Knight-Batten Symposia

2008 Knight-Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Keynote Speech by Bill Kling, CEO, American Public Media.
Video Presentations from the winners: Kevin Poulsen, Wired.com; Jacqueline Dupree, JDLand.com; Bill Adair, PolitiFact; Erik Hersman and Juliana Rotich, Ushahidi; Josh Cogan and Josh Goldblum, Bluecadet Interactive; Randy Brubaker, The Des Moines Register; Tyson Wheatley, iReport.com; Dan Newman, MAPLight.org.

2007 Knight-Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism

Monday, September 17, 2007
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Keynote Speech by Sue Clark-Johnson, President, Newspaper Division, Gannett Co.,
Chairwoman, Newspaper Association of America.
Video Presentations from the Winners: Larry Dailey and Donica Mensing, OurTahoe.org; Maureen Mann, The (Deerfield) Forum; Kate Marymont, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press; Roger Simmons, MyTeam Varsity Sports, OrlandoSentinel.com; Dave Poulson, Great Lakes Wiki; Evan Hansen, NewAssignment.net; Adam Pasick, Reuters Second Life Virtual News Bureau; Mike Moran, CFR.org Crisis Guides; Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry, TechPresident.com.

2006 Knight-Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism

Monday, September 18, 2006
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Keynote Speech by Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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

Monday, Sept. 12, 2005
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Keynote Dialogue: Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia; President, Chairman, WikiMedia Foundation. Michael Kinsley, Former Editorial and Opinion Editor, Los Angeles Times.

2004 James K. Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism

Friday, Sept. 10, 2004
National Press Club, Washington D.C.
Keynote Speaker: Rob Curley, Online News Innovator, Director of New Media, Lawrence Journal-World Online.

2003 James K. Batten Symposium & Awards for Innovations in Journalism

Monday, Sept. 15, 2003
National Press Club, Washington D.C.
Keynote Speaker: Dan Gillmor, Columnist & Blogger, San Jose Mercury News, Author of “We the Media.”

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