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See you next week at Stanford, sign up today to join the excitement!

 
The ASNE-APME conference Oct. 16-18 at Stanford University in Palo Alto will kick off in less than two weeks. Join us for the exciting weekend of sessions and conversations on diversity, digital and disruption, as well as a variety of activities. You will learn ways to move forward and make connections with fellow decision-makers in the journalism industry. Check out the details in this
program schedule, and register for the conference today! 
 
The ASNE-APME conference Oct. 16-18 at Stanford University in Palo Alto will kick off in less than two weeks. Join us for the exciting weekend of sessions and conversations on diversity, digital and disruption, as well as a variety of activities. You will learn ways to move forward and make connections with fellow decision-makers in the journalism industry. Check out the details in this program schedule, and register for the conference today! 

Our secured block of hotel rooms at the Sheraton Palo Alto expired. However, we have a very limited number of reserved rooms for only Friday and Saturday nights. Please contact ASNE Finance Director Cindy Roe at croe@asne.org if you're attending the conference and need to book your room for Friday and/or Saturday.

The conference will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, and conclude at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. Some highlights:

Opening reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16

  • This evening reception at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center will open the conference. There will be California wine and music and a keynote speech by David Kelley, a creator of the Apple mouse and founder of the groundbreaking d.school at Stanford. Kelley will share his thoughts on how each of us can find joy in our creative endeavors.
  • The silent and live auction will take place at the opening reception at the alumni center. Various items will be featured, such as sports tickets, vacation retreats, jewelry, autographed books and much more. Willing to donate auction items or bid for some items online? Click here for details.

Conference sessions Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18

  • Conference sessions will be at the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, part of the Stanford Medical School.

"News partnerships in the era of social media" session Saturday, Oct. 17

  • More and more news organizations are partnering with social media and tech firms. Moderated by Dawn Garcia, managing director of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University, this session will ask Nancy Barnes, Houston Chronicle's editor, and Adam Sharp, Twitter's head of news, government and elections, to discuss what's in store for these relationships.

"One-on-one coaching sessions Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18

  • Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago, and Butch Ward, a senior faculty member at The Poynter Institute, will be available to meet with editors and other news leaders from 9 a.m. to noonSaturday, Oct. 17. Ward will also be available during the same hours on Sunday, Oct. 18. There is no charge for the 30-minute sessions for ASNE and APME members. Email Sally Jacobsen at sjacobsen@ap.org to sign up for the sessions.

"New media, new ethics" session, Sunday, Oct. 18

  • Where are journalism ethics headed in the age of viral news? Is there an ethical foundation for journalism today? Or, are we simply rushing to anything goes? How are editors dealing with instant, unsubstantiated, highly volatile and popular content?


The conference program is planned and organized by 
ASNE Stanford Conference Program Committee Chair Robyn Tomlin, managing editor of The Dallas Morning News, and APME Journalism Studies Chair Jim Simon, deputy managing editor of The 
Seattle Times.

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