Welcome
     • Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, American University School of Communication
 

Building innovation into the curriculum
Moderator: Amy Eisman, Director of Writing Programs, AU SOC
     • Rich Gordon, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, LoJoConnect.com.

     • Retha Hill, New Media Innovation Lab at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

     • Jody Brannon, national director of the Carnegie-Knight News21 journalism initiative, Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU.
 

The community as a laboratory for learning and innovation
Moderator: Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab
     • Barb Iverson, Columbia College Chicago, ChicagoTalks.net.

     • Dave Poulson, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University, Great Lakes Wiki.

     • Cheryl Gibbs, Miami University, Ohio, Miami-Whitewater Valley Public Media Project.

     • Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab.
 

Dinner and Keynote Speaker: Jeff Jarvis
Blogger, Buzzmachine.com. Director, Interactive Journalism Program, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

With a $50,000 grant from McCormick Foundation, Jarvis sponsored a student pitch competition for sustainable journalistic enterprises. Jarvis leads the New Business Models for News initiative, supported by the MacArthur Foundation. CUNY recently received a $3 million grant to create the Tow Center for Journalistic Innovation.