Name: Industry Bound: Guiding students through their final stretch
Start: 2026-04-18T10:15:00-0700
End: 2026-04-18T11:15:00-0700

Industry Bound: Guiding students through their final stretch

Saturday April 18, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am PDT

W310

The panel discusses supervising senior students' capstone projects, showcasing their multimedia projects and discussing the journey we took together along the term/year; helping them find their voices and tune their angles, overcoming obstacles, finding the balance between supporting them and yet giving them enough autonomy and space to find their way independently ahead of graduation to prepare them for the industry they're joining in just a few weeks time.

Panelists will discuss how they try to create a newsroom environment with an editorial leadership team, small teams to tackle episodes/verticals, and the work is expected to reach a professional quality that most students have not experienced in classes.

Moderator: Nadine El Sayed, The American University in Cairo
Panelists:Lauren Bavis, Syracuse University
Dwyane A. Cheddar, at the Department of Communication at Oakwood University and the Director. of the Oakwood. University Broadcasting Network (OUBN)
Jayne Cubbage, Bowie State University
Susan G. Reid, Georgia State University
Todd O'Neill, Middle Tennessee State University

Moderators

Nadine El Sayed

Associate professor of practice, The American University in Cairo

Nadine El Sayed is an associate professor of practice at the Journalism and Mass Communication Department. Prior to joining AUC, El Sayed was the senior editor leading the regional custom media publications at Springer Nature, the biggest scientific publisher in the world, and an adjunct faculty... Read More →

Speakers

Susan Reid

Assistant Professor of Directing, Georgia State University, School of Film, media & Theatre

Susan G. Reid is an Assistant Professor of Directing at Georgia State University and a nationally recognized director, writer, producer, and acting coach. She produced the feature film Rejuvenation (Amazon Prime, Tubi), led by Executive Producer of The Walking Dead, Tom Luse. Working... Read More →

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Nadine El Sayed

Susan Reid

Jayne Cubbage

Dwayne Cheddar

Lauren Bavis

Todd O'Neill

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Nadine El Sayed

Susan Reid

Jayne Cubbage

Dwayne Cheddar

Lauren Bavis

Todd O'Neill

Attendees (29)

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