Kathleen Shannon, a veteran journalist with WCSH6-TV Channel 6, will address the afternoon session of the annual meeting of Maine Media Women on Saturday, April 27, at Maple Hill Farm B&B and Conference Center in Hallowell. Shannon hosts the newsmagazine program “207” and also serves as the station’s investigative reporter.

Shannon has been with WCSH for over 13 years, but calls her current 9-year tenure with the station her “second tour of duty,” as she previously worked there from 1995 to 1999 before moving to KSTP-TV in Minneapolis. In 2012, Shannon was honored with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on sexual assault in the military.

The morning session of the meeting will feature artist, writer, independent publisher/entrepreneur Anne Valley of Gardiner. Her presentation, “Creating with Intention: How I Connected the Parts of My Artistic Self,” will focus on the development of the sophisticated mixed-media gift packages she calls “Journals and Journeys.”

Maine Media Women’s annual meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m., after the keynote speaker. A full buffet lunch is included, as well as the organization’s traditional silent auction to support its biennial scholarship. The meeting is open to the public, and guests are welcome to attend and participate: $50 for the full day or $25 for the lunch and keynote (or for the keynote only).

For more information, contact MMW president Genie Dailey at finepoints1@aol.com or 207-549-5518.