That’s why I’m trying to look at the trends, saying where is this headed? Where do I have to place myself so that I’m not behind? If I’m not in front, then at least I’m at the same starting gate."

Intensive new media accelerator course right fit for studio owner eyeing new media

News | 03/07/2002 5:00 am EST

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