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Thursday, July 10
2 pm
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2:40 pm
What does it mean for your coverage on a daily basis to have been in the community for decades, how has the community changed, are you changing with it? Or remaining a truculent teenager?
Moderators:
Debbie Michaud, Creative Loafing Atlanta and Nick Miller, Sacramento News & Review
Room: Davidson
3 pm
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3:45 pm
Moderator:
Chuck Strouse, Miami New Times
Panelists:
Tyson Miller, Project for Improved Environmental Coverage and Jessica Estepa, E&E Publishing
Room: Davidson
4 pm
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4:40 pm
Friday, July 11
10:15 am
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11 am
Hear from Melissa Bell, who co-founded the explanatory journalism site Vox.com, and Laura Amico, founder and editor of Homicide Watch, an innovative platform for data-driven coverage of violent crime. These sites each filled a niche that was missing from traditional news coverage. In this session, Bell and Amico will explain how news orgs can reach new audiences by breaking the conventional news story format.
Panelists:
Melissa Bell, Vox Media and Laura Amico, Homicide Watch
Room: Davidson
1 pm
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1:45 pm
AAN's lawyer, Kevin Goldberg will be available to discuss legal issues (but not give legal advice) free of charge; in the (unlikely) event that everyone is too shy to ask questions, Kevin has some issues at the ready to kick start the discussion.
Speaker:
Kevin Goldberg, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
Room: Meeting Suite 6
2 pm
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2:45 pm
Washington City Paper Creative Director Jandos Rothstein shares insights into how AAN editors and designers can create a more captivating user experience throughout the entire book -- and not just on covers and feature spreads. He'll also discuss strategies for transitioning into a more visually rich publication, including web/print integration and touching on the financial benefits of the City Paper approach.
Speaker:
Jandos Rothstein, Washington City Paper
Room: Davidson
The Hightower Lowdown will soon publish an in-depth profile of how:
· Amazon’s predatory and perhaps illegal tactics negatively impacts main street retail shops and small manufacturers
· Amazon avoids paying its fair share of taxes
· Amazon mistreats thousands of its employees
· Amazon unfairly uses loopholes and lobbying to tilt the playing field in its favor
Our hope is that some alt-weeklies will be interested in running all or part of the national package in print and/or on web, and then localize the national stories for your particular market.
· Amazon’s predatory and perhaps illegal tactics negatively impacts main street retail shops and small manufacturers
· Amazon avoids paying its fair share of taxes
· Amazon mistreats thousands of its employees
· Amazon unfairly uses loopholes and lobbying to tilt the playing field in its favor
Our hope is that some alt-weeklies will be interested in running all or part of the national package in print and/or on web, and then localize the national stories for your particular market.
Panelists:
Jay Harris, American Prospect, John Weiss, Colorado Springs Independent and Jim Hightower
Room: Meeting Suite 6
3:15 pm
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4 pm
How alts can collaborate with universities, non-profits, and other national partners on story projects.
Moderator:
Hanaa Rifaey, Press Forward
Panelists:
Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, The Media Consortium and Amy Kovac-Ashley, Georgetown University
Room: Davidson
Who manages your social media internally? Is your overall strategy more focused on driving readership, growing fans, promoting specials, or making money on social? In this open forum, we'll find out how papers both large and small are spreading the social media workload and managing the inevitable tensions between the marketing and editorial sides. Come prepared to share!
Moderator:
Molly Willmott
Room: Meeting Suite 5
4:15 pm
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5 pm
Federal News Radio web editor and It's All Journalism podcast producer Michael O'Connell offers tips and tricks on how to use audio to give your stories a voice.
Speaker:
Michael O'Connell, Federal News Radio
Room: Meeting Suite 5
Newsroom staffing levels, freelance pay rates, page counts, social media burdens—this session is about the nitty gritty. In this editors-only session, attendees will discuss the results of the AAN Editorial Standards survey, which addresses various benchmarks, as well as queries about how editors deploy their resources. The survey will ultimately be available in the AAN Resource Library. The session will consist of a lively free-wheeling discussion about how editors are using their budgets and staffs, with the goal of generating new ideas and inspiration.
Moderator:
Jimmy Boegle, Coachella Valley Independent
Room: Davidson
Saturday, July 12
9:30 am
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10:15 am
Introduction: Amy Austin, Washington City Paper
The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, and how we consume media. Pew Research Center Executive Vice President Paul Taylor will discuss how U.S. demographics will change in the next 50 years, and what it means for the future of media.
