PLAY IT AGAIN!: Our friends at WRVO have posted on-demand audio of this year's Media Summit panel presentation. WCNY-TV will broadcast the panel discussion at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 16.

SUNY Oswego hosted top names in the media industry discussing trends in new media and intellectual property during the 2008 edition of the Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit, titled Media Revolution, on Wednesday, Oct. 22.

Experts participating in the 2008 event include J. Scott Dinsdale, executive vice president of digital operations and new technology for SONY/BMG Music Entertainment; Erica Farber, CEO of Radio & Records magazine; 1981 SUNY Oswego graduate Steve Leblang, senior vice president of strategic planning and research for FX Networks; Patrick Stiegman, vice president and executive editor/producer for ESPN.com; and moderator Jack Myers, who heads entertainment publishing company Myers Publishing. New this year was an on-stage student reactor, who will be senior broadcasting major Candace J. Dunkley.

Following the panel discussion and Q-and-A session, a group of six recent Oswego graduates offered tips on how to launch a communications career at 5 p.m. in the Sheldon Hall lower lobby: Jeremy Ambers, a 2000 graduate, senior editor and post-production supervisor at Rooftop Edit/Fort Group in New York City; Emil Calcano of the class of 2007, manager of corporate sales and sponsorships for the New York Yankees; Michael Gewirtzman of the class of 2005, owner of New York-based Vinyl Artist Management and one of Billboard magazine's "30 Power Players in Music Under 30"; Natasha Johnson, a 2002 graduate, account executive at WROC and WUHF television in Rochester; Phil Rankin of the class of 2006, Web site editor at 9WSYR.com in Syracuse; and Matt Romano of the class of 2005, broadband coordinator for the Sci-Fi Network, part of NBC Universal. Junior Christa Leader will moderate the session.

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 2007 Media Summit, visit its archived page.