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Symposium
Agenda
and Registration
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You’re
Invited to Attend…
The
2006 Knight-Batten Symposium and Awards for
Innovations in Journalism
Monday,
September 18, 2006
Holeman Lounge • National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
| 9:00 a.m. |
Coffee, Registration
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Transparency: Shining Unprecedented Light on News
Moderator: Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director
HealthNewsReview.org
• Gary Schwitzer, Publisher, University of Minnesota
Transparent
Newsroom Initiative,
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
• Ken Sands, Online Publisher
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| 10:00
a.m. |
Discovery: Searching for Your News
Moderator:
Jody Brannon, Senior Editor, MSN.com
U.S.
Congress Votes Database, washingtonpost.com
• Russ Walker, Ass't Managing Editor, Nation and
World
IBISEYE.com
storm tracker, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Charlie Szymanski, Online Producer
• Maurice
Tamman, Investigative Reporter
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| 10:45
a.m. |
Participation:
Democratizing the News
Moderator: Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director
Social
Media, Citizens Media
The
Bakersfield Californian
• Dan Pacheco, Senior Manager/Digital Products, New
Products Group
TCDailyPlanet.com,
Minneapolis
• Craig Cox, Managing Editor
Global
Voices Online
Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society
• Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-Founder
• Georgia Popplewell, Caribbean Regional Editor,
Podcast Producer
• Alice Backer, Francophonia Editor
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| 11:30
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Awards
Ceremony
Presenter: Bryan Monroe, Chair, Knight-Batten Judges,
Vice President and Editorial Director, EBONY and JET
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| Noon |
Luncheon, First Amendment Room
Keynote Speaker:
Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO,
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Sponsored
by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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