2005 James K. Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism

Sept. 12, 2005
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

2005 Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism

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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