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CitMedia @ APME
A day-long workshop on citizen journalism at the APME conference.
Location: JW Marriott, Washington, D.C. – Salons F and G
Separate registration required: $50 for APME members (includes lunch); $90 for non-members. See agenda and register here:
www.j-newvoices.org/index.php/site/
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| Wednesday, Oct. 3 |
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| 9 a.m.-noon |
APME Board of Directors Meeting
Location: Salon D |
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| 1 p.m. |
Floor managers meeting
Location: Doors to Salons I and II |
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Conference opens at Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
Buses will run between the JW Marriott and the Newseum from 2:15–2:45 p.m. |
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| 3-3:05 p.m. |
Fast forwarding to the future
begins NOW
Video presentation by San Jose Mercury News
Location: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| 3:05-3:07 p.m. |
Magnuson welcomes attendees, introduces Paulson
APME President Karen Magnuson introduces Ken Paulson, editor of the host newspaper, USA Today, to kick-off the conference.
Location: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| 3:07-3:10 p.m. |
Paulson welcomes attendees, introduces Overby and Urschel
Ken Paulson, editor of the host newspaper, USA Today, welcomes attendees and introduces Charles Overby and Joe Urschel.
Location: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| 3:10-4 p.m. |
Welcome to the NEW Newseum
"45 Words: A Story of the First Amendment" and "The Convergent Newsroom"
Freedom Forum President Charles Overby, and Joe Urschel, Executive Director of the Newseum,
welcome APME, the new facility's first official visitors, with two new video presentations.
Location: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| 4-5:15 p.m. |
Experience the Interactive Newsroom and Ethics Center
Attendees are dismissed and released to go to this 7,000-square foot gallery, where visitors
can select and operate any of 48 interactive kiosks.
Location: Interactive Newsroom and Ethics Center
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| 5:15-5:30 p.m. |
4-D Experience at the Newseum
The Newseum's signature production will allow us to witness some of the greatest moments in news history such as Nellie Bly's historic expose of Blackwell's Island and Edward R. Murrow broadcasting live from London during the Blitz.
Location: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| Buses will leave the Newseum at 5:30 p.m. for the JW Marriott |
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| 6:30-8:30 p.m. |
Newseum reception at ESPN Zone
Get your game on during the Newseum reception at the ESPN Zone. A mecca for sports fans, it also offers all kinds of interactive games and surprises. Come hungry, thirsty and ready to play.
Location: ESPN Zone, 555 12th Ave. NW
Sponsor: Newseum |
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| Thursday, Oct. 4 |
| Conference opens at JW Marriott |
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| 8-8:20 a.m. |
Breakfast eye-opener: Comedian Chris White
A former Washington Post editor, White will tickle your funny bone until you are fully awake. Prepare to laugh.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: USA Today |
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Mall of Ideas opens
Location: Grand Foyer |
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| 8:20-8:23 a.m. |
Video Journal
Produced by APPM and student journalists, the journal highlights the previous day's events.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. |
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| 8:23-8:28 a.m. |
Video Journal
Formal Welcome by APPM President Naomi Halperin
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 8:28-8:32 a.m. |
Video Journal
Formal Welcome by APME President Karen Magnuson
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 8:32-8:37 a.m. |
Video Journal
Formal Welcome by Phil Currie, Sr. VP/News, Gannett Co. Inc.
The convention host welcomes conference-goers to his corporate hometown.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 8:37-9:28 a.m. |
10 essential skills of frontline editors
A partnership presentation from News University and the Frontline Editor Project
If you want your newsroom to change, your frontline editors have to lead the way. But what skills do they need and how can you help them? Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Editing, Michele McLellan of Tomorrow's Workforce and Howard Finberg, director of interactive learning at Poynter, will unveil a new tool to help you develop your frontline editors into agents of change.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 9:28-9:30 a.m. |
Two-minute stage change for multimedia session |
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| 9:30-10:20 a.m. |
Making the case for quality multimedia
With more reporters packing video cameras and recorders, editors need to be able to articulate the difference between quality multimedia and static. This panel of outstanding visual journalists will help you add some meat to your "I know it when I see it" definition and explain the role visual journalists can play in your newsroom.
