Women in Cable & Telecommunications said its staff continues to work remotely, with all calls automatically forwarded and mail routed to the appropriate staffers.
WICT has suspended all out-of-town business travel.
It has also cancelled or changed the following out of "an abundance of caution," a caution that has become the watchword in the age of coronavirus and social distancing:
Executive Development Series. The Session is cancelled, with registrants moved to fall session.
Rising Leaders Program. The April Session is cancelled, again with registrants moved to later sessions.
Signature Luncheon — The luncheon (in April) is cancelled, but a revised event will eventually be held, it says, details to follow.
All WICT’s in-person chapter programs have been suspended until further notice.
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
