2008 Journalism Conference Agenda

Journalism Conference Agenda

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, NW, 10th floor
Washington, DC 20005

9:00AM Registration and Breakfast

9:30AM Opening Plenary

• Kimberly Leung, editor, The Michigan Independent and student, University of Michigan
  
• David Halperin, director, Campus Progress
  
• Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation
• Brave Nation Episode Five with Naomi Klein and Tom Hayden

10:15AM Covering Politics: The Media and Election 08

• Michael Tomasky, editor, GuardianAmerica.com
• Chris Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation
  
• Amy Alexander, Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow, The Nation Institute
  
• Betsy Reed, executive editor, The Nation
• Moderated by Daniella Leger, vice president for communications, Center for American Progress

11:45AM Working in Journalism: How to be a Great Reporter

• Asra Nomani, former reporter, The Wall Street Journal; author, Standing Alone in Mecca
• Ari Berman, contributing writer, The Nation
  
• Jose Antonio Vargas, reporter, Washington Post
  
• David Corn, Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones
• Moderated by Kay Steiger, associate editor, CampusProgress.org

1:00PM Lunch (on-site)

2:00PM Breakout Session 1: Reporting on Your Beat

• Health Care
  Ezra Klein, associate editor, The American Prospect


• Culture
  Richard Kim, associate editor, The Nation
  


• Politics
  Eve Fairbanks, associate editor, The New Republic
  


• Economy
  Nomi Prins, journalist and senior fellow, Demos
  

3:15PM Breakout Session 2: Skills

• Breaking through By Blogging
  Mathew Yglesias, associate editor, The Atlantic Monthly


• Digging Deep: Investigative Reporting
  Asra Nomani, former reporter, The Wall Street Journal; author, Standing Alone in Mecca
  
  
• Finding Your Inside Source: Interviewing
  Anya Kamenetz, author, Generation Debt; staff writer, Fast Company
  
  
• Making Your Best Case: Opinion Writing
  Rob Anderson, editor, CampusProgress.org

4:30PM Keynote Address

A conversation with Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, New Yorker

Moderated by Faiz Shakir, editor-in-chief, ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report

Introductions by Haley Swenson, editor-in-chief emeritus, Orbis, Vanderbilt University and blogger, Pushback.org

5:30PM Networking Reception (on-site)

Related Stories

• Gender-Neutral Housing Comes to Princeton
• Campaign Communications Director, Repower America
• Toke Up Marijuana Laws
• Send a Health Care E-Card
• The Battle for Pittsburgh