Moderator: Mick Cochran, USA Today
Panelists: Josh Meltzer, The Roanoke Times; Chet Rhodes, washingtonpost.com; Nancy Andrews, Detroit Free Press
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: APPM |
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| 10:20-10:28 a.m. |
Break (Check out the Mall of Ideas!) |
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| 10:28-10:30 a.m. |
Introduction of Board Candidates
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 10:30-11:30 a.m. |
Innovations unveiled: Your Associated Press
AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll will showcase a number of exciting new projects developed for your specific content needs. An increase in the number of investigative and enterprise stories that include quality multimedia elements, an improved and expanded LifeStyles section, and an ambitious package of content leading up to and extending through the Beijing Olympics are just a few of the ways the AP is adding greater value to its quality global coverage.
Moderator: Kathleen Carroll
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: The Associated Press |
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| 11:30-11:31 a.m. |
Introduction of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 11:31-11:55 a.m. |
Speaker Pelosi address APME, answers questions
Location: Salons I and II |
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| Noon-1:30 p.m. |
AP Awards Luncheon with a live tour of the AP Baghdad Bureau
We'll celebrate some extraordinary journalism then join AP Bureau Chief Steve Hurst live via satellite from Baghdad. Hurst will talk about the AP's war coverage then take us on a video tour of the bureau.
Location: Salons III and IV
Sponsor: The Associated Press |
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| 1:45-2:35 p.m. |
Where the journalism of the future is being done now
Two of the industry's top innovators and implementers – Jim Brady of washingtonpost.com and Jennifer Carroll of Gannett Co. Inc. – will showcase the ways newspapers of all sizes are changing and connecting with their digital audiences.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 1:45-1:55 p.m. |
APPM Session: Welcome by APPM President Naomi Halperin
Location: Salon G |
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| 1:55-2:35 p.m. |
APPM Session: AP Update with Photo Director Santiago Lyon
Lyon oversees 300 staff photographers and 700 contract and freelance photographers who provide a complete daily report from around the world. He'll update you on AP programs and answer the questions you submitted.
Location: Salon G
Sponsor: The Associated Press |
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| 2:40-3:30 p.m. |
From Superman to subpoenas: Defending a free press
A conversation about the First Amendment and why our jobs have never been tougher or more important.
Moderator: Ken Paulson, editor, USA Today, and special guests
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: Gannett Foundation, Gannett and USA Today |
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| 3:30-3:45 p.m. |
Presentation of the APME First Amendment
Awards
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 3:45-4 p.m. |
Break (Don't check e-mail, chat up a colleague!) |
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| 2:40-4:30 p.m. |
APPM Session: Storytelling: Content is key
Technology provides tools, the Web provides a platform for delivering the message, but the most important aspect of our job remains developing and telling strong stories. Hear what some of the industry's top storytellers are producing.
Panelists: Travis Fox, washingtonpost.com; Gary Coronado, The Palm Beach Post
Location: Salon G |
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| 4-5:35 p.m. |
APPM Session: The visual department
In this one-hour session, Washington Post Picture Editor Keith Jenkins will explore the many examples of photo, graphics and new media management innovations from across the country.
Location: Salon G |
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| 4-4:45 p.m. |
APME General breakout session: Great Ideas Academy
A series of concurrent sessions will introduce you to new concepts and best practices in use at newspapers across the country.
The sessions will be repeated from 5-5:45 p.m.
Print innovations in a digital world
Some newspapers are prospering by improving the quality of their print products with creative design, new content and exceptional writing.
Moderator: Hollis Towns, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Panelists: John Bartosek, The Palm Beach Post; Randy Lovely, The Arizona Republic; Fred Kuntz, The Toronto Star; Deb Withey, The Virginian-Pilot; Cindy McCurry-Ross, The (Fort Myers) News-Press
Location: Treasury
Sponsor: GateHouse Media Inc.
Digging for gold in public records
Prepare to walk away from this session with a handful of high-impact, low-cost methods to do the kind of watchdog reporting that is the mission of our profession.
Moderator: Otis Sanford, The Commercial Appeal
Panelists: Brett Blackledge, The Birmingham News; Kurt Franck, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio; Meg Downey, The Tennessean, Nashville; Ken Otterbourg, Winston-Salem Journal
Location: Dirksen
Sponsor: CCI
Using video to enhance storytelling
This workshop examines how to use video effectively to tell stories for the Web. Hear from the team that has trained more than 500 Gannett photographers and reporters to shoot and edit video for the Web. The session will include pointers for what makes a good video story and tips for producing quality video.
