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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)
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