Registration opens May 18, 4:00pm
Conference Hours
- Thursday, May 18, 5pm-8pm
- Friday, May 19, 9:00-5pm, evening activity 6-9pm
- Saturday, May 20, 9:00-5pm, evening activity TBD
- Sunday, May 21, 9:00-12:30pm
Thursday, May 18 – Setting the stage
4:00pm Registration
5:00pm Welcome!
We’ll lay the groundwork for a working conference by getting a sense of who’s in the room and what we hope to accomplish.
Lessons from the field: examples of engaged journalism
We’ll see some examples of what’s working and have a conversation about what we can learn from them. Confirmed:
Ashley Alvarado, Public Engagement Manager, KPCC
Sarah Alvarez, Founder/Lead Reporter at Outlier Media
Adriana Gallardo, Engagement Reporter, ProPublica
Michelle Holmes, VP Content at al.com/Alabama Media Group
Shannon McGregor, Engaging News Project
Cameron Whitten, Know Your City and Portland’s Resistance
8:00pm Adjourn
Friday, May 19 – Possibilities Day: Explore/imagine/invent
Structure: We’ll use “Open Space Technology” to set the agenda with breakout sessions hosted by participants on the topics of their choice.
Outcome: Topics of most interest explored in-depth. Individual and collective ideas about how news and information in civic life can be most impactful begin to take shape.
8:00am Buffet breakfast and networking
9:00am Morning reflections, agenda creation
10:30am Breakout Sessions, round 1
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Breakout Sessions, round 2
2:30pm Breakout Sessions, round 3
4:00-5:00pm Evening News: Highlights from the day
6:00 – 8:00pm Dinner & Evening activity: An Evening with…
Confirmed conversation catalysts include:
Meredith Clark, University of North Texas
Lewis Friedland, Vilas Distinguished, Leon Epstein Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric Gordon, Founder and Executive Director, Engagement Lab, Emerson College
Mónica Guzmán, 2016 Nieman Fellow and Cofounder at The Evergrey
Saturday, May 20 – Design-Build Day: What’s next?
We’ll provide space for taking action on initiatives that have life beyond this event.
Outcomes: Ideas generated, partnerships formed, current initiatives revitalized, new initiatives identified.
8:00am Buffet breakfast and networking
9:00am Morning reflections, agenda creation
9:30am Breakout Sessions, round 4
10:45am Breakout Sessions, round 5
12:00pm Afternoon News – session highlights
12:30pm Lunch
2:00pm Pro-action Cafe
Turn ideas into action through diving in more deeply into your next steps.
5:00pm Adjourn
Sunday, May 21 – Community of Practice / Platform day
Our focus: How do we support this growing community of practice to learn, share, and do their best work on behalf of communities?
8:00am Buffet breakfast and networking
9:00am What have we learned over the last 3 days?
Identify next steps and organize for action
12:00 Closing reflections
12:30 Adjourn