CNW Breakfast with the Media: The Multimedia News Evolution

News has evolved. For communications professionals that means multimedia such as photos and videos are no longer a nice-to-have, but a must.

Join CNW for breakfast with Chris Hogg, CEO, Digital Journal; Anjali Kapoor, Managing Editor, Digital at the Globe and Mail and Sarah Millar, Web Editor, The Toronto Star and learn why multimedia is now essential for delivering your news with impact. Moderated by Carolyn McGill, President and CEO, CNW Group.

Breakfast is compliments of CNW Group. Please register early as space is limited.

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About our speakers:

Chris Hogg is the CEO of Digital Journal, a global digital media news network. Chris is widely recognized as both a pioneer and leader in new media, having built one of the largest and most active user-generated content networks with tens of thousands of contributors in 200 countries around the world. Chris is also co-founder of the Future of Media speaker series, a widely followed speaker series dedicated to following the evolution of journalism, news and media. You can follow him @chrishogg.

Anjali Kapoor is the Managing Editor, Digital at The Globe and Mail where she oversees the editorial digital strategy for Globe and Mail sites.  

Previously, Anjali held the position of Director, Product & Editorial at Yahoo! Canada where she was responsible for overseeing the product strategy and business goals of the Media Group.  With a background in journalism, Anjali’s main focus for the past ten years has been within the digital industry in Canada.  Her main areas of expertise are user/audience experience, content development and product strategy.  She has worked for Microsoft Canada, Transcontinental Media, Sun Media (Canoe) and Rogers.

Sarah Millar is a web editor at the Toronto Star. Even in her downtime, Sarah can be found online — usually navigating the Twitter-verse, exploring Tumblr and doing some part-time blogging. In the past, Sarah has worked for Sun Media, the National Post and the Hamilton Spectator, among others. Follow her @sarah_millar.

Carolyn McGill is President and Chief Executive Offer of CNW Group. Carolyn joined CNW in 1999 as Director of Marketing and New Product Development. She held progressively senior positions in a variety of business units which included human resources and sales. Carolyn joined the CNW Group Board of Directors in 2003 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2008.

 Carolyn leads the Senior Management Team in establishing the strategic direction for CNW Group and in ensuring that CNW maintains its leadership position in news distribution and management in the Canadian marketplace.  Connect with Carolyn on LinkedIn.