2010 sessions

Welcoming remarks and presentations
Sunday evening, April 11, 2010

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


Keynote address: Eric Schmidt, Google
Sunday evening, April 11, 2010

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

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


ASNE president's address
Monday morning, April 12, 2010

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.


The Pew Study on the New News Ecosystem
Monday morning, April 12, 2010

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

Future of professional journalism - Part I
Monday morning, April 12, 2010
Part I: Where we are, where we're headed, how editors can help steer

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


Future of professional journalism - Part II
Monday morning, April 12, 2010
Part II: Next generation digital visionaries: What do they think?

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


Tribute to Deborah Howell
Monday luncheon, April 12

Memorial tribute to Deborah Howell. Speaker // Jacqueline Banaszynski

Session Material

Photos

Recognition of Diversity Pacesetter Awards and presentation of Sunshine Week Local Hero Award
Monday luncheon, April 12, 2010

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.


Address by Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian
Monday Luncheon, April 12, 2010

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.


The 24/7 News Cycle: New Opportunities, New Pressures
Tuesday morning, April 13, 2010

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


Charging for digital content: Fix or folly?
Tuesday morning, April 13, 2010

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.

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Presentation from Merrill Brown

Should government provide help for professional journalism?
Tuesday morning, April 13, 2010

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


ASNE and Leadership awards presentation
Tuesday luncheon, April 13, 2010
 

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
Tuesday luncheon, April 13, 2010

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


Six innovations you can use in your newsroom
Tuesday afternoon, April 13, 2010

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

PPT SnagFilms
PPT Sunlight Foundation Politiwidget
PPT hNews
PPT Printcasting
PPT NewsCloud
PPT DocumentCloud

Address by Milton Coleman, incoming ASNE president
Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010

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


One changing news ecosystem: San Diego
Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010

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


The new watchdogs: Investigative collaborations
Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010

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.


Future of journalism: A view from the top
Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010

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

ASNE is grateful for the support of summit sponsors.