Presenters: Gannett Co. Inc. Broadcast executive Lane Michaelsen and News Systems Editor Anne Saul
Location: Longworth
Sponsor: Sony Electronics Inc.
New media tools: Getting ahead of the curve
In this world of blogs, Web forums, text alerts and podcasts, what are effective tools in using new media in the right way? This panel will help you prepare for what's in use now and what's next.
Moderator: Ken Sands, Congressional Quarterly
Panelists: Joe Ledford, The Kansas City Star; Chet Czarniak, USAToday.com; Dan Flannery, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.; Robin Henry, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Location: Rayburn
Sponsor: The E.W. Scripps Co. |
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| 3:45-4 p.m. |
Break (Check out the APME Gazette) |
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| 5-5:45 p.m. |
Concurrent workshops of Great Ideas Academy repeat |
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| 5 p.m. |
APME student conference
Mentors meet with assigned students
Location: Salon I |
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| 5:45-6:45 p.m. |
Newcomers Reception for APME and APPM
Mix and mingle with association leadership, shake hands and promise to vote for board candidates and warmly welcome newcomers to the conference.
Location: Salon II
Sponsor: The Washington Times |
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| 7-10 p.m. |
Eat. Drink. Talk shop & Shop
The historic National Press Club is the venue for an evening of food, drink and entertainment. The "Anonymous Sources" will be playing so bring your dancing shoes, and your wallet. We'll be auctioning more than 80 items, including sports tickets, newspaper memorabilia, artwork and jewelry, to support the APME Foundation.
Location: The National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW
Sponsor: washingtonpost.com |
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| Friday, Oct. 5 |
| Conference continues at JW Marriott |
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| 8-8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast
Mall of Ideas opens in the Grand Foyer
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| 8:10-8:22 a.m. |
NewsTrain sampler
NewsTrain is the best journalism training program on wheels. Thirteen national news organizations have voted with their money to keep it on the road. Learn what APME's multi-faceted workshop for editors can do if it rolls into your town.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: North American Precis Syndicate Inc. (NAPS) |
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| 8:22-8:27 a.m. |
Video journal
Produced by APPM and student journalists, the journal highlights the previous day's events.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. |
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| 8:27-8:30 a.m. |
Welcome by APME President
Karen Magnuson sets up the day's events.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 8:30-8:45 a.m. |
This just in: A special breaking-news announcement
You won't want to miss this news.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 8:45-8:50 a.m. |
Interactive Voting Device preparation
Answer a series of questions so we can test our equipment and determine whether you are awake.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 8:50-9:40 a.m. |
APME Innovator of the Year Award: You decide
The three finalists for the first-ever APME Innovator of the Year Award present their concepts in 15-minute segments. At the conclusion, APME editors are asked to vote electronically to decide the inaugural winner of this award. Scott Angus, editor of the Janesville Gazette, on stage as anchor.
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 10:20-10:28 a.m. |
Break (Have you voted for the board candidates yet?) |
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| 9:50-10:40 a.m. |
Credibility Online: What readers and journalists
believe about what they read online
Partnership presentation with the Reynolds Institute
How do journalists and readers view the credibility of what they read online? A survey by the Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri will be released that polled both journalists and readers to answer that question. A panel of readers will have a chance to react to the findings, then you will have an opportunity to see how your opinions stack up with those of
other editors by reacting to questions using an electronic polling device.
Panelists: Pamela Johnson, executive director, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism; Carol Nunnelley, APME projects director; David Ledford, executive editor, The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute |
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| 10:45-11:30 a.m. |
APPM Session: An Insider's View: The state of photojournalism in China
Wen Huang, deputy director of the Xinhau News Agency photo department, will take us behind the scenes of China's official press agency to show her country's approach to photojournalism with examples collected over her many years of experience.
Location: Salon G |
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| 10:45-11:35 a.m. |
Protecting the right to know in the 21st Century
Partnership Presentation with the National Press Foundation
Some of the nation's top experts on Freedom of Information will assess recent threats to and opportunities for the public's right to know, as well as provide editors with tips and steps to improve access to public information.
