The Program

All plenary activities are in St. Andrews Hall, Wayne State University or in an open-space, 400-seat dining commons which we’ll have for our exclusive use.

Thursday, June 3, 2010: Understanding the context

Registration

12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Located in St. Andrews Hall, Wayne State University

ACTIVITIES

2:00 – 3:30pm Welcome to conference participants

3:30 – 4:00pm Break

4:00 – 5:30pm *****  Innovation Expo ****   (St. Andrews Hall)

What news and information innovations are you doing that reach and activate diverse communities?

Media providers share their work through informal displays and conversations.

For information on hosting a table, contact us at jtm [at] journalismthatmatters [dot] org (jtm [at] journalismthatmatters [dot] org).

5:30 – 6:30pm Circulating dinner — Towers Cafe (in residence hall)

Buffet style, with plenty of opportunity for networking. Knives optional — eat with one hand, hold your plate in the other, and keep circulating — or settle at one of the tables.

6:30 – 7:30 Perspectives on Innovation in News and Innovation — (Towers Cafe)

Perspectives on innovations that reshape journalism so that it engages and serves all people and communities

7:30 – 9:30pm World Café conversation:

What innovations are reshaping news and information so that it engages and serves all people & communities?

We’ll cross-pollinate ideas among our diverse participants to build on the opening comments.

Outcome: Orientation to current and possible innovations in the media landscape that includes a broader range of voices. The result: A foundation for richer conversations on journalism innovations by and for diverse voices.

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Friday, June 4 — Innovate: Explore/design ideas/projects

  • Purpose: To explore a wide range of innovative possibilities at the intersection of journalism, technology, and diversity
  • Organizing question: How do we nurture the innovators and serve the communities of the new news and information landscape?”
  • Structure: We’ll use “open-space technology” to organize our activity. Breakout sessions are hosted by participants on the topics of their choice.

8:15 – 8:45 am Continental breakfast and networking (St. Andrews Hall)

9:00am  Agenda Creation

Session topics are chosen by participants.

10:30am Breakout Sessions 1

Noon – 1:30pm Lunch provided in St. Andrews Hall

1:30pm   Breakout Sessions 2

3:00pm Breakout Sessions 3

4:30 – 5:30 pm Closing — What did we do today?

Outcomes: Topics of most interest explored in-depth.  Specific project teams begin taking shape.

7:00pm Dinner and briefing on Time, Inc.s’ Assignment Detroit at the Charles H. Wright African American Museum

Hear a few words from Steven Grey, Correspondent, Time Magazine on a year in the life of the city of Detroit.  Then tour the Wright Museum as you interact with other participants.

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Saturday, June 5 — Incubate: What’s your next step?

  • Purpose: To provide space for developing projects and taking action on initiatives which have life beyond this event.

8:15 – 8:45am  Continental breakfast and networking

9:00am Opening for the day

Paul Zube on MSU research on media localism and ownership

Organizing the day – agenda creation

Session topics are chosen by participants.They can last a few minutes, a few hours, or all day, if that’s what a project team decides.

10:30am Breakout Sessions 1

Noon – 1:30p.m. Lunch provided

1:30pm Breakout Sessions 2

3:00pm Breakout Sessions 3

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Closing

Common themes: What new directions for including all voices are emerging?

Outcomes.  Ideas generated, partnerships formed, current initiatives revitalized, new initiatives identified, the relationships among journalism, technology, and diverse voices strengthened.

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Sunday, June 6, Initiate: Bringing it on Home

Purpose: Give projects and other initiatives a boost before we head home.

8:15 – 8:45 am Continental breakfast and networking

9:00 – 11:30 Project Pitches

Project teams pitch their ideas and get feedback from invited coaches, including Jan Schaffer of J-Lab, and Jennifer 8. Lee, Judge, Knight Foundation, Roger Gafke, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute.

11:30 – Noon  Closing

(Lunch venue suggestion for post-event discussions: Union Street, 4145 Woodward Ave., (313) 831-3965)