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Press Club of Dallas (PCD)
Offices: Dallas, Texas
The Press Club of Dallas was founded in
1948 to promote free press and provide benefits
to journalists in the Dallas-Fort Worth
Metroplex. The club's current membership
spans the width and breadth of their profession,
with members that include bureau chiefs
and cub reporters, journalism professors
and first-year students. In addition, the
club's membership includes public relations
professionals and others who deal with the
media on a regular basis. |
Promax/BDA
Offices: Los Angeles, California
Promoax/BDA are the world's foremost organizations
working on behalf of those involved in the
promotion, marketing, and design of all
electronic media. They represent more than
4,200 member companies and individuals in
over 60 countries. Promax/BDA members work
in television, radio, and digital media.
They include senior executives, producers,
and designers involved in the creation of
advertising, graphics, and marketing materials
for their companies. Together they build
huge audiences, generate enormous revenue,
administer massive budgets, and exert immense
cultural influence. |
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Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB)
Offices: Irving, Texas
RAB is a not-for-profit corporation supported
by more than 5,600 members. It is estimated
that, within the United States, 85 percent
of total Radio advertising revenues flow
through RAB member stations annually. Their
mission is to increase awareness, credibility,
and salability of Radio by designing, developing,
and implementing appropriate programs, research,
tools, and activities for member stations.
In carrying out their mission, they will:
raise the professional standards of Radio
advertising; recognize that they are a service
organization that must be responsible to
the needs of their membership; and increase
Radio revenue. |
Radio Television News Directors Association
(RTNDA)
Offices: Washington, DC
RTNDA is the world's largest and only professional
organization exclusively serving the electronic
news profession, is made up of more than
3,000 news directors, news associates, educators
and students. Founded as a grassroots organization
in 1946, its purpose was to set standards
of news gathering and reporting. Although
news techniques and technologies have changed
since the early years of its founding, RTNDA's
commitment to encouraging excellence in
the electronic journalism industry remains
the same. |
Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA)
Offices: Washington, DC
RIAA is the trade group that represents
the US recording industry. Its mission is
to foster a business and legal climate that
supports and promotes their members' creative
and financial vitality. Its members are
the record companies that comprise the most
vibrant national music industry in the world.
RIAA members create, manufacture and/or
distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate
sound recordings produced and sold in the
United States. |
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Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Offices: Los Angeles, California
Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s premier
labor union representing actors. Established
in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American
labor movement, from standing up to studios
to break long-term engagement contracts
in the 1940s to fighting for artists' rights
amid the digital revolution of the 21st
century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG
represents nearly 120,000 actors in film,
television, industrials, commercials and
music videos. |
Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE)
Offices: Indianapolis, Indiana
SBE, formed in 1963, is a non-profit organization
serving the interests of Broadcast Engineers.
They are the only society devoted to the
advancement of all levels of Broadcast engineering.
Membership, international in scope, consists
of studio and transmitter operators and
technicians, supervisors, announcer- technicians,
chief engineers of commercial and educational
stations, engineering vice presidents, consultants,
field and sales engineers. |
Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
(SMPTE)
Offices: White Plains, New York
Founded in 1916, the Society of Motion Picture
& Television Engineers is the leading technological
society for the motion imaging industry.
Its salient goal is to advance the theory
and development of the motion imaging field.
Today, SMPTE publishes ANSI-approved Standards,
Recommended Practices, and Engineering guidelines
that are strictly followed by the motion
imaging industry. |
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
Offices: Indianapolis, Indiana
The Society of Professional Journalists
is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free
press as the cornerstone of our nation and
our liberty. To ensure that the concept
of self-government outlined by the US Constitution
remains a reality into future centuries,
the American people must be well informed
in order to make decisions regarding their
lives, and their local and national communities.
The SPJ believes it is the role of journalists
to provide this information in an accurate,
comprehensive, timely and understandable
manner. |
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Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB)
Offices: New York, New York
TVB is the not-for-profit trade association
of America's broadcast television industry.
TVB provides a diverse variety of tools
and resources, including its website, to
support its Members and to help advertisers
make the best use of local television.
Members include television broadcast groups,
advertising sales reps, and nearly 500 individual
television stations. |
The Classification & Rating Administration
(CARA)
Offices: Encino, California
The Classification and Rating Administration,
which is funded by fees charged to producers/distributors
for the rating of their films. Movie ratings
are decided by a full-time Rating Board.
They work for the Classification and Rating
Administration, which is funded by fees
charged to producers/distributors for the
rating of their films. The rating system
offers parents some advance information
about movies so that parents can decide
what movies they want their children to
see or not to see. |
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Women In Film & Television (WIFT)
Offices: Toronto, Ontario
Women in Film and Television—Toronto is
a leading internationally affiliated industry
organization that recognizes, trains and
advances women in screen-based media. WIFT-T
offers a year-round slate of skills development,
networking events and industry awards, providing
the tools to succeed in Canada's global
entertainment industry. In operation for
over 20 years, WIFT-T serves over 850 women
and men in Canadian screen-based media,
connecting them to close to 10,000 leading
film, television and new media professionals
world-wide. |
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