Convention program, speakers announced

• By: ASNE staff
• On: 03/02/2012 15:43:05
• In: Convention

Innovation. Leadership. Digital subscription plans. The mobile newsroom. J-school collaborations. Watergate 40 years later. A tribute to war correspondents. Presidential politics. Newseum reception.

Jill Abramson. Carl Bernstein. Arianna Huffington. Gwen Ifill. Lara Logan. Bob Woodward.

All this and more will be on tap when ASNE convenes its annual convention on April 2-4 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. Register now to qualify for early-bird rates of $450 for ASNE members and $700 for non-members. (Please read the instructions on the page above before proceeding to the online registration system. It will save you a lot of time and heartache.)

The speakers and panelists include some of the top names in the news business:

• Jill Abramson, executive editor, The New York Times
• Nancy Barnes, editor, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
• Joshua Benton, director, Nieman Journalism Lab
• Carl Bernstein, author• Donna Byrd, publisher, TheRoot.com
• Kathleen Carroll, executive editor, The Associated Press
• Roger Fidler, program dir., Reynolds Journalism Institute
• Chrystia Freeland, editor, Thomson Reuters Digital
• John Geddes, managing editor, The New York Times
• Susan Goldberg, executive editor, Bloomberg News
• Val Hoeppner, director of education, Freedom Forum Diversity Institute
• Arianna Huffington, president and editor in chief, Huffington Post Media Group
• Walter E. Hussman Jr., CEO of WEHCO and publisher, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
• Gwen Ifill, managing editor, “Washington Week” and senior correspondent, "PBS NewsHour"
• Larry Kramer, founder, CBS MarketWatch
• Robert Levine, author, "Free Ride"
• Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent, CBS News
• Aminda "Mindy" Marques, executive editor, The Miami Herald
• James M. Moroney III, publisher and CEO, The Dallas Morning News
• Eric Newton, senior adviser, James L. Knight Foundation
• Mi-Ai Parrish, publisher, Kansas City Star
• Karen Peterson, executive editor, Tacoma News Tribune
• Rem Rieder, editor, American Journalism Review
• Michael Smith, executive director, Northwestern University Management Center
• Paul Smurl, VP for paid products, The New York Times
• Bob Woodward, associate editor, The Washington Post

ASNE 2012 begins on Monday afternoon, April 2, with a focus on mobile technology and how it is reshaping the newsroom. On Tuesday morning, some of the most innovative minds in journalism will discuss the leadership and management skills needed to run a modern newsroom. On Tuesday afternoon, our programming will address digital subscription plans and how the rules of the reporting game have changed in the 40 years since Watergate ended.

On Wednesday morning, we'll pivot back to innovation and leadership, with speakers from both inside and outside of the news industry, including a panel of U.S. Olympians and their coaches talking about the leadership traits of winners. Among the other topics scheduled on Wednesday are news collaborations with j-schools and generating content in small newsrooms.

At the lunches on Tuesday and Wednesday, we'll join our convention partners, the Newspaper Association of America, for programs focused on presidential politics.

We'll also join NAA members for receptions on Monday and Tuesday evening. Monday's reception will be held at the hotel, and on Tuesday we'll head over to the Newseum for an evening program and reception -- and an exclusive peek at the Newseum's newest attraction, the HP New Media Gallery.