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2017 Presentations

SUNDAY, October 8

Pre-Conference Workshop: Community Engagement - Convene and Welcome
Speakers:
Bill Church (GateHouse Media)
Mizell Stewart III (Gannett and USA TODAY Network)

Worried About Trust? Let's Do Something About It
Speakers:
Joy Mayer
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Doing Journalism, Regaining Trust, Building Community
Speakers:
David Holwerk
Sally Lehrman
Andrew Losowsky (Mozilla Foundation)
Tom Rosenstiel

Can I Do This?
Speakers:
Mark Baldwin (Rockford Register Star)
Summer Moore (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
David Plazas (USA TODAY Network)
Joe Woolley (ASNE)

Pre-Conference Workshop: Knight Foundation's "Table Stakes" Project
Moderators:
Doug Smith
Speakers:
Suki Dardarian (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Gabe Escobar (Philadelphia Media Network)
Rick Hirsch (Miami Herald)
Chad Lawhorn
Vernon Loeb (Houston Chronicle)
Mitch Pugh (The Post and Courier)
Robyn Tomlin (The Dallas Morning News)
Amanda Wilkins
Stan Wischnowski (Philadelphia Media Network)
 

MONDAY, October 9

Leadership Development Track: Reimagining Your Newsroom
Speakers:
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz (The Washington Post)
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Leadership Development Track: Digital Storytelling in Your Newsroom - What's In, What's Out
Speakers:
Scott Mayerowitz (The Associated Press)
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White House Media Relations
Moderators:
Tom Rosenstiel
Speakers:
J. David Ake (The Associated Press - Washington)
Jeff Ballou (Al Jazeera)
Major Garrett (CBS News)
Steve Herman (Voice of America)
Greg Korte

A conversation with Leonard Pitts Jr.
Speaker:
Leonard Pitts Jr. (Miami Herald)
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Leadership Development Track: Fake News, Politics and Reporting in the Age of Trump
Moderators:
DeWayne Wickham (Morgan State University)
Speakers:
Brian Carovillano (The Associated Press)
Susan Page (USA TODAY)
Aaron Sharockman (PolitiFact)
Liz Spayd

How The World Sees US: Press Freedom in the Trump Era
Moderators:
Marty Steffens (University of Missouri)
John Yearwood (International Press Institute)
Speakers:
Mahfuz Anam (The Daily Star)
Daoud Kuttab (Community Media Network)
Charles Sennott

Leadership Development Track: Table Talks Learning and Networking Session
Speakers:
Robyn Tomlin
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Innovator of the Year
Speakers:
Greg Borowski (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Tiffany Campbell (WBUR Boston)
James Perez (Los Angeles Times)
Evan Wagstaff (Los Angeles Times)
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TUESDAY, October 10

Leadership Development Track: Becoming a Two-Track Leader - The Power of Relationships
Speakers:
Butch Ward (Poynter Institute)
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The Kerner Commission, 50 Years Later
Moderators:
Richard Prince (Journal-isms.com)
Speakers:
Paul Delaney (NABJ)
Al Fitzpatrick
Dorothy Gilliam
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (PBS NewsHour)

Turning The Page: How Four Journalists Reinvented Their Careers
Moderators:
David Boardman (Temple University)
Speakers:
Anne Gordon (Philadelphia Eagles)
Ebony Reed (Reynolds Journalism Institute)
Otis Sanford (University of Memphis)
Chris Seper (E.W. Scripps)

Trump's America: Inside and Outside The Beltway
Speakers:
Claire Galofaro (The Associated Press - Appalachia)
Martha Irvine (The Associated Press)
Julie Pace (The Associated Press)
Errin Whack (The Associated Press)

In conversation with Facebook Journalism Project's Jason White
Moderator: 
Bill Church (GateHouse Media)
Speaker:
Jason White (Facebook Journalism Project)
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Diversity Recruitment and Retention
Moderators:
Karen Magnuson (Democrat & Chronicle)
Speakers:
Peter Bhatia (Detroit Free Press)
Cynthia DuBose (Fans 1st Media)
Katrice Hardy (The Greenville News)
Carlos Sanchez (McAllen Monitor)

What Does It Mean to be an Opinion Editor Today?
Moderators:
Jennifer Hemmingsen (Cayman Compass)
Speakers:
Alex Kingsbury (The Boston Globe)
Betty Knighton (West Virginia Center for Civic Life)
Colleen McCain Nelson (The Kansas City Star Media Co.)
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Watchdog Journalism on a Showstring
Moderators:
Jane Elizabeth (American Press Institute)
Speakers:
Tom English (The Southern Illinoisan)
Sheila McCann (The Salt Lake Tribune)
George Stanley (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

What We Missed: Covering Economic Diversity
Moderators:
Mark Russell (The Commercial Appeal)
Speakers:
Rochelle Riley (Detroit Free Press)
Connie Schultz (Creators Syndicate)
Michael Williamson (The Washington Post)

WEDNESDAY, October 11

Announcing CrowdTangle for Local News
Speakers:
Brandon Silverman (CrowdTangle)

After The Storms: Lessons Learned From Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Moderator:
Peter Kovacs (The Advocate)
Speakers:
Penny Fisher (Naples Daily News)
Noreen Gillespie (The Associated Press)
Vernon Loeb (Houston Chronicle)
Mary Kelli Palka (Florida Times-Union)
Wendy Fullerton Powell (Fort Myers News Press)
Pat Rice (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
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