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BEA2026

Redelia Shaw

Santa Monica College

Professor

Santa Monica College

Www.smc.edu/media

5:30pm PDT

BEA2026 Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Ross W316

6:30pm PDT

BEA Opening Night Awards Ceremony - Sponsored by Ross W316

9:00am PDT

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

10:15am PDT

“Beating the System”: Identifying and Countering Students’ AI Detection Evasion W303 Current Issues in Research and Teaching on Race: A High Density Session W315 Do Student Podcasts belong on Senior Seminar Demo Reels? While growing in academia as a Production class exercise, are podcasts what Future Employers wish to see? W312 College at the Crossroads: Shifts in Workforce Development, Industry, and Higher Education W306

12:00pm PDT

That's an Assignment?! W315 Teaching TV History in the Streaming Era W309 Making Magic: Where Storytelling Meets Strategy and Technology W310 Service Learning & Community Engagement Division Meeting & Showcase W302 Writing Textbooks that Win W305

1:15pm PDT

CAA's Great Ideas for Assessment (GIFA) W304 Telcom Update 2026 - Everything about media is changing. W312 Exploring the 100 Best Black Podcasts of 2025 and Their Impact W310 Skills vs. Specialization: Preparing Students for Sports Media and Beyond W308

3:00pm PDT

AI in the Faculty Toolkit: How Professors Teach, Research, and Advise W303 Public mistrust in Media: How inequalities drive mistrust of health information W308 Bridging Classrooms and Newsrooms: Teaching Special Projects Through Professional Partnerships W306 The Third Annual Two-Year College/High School Teaching Showcase W311

4:15pm PDT

AI Special Interest Group - Research-in-Progress W306 Has DEI Jumped the Shark? Rethinking Diversity in Journalism Education W308 Content Creation is more than just "Influencers," it could be another way forward for Student Media W309 Going high tech W311

5:15pm PDT

Exhibitor Happy Hour W322-W327 - BEA Exhibit Hall

10:15am PDT

Crafting AI-Resistant Assignments: Strategies for Digital Media Curriculum W303 Marketing and Branding My Program: Timely Strategies to Attract and Keep Students W308

11:30am PDT

DEI Under Scrutiny: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in an AI Society W304 Practical practice: Getting students experience via immersive workshops W311

3:15pm PDT

From AI Speculation to AI Practice: Real Decisions, Courses, and Policies W310 Decolonizing the Documentary: Reframing Gaze, Voice, and Process W307

4:30pm PDT

Student News Live: From 24-Hour Coverage to National Podcast W311 The Future of Local Television, AI, Ownership, and the New Broadcast Frontier W308

5:30pm PDT

2026 Best of Festival Awards Ceremony W316

9:00am PDT

Making Television History More Accessible: Exploring New Research Tools in the Vanderbilt Television News Archive W307 Finding Meaningful Professional Development for High School Teachers W308

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 Two-Year/Scholastic Institutions Division Meeting W308

11:30am PDT

Mentoring 101: Building Faculty and Student Success from Campus to Career! W308 From Policy to Practice: Supporting Students with Mental Disabilities W304 Revolutionizing Media Audience Analysis with A.I.: Tools, Trends, and Future Prospects W303 How college media are effectively utilizing social media to complement their broadcast W309

12:45pm PDT

AI and Program Assessment: Putting Your Digital Helper to Work W308 From Collaboration to Creation: Building Student-Centered Media Projects W306

2:00pm PDT

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Robotics in Broadcast Productions W304 Beyond Standardization: Exploring Alternatives in Evaluating Student Work W305 Your Media Job Search in the Age of AI W308 The King of Podcasting: Howard Stern W310

3:15pm PDT

Beyond Traditional Media Writing: Integrating Social Media Shows to Bridge Professional Writing Skills W313

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