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Time to register and make hotel reservations for Sept. 11-14 in Philly
- By: ASNE staff
- On: 08/11/2016 11:36:39
- In: Convention
The 2016 ASNE-APME News Leadership Conference kicks off in four weeks in Philadelphia! This is the time to make your hotel reservations and register for the conference. Don't wait until the last minute. Do it now!
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Eight things you don't want to miss:
1. Sign up now for pre-conference workshops. They're FREE!
Tools and Techniques for Digital Success: Lessons from the Knight-Temple "Table Stakes" Project
From 1 to 4 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 11, find out whether your newsroom is truly digital-first and positioned to compete for audiences during this pre-conference workshop focused on what it takes to be "in the game of news" in the 21st century. Join project leader Douglas K. Smith and leaders from the four participating newsrooms to learn key questions you should be asking about your newsroom operation and culture, what kind of commitment is needed to transition, and how to use tools and techniques created during the project.
Google Tools for Your Newsrooms
From 1 to 3 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 11, learn about all of the free Google tools that can help your newsroom build interactive charts, maps, visualizations and more. Tools covered will include Google Trends, Fusion Tables, MyMaps, Earth, Moon, Google Translate and more. Google also can provide free training in your newsroom. Session materials can be found here.
Both workshops, which require advance registration, are free to those registered to attend the conference. The "Table Stakes" workshop has limited space and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Google workshop has no limit on audience size. To sign up for either workshop, email ASNE Communications Coordinator Jiyoung Won at jwon@asne.org.
2. Remaking legacy newsrooms Editors from four major metros involved in the Knight-Temple Table Stakes Project will discuss their journeys to create digital and mobile-focused newsrooms and how the changes have impacted capital "J" journalism, business models and their communities. Moderated by Jim Rutenberg, media columnist, The New York Times. Panelists: Suki Dardarian, senior managing editor and vice president, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Mindy Marqués, executive editor and vice president for news, Miami Herald; Robyn Tomlin, managing editor, The Dallas Morning News; and Stan Wischnowski, executive editor and senior vice president, Philadelphia Media Network.
     3. Keynote: Our racial moment of truth
 With the high-profile killings of unarmed African-Americans at the hands of police and civilians, protests are mounting, and debates are intensifying. These events have left many people asking just how far we have really come since the days of Jim Crow, and the need for dialogue has never been more acute. In this timely address, Isabel Wilkerson, author of "The Warmth of Other Suns," will address the persistence of racial injustice as a national challenge and what history can teach us as we work to resolve it.4. Callout for mentor editors
Once again, ASNE and APME will welcome student journalists to cover the conference. All students will be assigned a professional mentor, a conference participant who will spend about 45 minutes getting to know the student and answering questions about the industry. Each student's name and contact will be entered into a database that will be made available to conference attendees.
We're looking for 12 to 15 editors to serve as mentors. If you're willing to serve as a mentor, then please email Mark Baldwin, executive editor of the Rockford Register Star, at mbaldwin@rrstar.com.
5. Interactive, fully responsive program schedule just for you! Our electronic conference schedule is easy to navigate through a number of sessions and events we have planned for you. You can also check out who the speakers/panelists are and get to know them in advance.
Two ways to get the most out of this schedule:
1. Have it handy on your mobile
Go to your browser and in the URL bar, type in http://asneapme2016.sched.
2. Personalize your schedule
Sign up for a free account and create a custom schedule of sessions that interest you.
To learn more about how to fully utilize the functionality of the schedule, watch this video or refer to the attendee guides.
The program is planned and organized by ASNE-APME Conference Program Committee Co-Chairs Nancy Barnes, ASNE's treasurer and editor of the Houston Chronicle, and Bill Church, APME's vice president and executive editor of the Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune. 6. Register now and save $100 on your ASNE membership
If you are not a member of ASNE, then this is your chance to become one at a much lower rate. For a limited time, we will give you a $100 discount on your membership when you register for the conference. All you need to do is email ASNE Communications Coordinator Jiyoung Won at jwon@asne.org after you register for the conference. She will provide a promo code that you can use to sign up for your membership. Don't miss this exclusive bundle deal! Click here to register for the conference. Lunch tickets are $40 each for Monday and Tuesday, and a limited number of tickets are available for the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies baseball game at 7:05 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 13. Tickets can be purchased for $32 when you register for the conference.
7. Make your travel arrangements by Friday, Aug .19
Book your hotel rooms by Aug. 19 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, our conference hotel, at 1201 Market St. Rooms in our reserved block has a nightly rate of $199 for Sunday, Sept. 11, through Wednesday, Sept. 14.
All conference sessions, except for the opening reception Sunday, Sept. 11, will take place at the Marriott.
8. Party like it's 1776 with one of the founding fathers
Join us at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at the National Constitution Center (525 Arch St.), for the opening party! Ralph Archbold, the official Ben Franklin for Philly, will be there to offer advice on running a newspaper. Archbold has been impersonating Franklin since 1973, and interestingly enough, he was born on Franklin's birthday.
Enjoy the cocktails and South Philly favorites from Italian meats and cheeses to grilled vegetable skewers to cheese steaks to chicken cutlet sandwiches to Italian hoagies and much more. A popular Philly jazz quartet, featuring Tanqueray Hayward, one of the city's top jazz vocalists, will entertain throughout the evening.
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