2005 James K. Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism
Sept. 12, 2005
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Adrian Holovaty (speaking) and Wilson Miner show
their Grand Prize-winning site, chicagocrime.org.
Welcome:
Jan Schaffer
J-Lab Executive Director
Innovations in Digital Storytelling:
Moderator: Mark Hinojosa
Batten Awards Advisory Board
Associate Managing Editor, Electronic News, The Chicago Tribune
David Dunkley Gyimah
Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster
Producer, viewmagazine.tv [interactive magazines online]
• See viewmagazine.tv
Jonathan McCarthy
Long Island Editor, Newsday.com
• See Newsday's "The Cost of War"
Interactive Databases, Graphics:
Moderator: Andrew Nachison
Co-director, The Media Center at the American Press Institute
Adrian Holovaty
Lead Developer, Holovaty and Associates
and Wilson Miner
Designer, chicagocrime.org
• See chicagocrime.org
Andrew Sherry
Deputy Managing Editor, News, USATODAY.com
and Juan Thomassie
Senior Designer, USATODAY.com
• See USA Today's "Next Generation Data Maps"
Rick Hirsch
Director of Multimedia and Special Projects, The Miami Herald
• See The Miami Herald's "Miami's New Skyline"
Participatory Journalism:
Moderator: Jan Schaffer
Batten Awards Advisory Board
J-Lab Executive Director
John Robinson
Editor, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.
• See News & Record's "Town Square"
Michael Skoler
Managing Director of News, Minnesota Public Radio
• See "The Idea Generator" from Minnesota Public Radio's "Public Insight Journalism"
Awards Ceremony Remarks:
Bryan Monroe
Chairman, Batten Awards Advisory Board
Assistant Vice President - News, Knight Ridder Inc.
Keynote Dialogue:
Jimmy Wales
Founder, Wikipedia; President, Chairman, WikiMedia Foundation
and Michael Kinsley
Former Editorial and Opinion Editor, Los Angeles Times
Moderated by Jan Schaffer and Bryan Monroe
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