2026
Please join us at a NEW LOCATION for our annual event honoring outstanding broadcast journalism in Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
This year's convention will be held May 29-May 31 at
Princess Royale Oceanfront Resort
9100 Coastal Highway
Ocean City, MD 21842
Activities kick off Friday at 7:00 p.m. with a Crab Feast and Auction at Hooper's Crab House, 2913 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City, to benefit the Bob Shilling Memorial Scholarship. Saturday starts with a 9:00 a.m. business meeting and Seminar with two prominent experts on "Social Media Storytelling & AI Trends."
Then there's the Awards Reception & Banquet at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday night, breakfast on Sunday, and of course, the BEACH throughout the weekend!
The deadline to purchase tickets is 5:00 p.m., Thursday, May 14. The best ticket value is the Full Convention price. This includes the Crab Feast & Auction, Saturday Breakfast & Seminar, Awards Reception & Banquet and Sunday Breakfast.
EARLY BIRD PRICING:
Register by April 8 and SAVE on the following:
- Full Convention: $240 (regular price is $265)
- Saturday Banquet only: $155 (regular price is $165)
Click here to get your tickets!
HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
Princess Royale Oceanfront, Oceanfront on 91st Street, is offering a special group rate of $209 per night, beginning Thursday through Monday, 5/28-6/1. Choose one night, or all four. All rooms are suite options, so bring the family!
The deadline to reserve your room is now May a12, but don't wait until then to book! Rooms at these rates on a prime beach weekend won’t last long!
Click on the following link to make your online reservation:
Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association
To call for reservations --dial 800-476-9253. Please be sure to mention the Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association to get the group rate.
Please contact Heidi Brown, hbrown@ap.org or (434)465-0285, if you have any questions or need additional information.
Maggie More is a digital producer at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., where she specializes in off-platform vertical video storytelling. Since joining the station in 2022, she has experimented with new formats to engage the community and helped shape the newsroom's social media and multiplatform strategies. She's previously worked for NBCLA and the Virginia Gazette, and her favorite stories involve science, community and local oddities.
Ethan Holland is Vice President of Draper Media, a writer, a digital strategist, and one of the most consistent chroniclers of the AI revolution. Over the past three years, working nights and weekends, Ethan has manually organized more than 50,000 artificial intelligence headlines into 60 categories. An early internet adopter, Ethan launched a blog in 1994. He has spent his career digitally transforming legacy businesses, including print catalogs, home shopping networks, major retailers, and television stations. Ethan has been featured in The New York Times and was the keynote speaker at Adobe’s worldwide sales conference. He is an avid musician who loves running. You can follow him at ethanbholland.com.