Mass Media Expo Talks

Miss these great conversations? Panels and talks from Mass Media Expo are online!

Videos of the Expo talks are available from WGBH Forum Network. Want to watch even more? Visit our channel on Forum Network for a collection of past talks from Mass Media Expo.

Rethinking and Reinventing Content Creation

Constant and accelerating change is the new normal. The way people choose to watch content, the volume of opportunities available, and shifts in production technology, mean we’re all working harder and faster than ever before.

Jeff Rosica, CEO of AVID, leads a special presentation and discussion about why rethinking and reinventing how we do what we do is the best way to thrive in an ever-changing media and entertainment industry. With Steve Audette (Senior Documentary Editor, Frontline), T. Woody Richman (Film Editor), Gretchen Taipale (VP Director of Content Production, Hill Holliday), and Peter Norton (Assistant Editor, WGBH).

No matter where you stand in the creative economy, change is the new normal. Chances are you're challenged with new ways to think about your work, and how you work, on a regular basis. The volume of quality opportunities available, the way people choose to watch content, and shifts in production technology, mean we're all working harder and faster than ever.

Ryan Stowell on Producing

Chances are if you’ve been working in and around film production locally you’ve become familiar with Ryan Stowell and Scott Free Productions work. Ryan has been a producer, co-producer, and executive producer on many esteemed dramatic features such as MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, AMERICAN WOMAN, JUNGLELAND, and THOROUGHBREDS.

Ryan shares his experience as a producer, and his insights from the many films he’s been part of in Massachusetts and beyond. With Ryan Stowell (SVP, Scott Free Productions) and Charles Merzbacher (Professor and Director of Production, Boston University Dept of Film & TV.)

Chances are if you've been working in and around film production locally you've become familiar with Ryan Stowell and Scott Free Productions work. Ryan has been a producer, co-producer, and executive producer on many esteemed dramatic features such as "Manchester by the Sea", "American Woman", "Jungleland", and "Thoroughbreds".

FOMO: Media of the Moment

Keeping up with audiences, where they watch and how they respond, creates unique challenges for producers, media strategists and insight specialists to stay ahead in each project. In this discussion we’re breaking down the content. How to deliver great results to satisfy audiences, publishers, and the brands that support them.

With Amber Harris (VP Executive Producer, Digitas), Lubomir Madolev (Supervising Producer, Mustache), Joanie Tobin (Senior Producer of Emerging Platforms, WGBH), and Bobby Lacivita (VP of Research & Measurement, Group Nine Media.)

Content is moving in all directions, delivered from concept to production and distribution faster and across more platforms than ever before. Keeping up with audiences - where they watch and how they respond creates unique challenges for producers, media strategists and insight specialists to stay ahead in each project.

This is What Democracy Looks Like

Media’s role in the democratic process is more essential and influential than ever—from viral think pieces, films as a key tool in moving policy initiatives, to live streamed town hall debates. Our accelerated media paradigm has irrevocably changed the political landscape and is influencing voters on divisive and complicated issues. Is it helping, or hurting, the cause of democracy and social good?

With Lise Balk King (Filmmaker & Social Impact Producer), Chris Hastings (Executive Producer & Editorial Manager, WORLD Channel), Hedrick Smith (Author / Reporter / Producer), Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Journalist & Media Entrepreneur), and T. Woody Richman (Film Editor.)

Media's role in the democratic process is more essential and influential than ever-from viral think pieces, to films as a key tool in moving policy initiatives, and live streamed town hall debates. How filmmakers, storytellers, and journalists engage to enlighten and inform is vital in a participatory media culture where communications are shared, commented, memed, and weaponized for good and bad intentions.