2010 sessions

Welcoming remarks and presentations

Welcome by ASNE President Martin Kaiser and Convention Co-chair David Boardman

News Literacy in Practice. Get Connected to Yourth Audiences: SchoolJournalism.org
Speaker // Rex Smith, editor, Times Union, Albany, N. Y.

Haiti News Project
Speaker // Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor, The Miami Herald

Liberty Tree Initiative
Speaker // Ken Paulson, president and chief operating officer, Newseum and Freedom Forum, Washington

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Keynote address: Eric Schmidt, Google

Introducer // Pamela Fine, Knight Chair in News, Leadership and Community, The University of Kansas

Speaker // Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google Inc

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ASNE president's address

Introducer // Rick Rodriguez, Carnegie Professor of Journalism, Southwest Borderlands, Arizona State University, Phoenix

Speaker // Martin Kaiser, editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A text version of the speech is available on the Journal Sentinel's website.

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The Pew Study on the New News Ecosystem

Note: The first three minutes of the presenters remarks were deleted. The audio was missing.

Presenter // Thomas B. Rosenstiel, director, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Washington

Session Material

	State of the News Media 2010
	Text of Rosenstiel remarks

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Future of professional journalism - Part I

Introducer // David Boardman, executive editor, The Seattle Times

Moderator // Ken Auletta, media critic, The New Yorker, New York

Panelists // Jane Hirt, managing editor News/Features, Chicago Tribune; Evan Smith, chief executive officer and editor-in-chief, The Texas Tribune, Austin; Steven R. Swartz, president, Hearst Newspapers, New York

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Future of professional journalism - Part II

Moderator // Ken Auletta, media critic, The New Yorker, New York

Panelists // Megan Garber, assistant editor, Nieman Journalism Lab, Cambridge, Mass.; Zachary Seward, Outreach editor, The Wall Street Journal, New York; and Matt Thompson, editorial product manager, National Public Radio, Washington

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Tribute to Deborah Howell

Memorial tribute to Deborah Howell. Speaker // Jacqueline Banaszynski

Session Material

Photos

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Recognition of Diversity Pacesetter Awards and presentation of Sunshine Week Local Hero Award

Introducer // Susan Goldberg, editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

Recognition of Diversity Pacesetter Awards
Presenter // Maribel Perez Wadsworth, digital news executive, Gannett Co. Inc.

Presentation of Sunshine Week Local Hero Award
Honoree: Suzanne Harris, Miramar Beach, Fla.

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Address by Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian

Introducer // Susan Goldberg, editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

Editor of the Guardian since 1995, Rusbridger has pioneered the development of the paper's digital edition, twice voted the best newspaper website in the world.

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The 24/7 News Cycle: New Opportunities, New Pressures

Introducer // Andrew N. Alexander, ombudsman, The Washington Post

Moderator // Geneva Overholser, director, School of Journalism, USC Annenberg School of Journalism, Los Angeles

Panelists // David Carr, Reporter/Columnist, The New York Times; Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles; Mark E. Russell, Print/News Manager, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

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Charging for digital content: Fix or folly?

Introducer // Margaret M. Sullivan, editor, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News

Moderator // James M. Brady, Digital Editorial Consultant, Allbritton Communications, Great Falls, Va.

Panelists // Merrill Brown, Founder and Principal, MMB Media, LLC, New York; Kenneth J. Doctor, Affiliate Analyst, Outsell/Content Bridges, Burlingame, Calif.; Walter E. Hussman Jr., President and CEO, WEHCO Media, Little Rock, Ark.

Session Material

Presentation from Merrill Brown

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Should government provide help for professional journalism?

Introducer // Timothy A. Franklin, Louis A. Weil Jr. Endowed Chair, Indiana University School of Journalism, ASNE FOI Committee Co-Chair

Moderator // Eric Deggans, media critic, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times

Panelists // Frank A. Blethen, publisher, The Seattle Times; Susan S. DeSanti, director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission, Washington; Katherine I. Funk, partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Washington; John Nichols, Washington correspondent, The Nation

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ASNE and Leadership awards presentation

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

Secretary Geithner is interviewed by Steven Pearlstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist at The Washington Post.

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Six innovations you can use in your newsroom

Moderator // Jose Zamora, journalism associate, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami

Presenters // Rick Allen, chief executive officer, SnagFilms; Bill Allison, editorial director, Sunlight Foundation, Washington; Amanda Hickman, program director, DocumentCloud; Martin Moore, founder, hNews; Dan Pacheco, co-creator, Printcasting; Jeff Reifman, founder, NewsCloud; Eric Umansky, co-founder, DocumentCloud

Session Material

	SnagFilms
	Sunlight Foundation Politiwidget
	hNews
	Printcasting
	NewsCloud
	DocumentCloud

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Address by Milton Coleman, incoming ASNE president

Presentation of the silver gavel to outgoing President Martin Kaiser.

Milton Coleman assumes the presidency of ASNE.

Related articles
Milton Coleman's ASNE Acceptance Speech — April 14, 2010
Washington Post Senior Editor Milton Coleman Elected to Lead ASNE

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One changing news ecosystem: San Diego

An up-close look at new and legacy media in a dynamic market.

Introducer // Jim Amoss, Editor, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

Moderator // Rebecca Coates Nee, Lecturer, School of Journalism & Media Studies, San Diego

Panelists // Barbara Bry, Associate Publisher, San Diego News Network; Andrew Donohue, Editor, Voice of San Diego; Lorie Hearn, Executive Editor, Watchdog Institute; and Jeff Light, Editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune

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The new watchdogs: Investigative collaborations

Moderator // Brant Houston, Knight Chair, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panelists // Charles Lewis, Founder, Investigative News Network, Washington; Maggie Mulvihill, Associate Director and Senior Investigative Producer, New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University; Robert J. Rosenthal, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting, Berkeley, Calif.

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Future of journalism: A view from the top

Introducer // Martin Kaiser, editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Moderator // Butch Ward, managing director, The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Panelists // Donna Barrett, president and CEO, Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.; Elizabeth Brenner, publisher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Thomas Curley, president and chief executive officer, The Associated Press, New York; and Christoph Pleitgen, managing director, Reuters News Agency, Thomson Reuters, London