New Voices: Citizens Media Summit III Agenda

Citizens Media Summit III Agenda

October 2, 2007

A day-long workshop on citizen journalism at the APME conference.
J.W. Marriott, Washington, D.C.—Salons F and G

Sponsored by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism in conjunction with the Associated Press Managing Editors Conference.

Supported by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

$90 registration fee, $50 for APME members.

Attendees are eligible for the APME discounted room rate of $235 a night at the J.W. Marriott. Click here to book a room at this rate. You must book by Wed., Sept. 12, to receive the discounted rate.

AGENDA

9:30-10:30 a.m. Touching the Community—Outside Traditional Media

Jack Driscoll, Founder, RyeReflections.org; Editor-in-Residence, MIT Media Lab
Suzanne McBride, Co-Founder, CreatingCommunityConnections, Columbia College Chicago
Keith Graham, Co-Founder, DuttonCC.org, Associate Professor, University of Montana

10:30-11:15 a.m. Filling in the Gaps—Emerging Competition

Debbie Galant , Editor, Baristanet
Lise LePage and Christopher Grotke, Founders, iBrattleboro.com

11:15-11:30 a.m. BREAK

11:30-Noon Twenty in Thirty

Twenty good ideas for citizen participation—Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab

Noon-1:30 p.m. LUNCH

Rob Curley, Vice President of Product Development, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive, provides an inside look at the strategy behind LoudounExtra.com.

1:40-2:15 p.m. AP’s Now Public Initiative

Lou Ferrara, Deputy Managing Editor, Multimedia and Sports, The Associated Press

2:15-3:30 p.m. Mainstream Media Goes Hyperlocal

Olivia Garcia, Managing Editor, Mercado Nuevo, The Bakersfield Californian
Steve Yelvington, Founder, BlufftonToday.com, Vice President of Strategy and Content, Morris Communications
Kyle Leonard, Editor, TribLocal.com, Chicago Tribune

3:30-4:00 p.m. Lessons Learned

Mark Potts, Founder, Backfence.com, gives a post-mortem on what worked and what didn’t.

4:00 p.m. Open Air—Discussion and Wrap-up

TRAVEL & LODGING

Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging, but are eligible for the APME discounted rate of $235 a night at the J.W. Marriott. You can reserve a room at this rate by clicking here. You must book by Wed., Sept. 12, to receive this rate.

The J.W. Marriott is located at:
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20004