Region II spring conference schedule

Friday, March 28, 2007

• Opening reception and cocktail party 7:00-9:00 p.m. - Morris House

  Sponsored by the Virginia and Washington, D.C., pro chapters.
   

• Ghost tour of historic Lexington 8:30

Saturday, March 29, 2007

• Registration 8:30 a.m. - Entrance of Reid Hall

• Continental Breakfast 8:30-10:15 - Rowe Conference Room

• Silent Auction 8:30-11:15 - Rowe Conference Room

  The silent auction will benefit SPJ's Legal Defense Fund.
   

• Workshop - Turning news into great stories 9:00-11:15 a.m. - Reid 215

  Kate Long, award-winning writing coach, will hold a two-hour hands-on workshop. Limited.
  Pre-registration required.
   

• Session 1: 9-10:00 a.m.

  • Everyday business: Telling the globalization story locally - Reid 111
  • Moderator: Pamela Luecke, W&L Reynolds Business Journalism Professor
  • Duncan Adams, Roanoke Times
  • Bill Choyke, Virginian-Pilot
  • From the eye of the storm: Reporting for your audience during a crisis - Reid 211
  • Moderator: Ed Wasserman, W&L Knight Chair in Journalism Ethics
  • Greg Esposito, Roanoke Times
  • Juliet Bickford, WTKR-TV3 (CBS)
  • Melissa Manware, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
  • Multimedia embedded reporting - Lab
    Dugald McConnell, assistant producer at CNN who covered the John Edwards campaign as an embedded mobile journalist, will give a presentation.
     

• Session  2: 10:15-11:15 a.m.

  • Environmentally conscious with a news conscience - Reid 111
    • Moderator: Brian Richardson, W&L Department of Journalism & Mass Communications
    • Anne Adams, Highland Recorder
    • Dan Smith, Blue Ridge Business Journal
    • Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch
    • Tim Thornton, Roanoke Times
  • Election coverage: What's fair? What's fair game? - Reid 211
    • Moderator: Al May, George Washington University
    • Paul Freedman, University of Virginia
    • Dugald McConnell, CNN
  • Visual journalism: The enhancement (or heart) of a story - Reid 214
  • Walter Cumming, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Sam Dean, Roanoke Times
     

• Press Conference 11:30 a.m.- 12:15 - Huntley 327

  The press conference will feature Dave "Mudcat" Saunders.
   

• Luncheon; Mark of Excellence awards 12:30-2:00 - evans dining hall

• Presenter: Juliet Bickford, WTKR-TV3 (CBS)
• Presenter: Ann Augherton, Region II SPJ President
   

• Business meeting 2:15-2:45 - Reid 216
  

• Keynote Address 3:00 - 4:00 - Stackhouse Theater (John W. Elrod commons)

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! will give the keynote address.
 

• Session 3: 4:00-5:00

  • The other America: How do we cover poverty? - Reid 215
    • Moderator: Harlan Beckley, Washington and Lee University
    • Kate Long, Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette
    • Ed Wasserman, W&L Knight Chair in Journalism Ethics
  • At its roots: Why community journalism is thriving - Reid 111
    • Moderator: Doug Cumming, Washington and Lee University
    • Doug Harwood, Rockbridge Advocate
    • Wilson Lowrey, University of Alabama
  • Out of college, into the job market - Reid 211
    • Moderator: Bill Choyke, Virginian-Pilot
    • Kelly Evans (W&L '07), Wall Street Journal
    • Christina Kolock (W&L '05), WTVR
    • Kathy Lu, Roanoke Times