| Friday, March 30, 2012 |
6:00 - 6:45 p.m. |
Reception and opening remarks |
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• Ann Marie Lipinski, curator, The Nieman
Foundation for Journalism at Harvard |
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| 6:45 - 9:00 p.m. |
Dinner and keynote address
Traditional Journalism in Alternative Newsrooms: The New Normal
Exploring new opportunities for young journalists and why journalism matters
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A.C. Thompson, staff writer, ProPublica |
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| Saturday, March 31, 2012 |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Breakfast and networking |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. |
Welcome and introduction to Nieman resources |
| 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
Session 1
Investigative Reporting 101: Uncovering information and digging deep on campus and beyond
Data mining, fact checking and handling difficult interviews
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Raquel Rutledge, investigative journalist, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2012 Nieman Fellow |
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A.C .Thompson, investigative journalist, ProPublica/Frontline |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Session 2
Think digitally: How to report beyond print, beef up your newspaper’s website and navigate social media journalism
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Kevin Douglas Grant, deputy editor of special reports, GlobalPost |
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Hanna Ingber, editor of breaking news and social media, GlobalPost |
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David Skok, managing editor, globalnews.ca, 2012 Nieman Fellow |
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| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch speaker and Q&A
The View from Washington
The changing relationship between the press and politics, political reporting in a presidential election year and why the shifting nature of journalism matters to us all
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David Cook, senior editor and Washington bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor and host of the Monitor’s newsmaker breakfasts |
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| 1:45 - 2:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. |
Session 3
An Intro to Multimedia Options: Reporting with Sound
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Jonathan Blakley, foreign desk producer, NPR, 2012 Nieman Fellow |
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Lisa Mullins, anchor of PRI's “The World,” 2010 Nieman Fellow |
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Jeff Young, senior correspondent with PRI’s “Living on Earth,” 2012 Nieman Fellow |
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| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. |
Session 4
Lightning Round: Lessons from the Pros
A panel of Nieman Fellows from the class of 2012 answer questions and share their tips for good reporting, effective storytelling and exploring career paths in journalism
Moderator: Andrew Phelps, staff writer, the Nieman Journalism Lab
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Maggie Jones, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, 2012 Nieman Fellow
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Dina Kraft, freelance journalist based in Tel Aviv, Israel, 2012 Nieman Fellow |
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Paul Salopek, international correspondent who has written for National Geographic, the Chicago Tribune and Gannett News Service |
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| 4:45 - 5:00 p.m. |
Presentation of the Christopher J. Georges Award
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David Joyner, vice president for content, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. in Birmingham, Ala., 2012 Nieman Fellow |
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| 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner at The Harvard Crimson
14 Plympton St., Cambridge |
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Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place at
Lippmann House, One Francis Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
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