New Voices: NMWE Summit

NMWE Summit

A day-long gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators

November 9, 2009 Kaiser Family Foundation Public Affairs Center 1330 G Street NW, Washington, D.C.

Draft Agenda

9 a.m. Covering Communities with Start-up Hyperlocal Sites

Melissa Bailey, Managing Editor, NewHavenIndependent.org
Maureen Mann, Founder, The Forum (forumhome.org), Deerfield, NH
Susie Pender and Christine Yeres, Founders, NewCastleNOW.org

10 a.m. Training Citizen Journalists

Cathy DeShano, editor, MadisonCommons.org
Mary Turck, editor, TCDailyPlanet.org

10:30 a.m. BREAK

10:50 a.m. Launching Niche Sites

Stacey Borden, Founder, ChickRX
Elaine Helm Norton, Founder, NorthwestNavyNews.com
Teresa Puente, Founder, Latina-Voices.com

11:45 a.m. What Women News Consumers and Creators Want

J-Lab releases new research report

12:30 p.m. LUNCH

New Media Women Entrepreneur Award

1:30 p.m. Building Partnerships/ Covering Community

Susan Mernit, Oakland Local
Tracy Record, West Seattle blog

2:10 p.m. Sustaining Operations

Debbie Galant, Baristanet.com
Courtney Lowery, NewWest.net

2:50 p.m. Open Mic

3:30 p.m. Adjourn

All fields are required, except fax and Web site.

The deadline for registration is midnight EST, November 7, 2009.

To register, click here

To pay the $30 registration fee, click here.

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