2009 Campus Progress & The Nation Journalism Conference

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2009 Conference Events Agenda

Campus Progress and The Nation’s Journalism Conference: Thursday, July 9th, 2009


Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. N.W. 10th Floor Washington, D.C.

Student journalists from across the country will come together to meet with professional journalists and each other to hone their craft and learn first-hand how to make it in the field — both on campus and off.


9:00 – 9:30 a.m.     Registration and Breakfast

9:30 – 10:00a.m.      Introduction


David Halperin, director, Campus Progress
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.     Panel: What Will the Journalism Industry Look                                                   Like in Five Years? 10? 15?

Ana Marie Cox, National Correspondent, Air America radio; founding editor, Wonkette
Mark S. Luckie, multimedia journalist, blogger and freelance web and graphic designer
John Nichols, Washington correspondent, The Nation
Nick Penniman, Executive Director, Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Moderator: Chris Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.     Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.     Workshops: Mastering a Beat

Domestic policy – Ezra Klein, the Washington Post
Economy – William Greider, national affairs correspondent, The Nation
Environment – Juliet Eilperin, the Washington Post
Foreign Policy – Blake Hounshell and Laura Rozen, Foreign Policy magazine
Media – John Nichols, Washington correspondent, The Nation
Urban issues – David Schimke, editor in chief, the Utne Reader

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.     Skills Workshops: The Tools Journalists Need

Blogging – Marcy Wheeler, FireDogLake
Designing online slideshows – Mark S. Luckie, multimedia journalist, blogger and       freelance web and graphic designer
Investigative reporting – Esther Kaplan, investigative editor, the Nation Institute;       and Sarah Posner, freelance journalist and author
Magazine writing – Kai Wright, freelance journalist
Interviewing and generating story ideas – Kavitha Cardoza, reporter, WAMU-FM
Turning ideas into articles – Richard Kim, senior editor, The Nation

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.     Keynote Address

Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate; contributing editor, Newsweek

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