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🎧 Don’t miss the 2026 BEA Audio Competition (April 3–10)! ⏰ Sign-up deadline: April 1 Build a team and create a compelling 30-second audio commercial. Open to BEA institutional member schools & collegiate media chapters. Questions? Contact Sandy Henry or help@beaweb.org

For the first time, BEA2026 is offering a tour of @8NewsNow in Vegas, lead by News Director, Dan Salamone! Meet us at Monday's career fair (4/20) for departure at 3PM! Limited space available for students & faculty. Visit the online program at beaweb.org/conv to sign up.

Congratulations to Rebecca Ann Lind, @thisisUIC, the 2026 BEA Distinguished Education Service Award (DESA) winner. The award will be presented to Dr. Lind during BEA's 2026 annual convention awards ceremony on Friday, April 17. Visit beaweb.org/conv for more information.

Grace M. Provenzano, Ph.D., @Cronkite_ASU, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award. Dr. Provenzano will be recognized at BEA’s annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Visit beaweb.org/conv for more information.

👏 Congratulations to Shuhua Zhou, @HKUniversity, recipient of the 2026 BEA Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship Award! Join us at #BEAVEGAS 2026 for his presentation: “From Walter Cronkite to AI Anchors: Perception, Attention and Credibility of News.”

🚨Attention all RAB accepted Student Scholars!! Today is your registration deadline. To register, please go to beaweb.org/conv and use the code included in your acceptance email at check out by TODAY to negate the price of student registration.

Please join us in congratulating @ShannonScovel, @UTKnoxville, winner of the 2026 BEA New Faculty Research Grant 📖 Scovel will be recognized at BEA’s annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Visit beaweb.org/conv for more information.

Please join us in congratulating Milton Santiago, @SyracuseU, winner of the 2026 BEA Innovation in Teaching Award 📖

Please join us in congratulating Chris Easterly, @RegentU, winner of the 2026 BEA Textbook Award for his book, Writing, Making, and Distributing Your Short Film: How the Short Film Can Advance Your Craft and Career. 📖

Please join us in congratulating Margaret Peacock, @UofAlabama, winner of the 2026 BEA Book Award for her book, How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East 📖

Missed it? 🎉 The winners of this year’s Festival of Media Arts have been announced! Check out the full list — including our incredible Best of Festival winners — and celebrate the brilliance, talent, and range of BEA’s exceptional members. 🔗 beafestival.org

Please join us in congratulating Danielle Beverly, winner of the 2026 Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media for her documentary project Eyes on the Prize Reclaimed! 🎬

DUE THIS WEEKEND 🚨 Don't miss your deadline to apply for the Alpha Epsilon Rho (AERho) Honor Society for Media for students. Inducted members of AERho enjoy Lifetime Membership with ONE fee. Visit beaweb.org to apply.

Join us for a fireside chat with @CamCoRadio, Online Editor for @RadioInk Magazine and radio personality @ZachSang, of the @ZachSangShow  Happening this year at #BEAVEGAS 2026. Register and view the full online program at BEAweb.org/conv

🔥 BEA Ignite is back! Share your most innovative classroom project in a fast-paced Ignite format—5 minutes, 20 slides. The top 10 ideas present live at a BEA convention session. ⏰ Due THIS FRIDAY! beaweb.org/conv/bea-ignit…

Students—this is your moment ✨ The AERho application is due February 15. Apply now for the opportunity to be recognized at the National Ceremony at BEA’s Annual Convention. Visit beaweb.org to apply.

🚨Don't miss out! 🎙️ Thanks to our sponsors, RAB Student Scholars will receive FREE registration and spending money (awarded on-site) to participate in the BEA2026 and NAB Show conventions. Visit beaweb.org/wp/rab/ to apply.

Students! 🎓 Hearst Television’s Nationwide Connect Spring 2026 event is your chance to network and explore careers in broadcasting—virtually. 🗓 March 3 | ⏰ 10am–12pm ET 🔗 events.ringcentral.com/events/hearst-…

✨ The BEA2026 online program is live! Build your own schedule, explore Interest Division tracks, and dive into our Convention Spotlights—mini-conferences designed around key topics and communities. Visit beaweb.org/conv to start planning!