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Meet leading authors, editors, and literary agents and get your writing project professionally critiqued in our online Literary Festival & Workshops, July 16 – August 1, 2012. In our innovative, interactive online event, you will:

• Hear from accomplished authors, literary agents, and editors
• Workshop your own creative project with writers and editors
• And make connections with other writers and book lovers across the globe in our summer reading group

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Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.

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If you’re not busy this afternoon, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof is hosting a Google+ Hangout at 2:30. He’ll chat with UN Ambassador Susan Rice about social media’s impact on foreign policy.

You can join the Hangout via the Times’ Google+ page or the Times’ site. They’ll be fielding questions, so make sure you ask something smart.

The company logo could have been a person tightening his belt. Emmis Communications has completed a 6 1/2 year transformation. Jeff Smulyan, the Indianapolis-based chairman of the board, said in the conference call yesterday that Emmis is moving forward with a group of stations in secondary markets such as St. Louis, Austin, and Terre Haute. He also mentioned New York’s lone wolf–Hot 97/WQHT.

Emmis is down to one radio destination in the biggest market. Last year, Emmis sold off Rocker WRXP to new Merlin Media, which created FM News/WEMP.

More recently, Emmis was at the center of another radio surprise, leasing 98.7, the former KISS FM home, to ESPN/Disney.

In the two deals last month, Emmis stands to pocket $92.5 million, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. Despite the sadness loyal fans felt about their beloved KISS leaving the air, with several personalities and shows shifted to WBLS, the news sent Emmis stock soaring 21.5 percent, to $1.05 cents per share. It was the first time Emmis shares had traded above $1 since July.

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In mediabistro’s Fashion Writing class starting April 24 in Midtown, you’ll learn how to grasp different styles of fashion journalism, gain insight into the fashion industry, and get published. Instructor Tracey Lomrantz, a contributing style editor at Glamour, will help you build a portfolio of spec clips and pitch letters over eight weeks.

You’ll also learn how to:

Watch shows, interpret collections, and develop an eye for inspiration

Write fashion headlines, runway reviews, and fashion features

Use your personal style to create stories that editors crave

Understand the differences between fashion editors, writers, and freelancers

Tracey has also invited guest speakers including Katie Goldsmith (fashion director at Shape) to show you the ropes of the fashion writing world.

As a reader of FishbowlNY, mediabistro is offering a $50 discount if you sign up by Thursday, April 19 at 6pm ET. Just use the promotional code FBNY50 at the checkout page. Take advantage of this special offer and sign up now.

The Sidney Hillman Foundation has announced the Hillman Award winners, which are given out annually to journalists who promote social and economic justice with their work. This year’s award ceremony will be held May 1 at The TimesCenter building.

The judges selecting the winners included Hendrik Hertzberg, Senior Editor, The New Yorker; Harold Meyerson, Editor-at-Large, The American Prospect and columnist for WaPo; Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Nation; Susan Meiselas, a Magnum photographer; and Rose Marie Arce, Senior Producer, CNN.

The winners:

Book Journalism
Frank Bardacke
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers, Verso Books

Opinion & Analysis Journalism
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic

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Yachting has been around for over 100 years, but has never had a woman overseeing editorial. Mary South, previously the magazine’s Deputy Editor, is breaking that streak. She has been named Yachting’s first female Editor-in-Chief. South has been with Yachting since 2007, and had been Deputy Editor for the past year.

“As deputy editor, Mary drove quality improvement, market share growth and digital innovation,” said David Ritchie, director of Editorial Operations for Bonnier’s marine brands. “She has the respect of her team and her audience, and I look forward to watching this brand thrive under her leadership.”

South said her focus will be steering Yachting toward a more digital world. “A large focus of our efforts going forward will be expanding our reach across digital platforms so that our audience has access to the same high caliber of content on their computers, mobile phones and tablets, as well as a rich engagement with the Yachting community through social media,” said South.

UPDATE:
Some readers have asked about Marcia Wiley, insisting that Wiley was the first female EIC at Yachting. A rep for the magazine says this is not true. Here’s what the rep had to say: “The Yachting staff double-checked Yachting’s archives and contacted staff members from that era who we stay in contact with and Marcia was on the staff, but was not EIC. During her time with the book, she was Managing Editor, Executive Editor and Editor-at-Large. The EICs in this period were Oliver Moore and Roy Attaway.”

Meredith has named Todd Tarpley General Manager, Parents Network Digital, a new role at the company. Tarpley previously worked at The Nielsen Company as Vice President of Online for two years. Tarpley is also a children’s book author.

At Meredith Tarpley will be responsible for expanding the Parents Network’s digital readership. The sites under his leadership include Parents, American Baby, Family Fun and Ser Padres. Tarpley will report to Liz Schimel, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer.

Mediabistro is offering a new online class this spring: Writing for Reality Television. How does one actually “write” for reality TV? Believe it or not, even unscripted TV relies on writers, from formatting and pitching to writing voice-overs and hosted segments. Reality TV is a broad genre that includes totally scripted comedies, documentary style dramas, competitions, and niche cultural curiosities. Knowing where the opportunities are and how you fit in is the first step to narrow down what you will write and who it is for.

In this course, taught by Colleen Kluttz, who has worked in the story department for ABC’s The Bachelor and Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, you will learn:

• Structure and formatting for reality TV, from ½ hour to hour long shows
• The importance of casting and character development
• Editing reality and how to write storylines in post production
• How to write for the type of show you want to make
• How to turn your pitch into a sizzle reel

By the end of the class, you’ll have a complete draft of a pitch and an understanding of the industry from preproduction to post.

As a reader of FishbowlNY, you get a $50 discount. Just enter the promotional code FB50 on the checkout page for your discount. Hurry, this class starts March 13 online. Register now.