What is the Future of the Journalism Industry? Panel of journalists and experts to examine media lan


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July 6, 2009


Contact: Katie Andriulli, Campus Progress           
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What is the Future of the Journalism Industry? Panel of journalists and experts to examine media landscape during Campus Progress and The Nation 2009 Youth Journalism Conference

Will Lobby their Elected Officials on Capitol Hill during the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference

Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009

Time: 10 am – 11:30 am

Place: Center for American Progress
1333 H St. N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, DC

Washington, DC – On Thursday, July 9, Campus Progress and The Nation magazine will present a panel examining the future of the journalism industry. The panel is part of the annual Youth Journalism Conference, during which hundreds of 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.
Panelists include:

  • 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
  • Chris Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation (Moderator)

The Journalism Conference will also feature morning remarks by Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation, and an evening keynote address by Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate; contributing editor, Newsweek. Additionally, in the afternoon students will participate in a number of skills-building workshops run by professional reporters and bloggers, including Ezra Klein and Juliet Eilperin, the Washington Post, William Greider, The Nation, and Blake Hounshell and Laura Rozen, Foreign Policy magazine.

For a full agenda and list of journalists and speakers attending the Conference, please visit the Conference website.

The Journalism Conference is held each year as part of 2009 Campus Progress National Conference, which has become a central hub for organizing by young progressives. With record youth turnout in the 2008 presidential election, and young people strongly oriented toward progressive views on the issues, this year’s conference will discuss the millennial generation’s opportunity to deliver change and move the country in a progressive direction while developing the ideas, networks, and innovations to meet challenges ahead. On Wednesday, July 8, President Bill Clinton will deliver keynote remarks at the conference. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, White House green jobs adviser Van Jones and “The Daily Show” writer and correspondent John Oliver will also address the gathering. Other conference speakers include Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO Arlene Holt-Baker and Center for American Progress President John Podesta.

The Youth Journalism Conference is preceded by other conference events: On Tuesday July 7, there will be a Journalism in Action training day for budding young journalists, as well as a Grassroots Training Day run by Campus Camp Wellstone. Wednesday July 8, the main conference day, will feature panels addressing health care, human rights, college affordability, LGBTQ rights and more. Those not attending the journalism conference on Thursday July 9 may choose to attend a Lobby Day co-sponsored by Health Care For America Now, Energy Action Coalition and the Student PIRGs during which young people will visit their elected officials to demand action on health care reform, green job creation, and making higher education more affordable.

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Campus Progress is the youth division of the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan, nonprofit progressive organization. Through programs in activism, journalism, and events, Campus Progress helps young people make their voices heard now on issues that matter, and works with young leaders and organizations nationwide to build a strong, united progressive movement that can bring long-term positive change. Campus Progress runs a daily web magazine, CampusProgress.org; supports student publications on 50 campuses; supports local and national youth issue campaigns; and has held over 700 events and film screenings. For more information, please visit Campusprogress.org