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You’re Invited to Attend…

Creativity Unleashed
The 2007 Knight-Batten Symposium and Awards
for Innovations in Journalism

Monday, September 17, 2007
Holeman Lounge • National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

The events are FREE but registration is required.
We have reached capacity for the luncheon.
Because the symposium is in a larger room than the luncheon,
you may still register for the symposium and awards ceremony.

Agenda:

    9:00 a.m.      Coffee, Registration

    9:10 a.m.      Welcome, Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director

    9:15 a.m.      Unleashing Future Journalists
        Moderator:  Chris Harvey, Merrill College of Journalism
                           • OurTahoe.org, Nevada Matters, Lake Tahoe Explorations,
                               Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada-Reno
                              
Larry Dailey, Professor; Donica Mensing, Associate Professor

    9:30 a.m.      Unleashing the Public
        Moderator:  Chris Harvey, Merrill College of Journalism
                           • The Forum (Deerfield, N.H.)
                               Maureen Mann, Managing Editor
                           • Crowdsourcing, Team Watchdog, (Fort Myers) News-Press
                               Kate Marymont, Executive Editor

                           • MyTeam Varsity Sports, OrlandoSentinel.com, Orlando, Fla.
                               Roger Simmons, Breaking News Editor
                           • onBeing, washingtonpost.com
                               Jennifer Crandall, Multimedia Editor

    10:30 a.m.    Unleashing the Unconventional
        Moderator:  Jody Brannon, Senior Editor, MSN.com
                           • GreatLakesWiki.org, Michigan State University
                               Dave Poulson, Associate Director,
                               Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

                           • NewAssignment.net, Wired News and New York University
                               Evan Hansen, Editor in Chief, Wired News
                           • Second Life Virtual News Bureau, Reuters
                               Adam Pasick, Reuters Second Life Bureau Chief

    11:20 a.m.    Break

    11:30 a.m.    Unleashing New Storytellers
       
Moderator:  Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director
                           • Crisis Guides, Council on Foreign Relations
                               Mike Moran, CFR.org Executive Director

                           • TechPresident.com, Personal Democracy Forum
                               Andrew Rasiej, Co-Founder and Publisher
                               Micah Sifry, Co-Founder and Editor

    12:15 p.m.    Awards Ceremony
       
Presenter:  Tom Kunkel, Dean, Merrill College of Journalism

    12:30 p.m.    Luncheon, First Amendment Room
       
Keynote speaker:  Susan Clark-Johnson, President
                                    Newspaper Division, Gannett Co. Inc.
                                    Chairwoman, Newspaper Association of America

                           Download invitation PDF (445 KB)

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