The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, and how we consume media. Pew Research Center Executive Vice President Paul Taylor will discuss how U.S. demographics will change in the next 50 years, and what it means for the future of media.
Speaker:
Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center
Room: Capitol Ballroom 4
10:45 am
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11:30 am
Fresh off her year as a Knight Fellow at Stanford, former alt-weekly editor Alexa Schirtzinger will present the results of her fellowship research on innovation in local news. Expect some interesting case studies, an innovation toolkit, handy tips for freshening up your online presence, and free candy.
Speaker:
Alexa Schirtzinger
Room: Capitol Ballroom 4
Introduction: Susan Harper, INDY Week
Facebook is on a mission to make it easier for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content and to connect people with stories and videos from news organizations. Jason White, who manages news partnerships for the social media giant, shares the latest collaborations, as well as tools every organization can use.
Facebook is on a mission to make it easier for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content and to connect people with stories and videos from news organizations. Jason White, who manages news partnerships for the social media giant, shares the latest collaborations, as well as tools every organization can use.
Speaker:
Jason White, Facebook
Room: Davidson
11:45 am
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12:30 pm
Alt journalism veterans discuss the art of storytelling and how to write stories that capture the attention of the audience.
Moderator:
Mark Zusman, Willamette Week
Panelists:
Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene and Andy Van De Voorde, Voice Media Group
Room: Davidson
The Media Deserts Project takes a new approach to visualizing changes to the media landscape. Its goal is to map the emerging media ecosystem using big data visualization to understand the dynamics of the shifting media landscape at the zip code level. Community publishers are a vital part of this changing landscape and can help bring a perspective that is currently lacking.
Speaker:
Dr. Michelle Ferrier, Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University
Room: Capitol Ballroom 4
1:30 pm
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2:15 pm
Design thinking provides the tools for creative, human-centered problem solving that allows you to collaborate across disciplines and tackle big challenges. Many news organizations use design thinking to understand the needs of the audience (empathize), frame problems as opportunities for creative solutions (define), generate a range of possible solutions (ideate), communicatie the core elements of solutions (prototype) and learning what works and what doesn't (test). See how design thinking can change your approach to work.
Speaker:
Justin Ferrell, d.school at Stanford University
Room: Capitol Ballroom 4
Now everyone thinks they are a food critic. So how do we compare to folks who don't have to follow any journalistic codes when it comes to praising or trashing a restaurant or bar, or how paid posts and freebie meals affect the perception of what we do compared to amateur bloggers? How do we make ourselves more relevant in the increasingly crowded critical space?
Panelists:
Chris Chamberlain, Dale Levitski, Max Goldberg, Strategic Hospitality and Ben Jenkins, Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS)
Room: Meeting Suite 5
2:30 pm
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3:30 pm
What does community mean? Digital community, especially social media, garners a lot of buzz. But in some places, especially in the alt world, community can also mean print or in-person events. We explore the contours of community and look for listening lessons that will confirm what feels right to do for growth in your market.
Moderator:
Hanaa Rifaey, Press Forward
Panelists:
Rebekah Hardin, Arkansas Times, Ashley Toland Trice, Lagniappe, Carolyn Powers, Internews and Molly de Aguiar, Dodge Foundation
Room: Meeting Suite 5
3:45 pm
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4:30 pm
How can alternative publications convert print brand status into digital market share? In this session, we'll introduce open source tools that turn multimedia storytelling, native advertising, online voting, and community-sourced event calendars into increased traffic, revenue, and ad prices. Learn how the design of user interfaces impacts the way content is shared and consumed in digital ecosystems and how that affects your bottom line.
Moderator:
Molly Willmott
Panelists:
Ryan DeRose, Vibethink and Giles Morris, Vibethink
Room: Meeting Suite 5
4 pm
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4:30 pm
4:30 pm
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5:30 pm
AAN's annual bash to celebrate the best in alternative journalism. Come toast the winners of the 2014 AAN Awards, which recognize the most awesome, ass-kicking pieces of journalism to appear in alt publications across the U.S. and Canada. First-place winners will be honored with complimentary booze, bling, and the undying respect of their peers.
Host:
Enrique Limón, Santa Fe Reporter
Room: Capitol Ballroom 4