The 2009 Dr. Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit will present "Your GPS Directions to the Media: What's Your Destination?" Just as global positioning devices guide drivers accurately to their destinations, this Media Summit will guide students to a clear understanding of the fast-changing digital media marketplace. Watch for an announcement of its October date.

The new digital media change our knowledge of the universe around us; how we interact with other people, how we regard the laws and customs of our society, how completely and factually world and local events are reported to us, how we can use media to impact business and government and how we are entertained.

Discussions will address national broadcast TV networks, national cable TV networks, local broadcast TV stations, local radio broadcast stations, broadband program delivery/video on demand, Web sites/social interaction platforms, motion pictures/DVD, recorded music/CDs, video games, newspapers/magazines and mobile devices.

The Media Summit was founded through the generosity of Louis A. Borrelli Jr., chief executive officer of NEP Broadcasting and a 1977 Oswego graduate. In 2007, Al Roker (a 1976 Oswego graduate), weathercaster and host of NBC's "Today" show, provided additional funding to rename the summit in memory of longtime professor Dr. Lewis B. O'Donnell, a seminal figure in the college experiences of Borrelli and Roker. The college's communication studies department coordinates the summit.

For information on the 2008 Media Summit, visit its archived page.