Moderator: Bob Meyers, president, National Press Foundation
Panelists: Lucy Dalglish, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Eugene R. Fidell, National Institute of Military Justice; David Burnham, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: National Press Foundation |
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| 11:35-11:37 a.m. |
The Nation's Front Pages
Kate Kennedy of the Newseum and the Freedom Forum analyzes how the Virginia Tech story played across the nation.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: Freedom Forum |
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| 11:35-12:25 a.m. |
Multimedia Lessons from a National Tragedy
Editors and journalists newspapers located near Virginia Tech review coverage from that tragic April day. How did the story unfold online and in print? What lessons were learned in the coverage? Six months after a national tragedy, we review and reflect.
Moderator: Carole Tarrant, The Roanoke Times
Panelists: Peggy Bellows, The Richmond Times Dispatch; Chris Ritter, The
Collegiate Times; Josh Meltzer, The Roanoke Times
Location: Salons I and II |
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| 12:30-2 p.m. |
APME Awards Luncheon
1) Presentation of the Robert G. McGruder Awards sponsored by the Freedom Forum, APME and ASNE; 2) APME Awards; 3) We begin a new tradition, with a 12-minute speech APME Presidential Address by Karen Magnuson; 4) Pitch by incoming APME President David Ledford on the 2008 conference in Las Vegas; 5) Meritorious Service Awards.
Location: Salons III and IV
Sponsor: Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle |
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APME/UNITY Summit
Improving Diversity through Better Retention
Why are so many talented journalists of color leaving the industry? The presidents of APME and UNITY: Journalists of Color, Karen Magnuson and Karen Lincoln Michael, joined forces to explore that question in a series of roundtable discussions around the country. What they learned has been boiled down into ideas you can quickly implement. All attendees will also receive an exclusive APME/UNITY editor's toolkit.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: Newspaper Association of America |
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| 3:05-3:20 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:20-4:10 p.m. |
APPM Session: Ethics in the Multimedia Age
Kenny Irby, the Poynter Institute's visual journalism group leader and director of its diversity program, will lead a dynamic discussion with a panel of editors, videographers and photographers. This group will provide an ethical framework for visual departments that are
developing new content.
Location: Salon G |
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| 3:20-4:10 p.m. |
Election 2008: Get Ready ... It's Sooner than You Think
The presidential election is 13 months away and already we are covering candidates and contributions. What issues and obstacles will capture the most attention this election season? AP Washington Bureau Chief Sandy Johnson hosts a panel of Washington bureau chiefs who will answer your questions about the upcoming presidential election.
Panelists: David Westphal, McClatchy newspapers; Susan Page, USA Today; Vickie Walton-Jones, Chicago Tribune
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: The Washington Times |
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| 4:15-5:15 p.m. |
Hidden in plain sight: American Press Institute mini seminar
An exclusive experience sponsored by API
The clues to developing new audiences for news are all around us, yet traditional newspaper research often fails to uncover them. That's because this research is organized in a way that is irrelevant to the way readers – and non-readers – live their lives. In this entertaining multimedia experience, a team of APME editors reveals how readers REALLY live, how they use news and information and how you can use the same powerful research technique back home. It's the critical first step in applying the key principles of Newspaper Next, API's groundbreaking and practical plan for newspaper transformation and it puts the power to grow
audience in your hands.
Location: Salons I and II
Sponsor: American Press Institute |
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| 5:30-6:30 p.m. |
APME Business Meeting and Journalism Today work sessions
Learn how you can have a part in this great organization.
Location: Salon IV
Sponsor: The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. |
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Wine and Words Reception
Nothing goes together better than a great book and a great bottle! We'll have both at our "Wine & Words" reception. Pulitzer winners, historians and admired writers will be present and available to sign and talk about their recent books. Because October is Virginia Wine Month, we'll have the best of the local vineyards on hand to let you sample their wares. A perfect way to kick off a Friday night in the nation's capital!
Location: Salon III
Sponsor: USA Today |
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| 8 p.m. and beyond |
Dinner on your own: Enjoy the District |
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| Saturday, Oct. 6 |
| Conference concludes at JW Marriott |
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| 9-11 a.m. |
News, Improved: Make the most of newsroom training
Newsrooms can do a lot of training without a lot of dollars. When training is linked to actionable goals and supported by leadership, it drives innovation and audience appeal. Michele McLellan, co-author of "News, Improved: How America's Newsrooms Are Learning to Change," will share how more than 20 newsrooms improved their training initiatives and how you can apply the lessons they learned in your newsroom. Limited to the first 30 who sign up at the conference.
Location: Salon I |
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