Conference Program
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Conference Will Be Held in:
The Dominion South Room
Sheraton Centre Toronto
123 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M9
Official Start of the Conference 12:30 p.m. (No lunch provided)
Registration 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m. Opening How Technology Is Changing Public Journalism
- Welcome Conference Moderator — David Akin, Journalist and blogger, CTV News and Globe and Mail
- Public Journalism Past Present Future — Lewis Friedland, Professor, University of Wisconsin
- The New Technology — Shayne Bowman, Co-Author We Media
- The Fusion of Public and Electronic Participatory Journalism — Leonard Witt, President, Public Journalism Network, Professor, Kennesaw State University
1:30 The Power of Participatory Journalism
- The New Power of Citizens – Warren Kinsella – Toronto-based best selling author, lawyer, consultant and influential blogger.
- What It Means to the Media – Jay Rosen, Chair, NYU Journalism Department
2:00 How Participatory Journalism Is Being Used Now
- Electronically – Jan Schaffer, Director, J-Lab, leads the discussion with conversations from attendees who have tried various techniques.
- Blogosphere – Jeff Jarvis, President, Alliance.net at Newhouse publications; Buzzmachine.com
- Face to Face – Neil Heinen, Editorial Director, WISC TV, CBS affiliate, Madison
- Bringing Them Together – Using the Howard Dean Weblog/MeetUp model, and other innovative projects like OhMyNews, what are the possibilities for journalism – Interactive group discussion lead by David Akin, blogger and journalist at CTV and Globe and Mail.
3:00 How to Tap the Fusion Power for Print and Broadcast
- Dan Gillmor, Mercury News Columnist, Author We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People
- Shayne Bowman, Co-Author of White Papers We Media and Amazoning the News:
- Show How to Build an Information Community
- Plus illustrate and provide a list of take- home ideas you can use now
4:00 Roundtables: What’s the Take Home Lesson, Actions Steps for:
- Larger Print Organizations – Chris Peck, Memphis Commercial Appeal; Dennis Foley, Orange County Register – Discussion Leaders
- Broadcast Organizations – Michael Skoler, Managing Director of News, Minnesota Public Radio – Discussion Leader
- Community Newspapers – Mary Lou Fulton, Publisher of The Northwest Voice, and New Product Development Manager, The Bakersfield Californian – Discussion Leader
- Journalism/Media Studies Classrooms – Tom Warhover, University of Missouri and Andrea Frantz, Wilkes University, Discussion Leaders
- Researchers – Sharon Iorio, Wichita State University – Discussion Leader
- Bloggers, Citizen Journalist etc. – Warren Kinsella
- Global Connections, Melinda Robins, Emerson College — Moderator (This table prepares for evening discussion)
5:00 Report Out from Roundtables
6:30 – 8:00 Dinner – And Plenary Discussion
The Global Possibilities — Public and Participatory Journalism
- Rebecca MacKinnon, former CNN Tokyo Bureau Chief, now Harvard Fellow
Summarizes what was heard at afternoon global table – then moderates a discussion with panelists and all participants
- Chris Waddle, Anniston ( Ala. ) Star, On Making Local Global
- Leonard Teel, Georgia State University , On Middle East Needs
- Hossein Derakhshan (Hoder), Iranian blogger – Starting an Electronic Sounding Board for Iran
- Rebecca MacKinnon – Opening Electronic Doors to North Korea
- Terry Thielen– Civic Engagement Project and the News in Jamaica
- Melinda Robins – Emerson College , Public Journalism Projects in Africa
- Nikhil Moro — Kennesaw State University, former Indian journalist, On India Connections
