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-Press Club-
Offices: Dallas, Texas
The Press Club of Dallas (PCD) 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.
Offices: Los Angeles, California
Promax/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.-Radio-
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.
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.
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.-Screen-
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.
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.
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.
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.-Television-
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.
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. -Women-
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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