BEA2026 has ended

Create Your Own Event

BEA2026

Aaron Atkins

Weber State University

Assistant Professor

9:00am PDT

Stoke the Fire: Translating Broadcast Newsroom Energy For The Classrooms W307 What are the ideal sizes and roles for student group field productions, to maximize efficiency, flexibility, and teamwork for narrative, documentary, promotional, or news videos? W309

12:00pm PDT

That's an Assignment?! W315 From Challenge to Creativity: International Documentary Production in Low-Resource Environments W304

1:15pm PDT

Aircheck: The Student Newscast Experience W307

3:00pm PDT

Public mistrust in Media: How inequalities drive mistrust of health information W308 Screenwriting Craft: How to Hook 'Em W307

4:15pm PDT

Off Script: Students Take the Lead on Creative Media Education W304 Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Technology Division - Top Research Presentations W313 Has DEI Jumped the Shark? Rethinking Diversity in Journalism Education W308

9:00am PDT

Digital Color Correction and Power Window Techniques W307

10:15am PDT

"What the $#!& were you thinking?!" and other Newsroom No-Nos in a Shifting Workplace Culture W312

11:30am PDT

Drones and the Future of Aerial Technology: New Regulations in Times of Emerging Artificial Intelligence W303 Practical practice: Getting students experience via immersive workshops W311

12:45pm PDT

Festival of Media Arts: Student Showcase Session - Student Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Technology Competition W306

2:00pm PDT

BEA Ignite: Rapid-Fire Innovative Teaching Ideas W310 On the Mic and On Screen: Helping Students Find Their Sports Voice W312

3:15pm PDT

Festival of Media Arts: Faculty Showcase Session & Awards - Interactive Multimedia, Sports, Audio & Scriptwriting Competitions W308 Decolonizing the Documentary: Reframing Gaze, Voice, and Process W307

4:30pm PDT

The Future of Local Television, AI, Ownership, and the New Broadcast Frontier W308

9:00am PDT

Student Winners Celebration - BEA Student Festival of Media Arts Award Ceremony & Signature Station Awardsature Station Awards W316 Our media: is it “mass” or is it just each pick and choose? And what does this mean to existing mass comm theory research? W312 Community News and Student Reporting W310

10:15am PDT

How to Successfully Include Non-Majors in a Study Abroad Documentary/Multi-Media Project W306 Integrating Virtual Production Technology Into Your Curriculum W310

11:30am PDT

Show Bibles Competition & Showcase W302

12:45pm PDT

Defining the Documentary: Trauma and Documentary W303

2:00pm PDT

Pitching Stories: Have We Lost the Meat and the Art? W312

4:30pm PDT

Affordable, Game-Changing Production Technology Tour West Hall - 3rd Floor Lobby Film & Documentary Production Technologies Tour West Hall - 3rd Floor Lobby

5:30pm PDT

Closing Cocktails @ ZEN Westgate Hotel & Casino ZEN @ Westgate Hotel & Casino

My Moderators Sessions

4:15pm PDT

Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Technology Division - Top Research Presentations W313

2:00pm PDT

Student Success and Media Production: Experiential Learning through Intercultural Storytelling W309