Friday, March 28, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — “Covering Private Companies and Nonprofits”
Full Day Free Business Journalism Seminar Schedule
Hosted at The Columbian, about 8 mi. north of University Place Hotel.
Join Chris Roush and Curt Hazlett to cover: financials of private companies and nonprofits, the tricks of writing about private companies, covering non-profits and foundations. Sponsored by the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism.
Free pre-registration required due to limited seating.
Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. on March 21, 2008.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m — Social Hour, Mark of Excellence Award Ceremony and Silent Auction Fundraiser, University Place Hotel
Each year, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards honoring the best in student journalism. The awards offer 39 categories for print, radio, television, and online collegiate journalism. First place regional winners are accepted into the national competition. National winners will be honored at the 2008 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Atlanta.
Please join us in honoring the best regional achievements by emerging journalists in 2007 and raising money for SPJ’s Legal Defense Fund through a silent auction.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. — Registration
Conference Check-In. Coffee provided.
9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. — Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address
Clint Brewer, SPJ President, Executive Editor of The City Paper in Nashville
9:35 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. — The Investigative Mindset
Don Ray
9:35 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. — Cramer Hall, Portland State University
Computer-Assisted Reporting and The Delicate Art of Hardball
Lee Van der Loo
Space is limited, pre-registration required. Held at Cramer Hall, Portland State University.
Speed Mentoring: The SPJ Version of Speed Dating
Hank Stern, George Erb, Steve Law, Erin Middlewood, Laurie Williams, Beth Hyams, Ryan Frank, Jim Redden, Steve Collier, Celeste LeCompte
How do I build a beat? How do I get my dream job? Pick the brains of veteran reporters and editors in three twenty minute sessions with three different mentors. Pre-registration required. Space is limited to 10. Held at Cramer Hall, Portland State University.
This session is full.
11:00 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
No-Questions-Asked Interviewing — Don Ray
Narrative Writing
Intro to Multi-Platform Storytelling — TJ Mullinax
Records Across the Gorge — George Erb and Les Zaitz
12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. — The Future of Media: What Our Business Will Look Like in 20 Years, Frank Mungeam
Lunch provided. Pre-registration required.
2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The Investigative Mindset — Don Ray (session repeat)
The Web’s Role in the Newsroom — James Marks
Making a Big Splash at a Small Paper — Steve Bagwell
Speed Mentoring: The SPJ Version of Speed Dating — (session repeat)
Hank Stern, George Erb, Steve Law, Erin Middlewood, Laurie Williams, Beth Hyams, Ryan Frank, Jim Redden, Steve Collier, Celeste LeCompte
This session is full.
3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
No-Questions-Asked Interviewing — Don Ray (session repeat)
Green Washing: Separating Fact from Fiction on the Sustainability Beat — Rebecca Clarren, Celeste LeCompte, Larry Tuttle
Advanced Multiplatform Storytelling — Frank Mungeam, Aaron Weiss, TJ Mullinax
Career Panel — Pat Foote, Laurie Williams
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. — Social Hour
Details pending.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. — Northwest Region SPJ Business Meeting
