The Host

It's nice to be in San Diego this weekend, so on behalf of the NCA Press staff, thank you all very much for giving us the reason to be here.  I look forward to getting to know as many of you as possible these next three days through interviews and on our NCA-TV Program.  Every day I will be sitting down and speaking with the men and women who have made this year's "unconventional" convention possible.

I look forward to learning from all of you, whether it be face-to-face, or if I'm just rolling the camera during a lecture or paper presentation.  I must admit I am not quite as green as the rest of the NCA Press Team - This is my second NCA Convention (Boston '06) I was the young guy with  the microphone during all of the paper presentations. 

That said, I still don't know what to expect this year.  One of the best things about Communication studies, and one of reasons I went through Emerson's Baccalaureate Program is that it is always changing!  In the two years since the convention in Boston so much has changed in our world - namely in the fields of technology and politics. 

These distinctly different atmospheres have changed the way our society communicates significantly in the past few years, and I am hoping to gain as much from the various events this year as I'm sure all of you are.

I look forward to speaking with all of you soon, and I hope that you don't get sick of my face, because I'll be right here all weekend - giving you all of the news and highlights from this year's amazing event.

-Michael McManus