Speeches
2009 AEJMC Conference Luncheon
Panel Discussion Moderated by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
2009 AEJMC Conference
August 7, 2009
Boston, Mass.
Access Denied? The Cyber Gap and Its Effect on Democracy
Panel Discussion with Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
The Century Foundation
August 5, 2009
New York City
The State of Citizen Journalism
Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
Journalism That Matters Collaborative's New Pamphleteers Conference
June 5, 2008
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
2008 Ruhl Lecture
Participatory Media
Challenges to the Conventions of Journalism
Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
May 8, 2008
University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication
Eugene, Ore.
Participatory Journalism: USA
Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
November 19, 2007
Speech and PowerPoint presentation shown at the 2007 International Online Journalism Seminar, Barcelona, Spain
What’s Next for Newspapers and Journalism Education?
Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director
August 3, 2006
AEJMC Convention, San Francisco
Presentation supported with a grant from the
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Interactive Journalism: Drawing in Readers with a High-Tech Approach
Presentation by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director
October 1, 2004
Speech to The American Association of Sunday Features Editors Convention, New Orleans
Presentation supported with a grant from the
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Convergent Audiences: When Consumers are Creators
Presentation by Jan Schaffer
April 18, 2004
Broadcast Educators Association convention, Las Vegas, NV
A Free Press and The Public Trust
Baruch College Board
Moderated by Prof. Joshua Mills
Director, Master's Program in Business Journalism, Baruch College
July 23, 2003
Baruch College, New York, NY
The “New” News
Presentation by Jan Schaffer
Executive Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
November 15, 2002
Dynamics of Convergent Media, University of South Carolina
What Can Computer Games Teach Journalists?
Presentation by Glenn Thomas
Co-Founder, Smashing Ideas, Inc.
August 8, 2002
AEJMC Convention, Miami Beach , FL
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