#EIJ13
Conference Highlights
NPR’s Audio Storytelling Boot Camp
Saturday, Aug. 24, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Capacity: Six participants
Cost: Free
Application Deadline: July 29
What makes a good audio story? Whether your goal is to do a full-blown radio story, use audio clips in your blog, accompany photos on the Web, or create a podcast, this one-day boot camp will show you how to understand audio’s storytelling strengths, select the best sound, write for the ear, and write to sound. You’ll also get an opportunity to use high-end audio recording equipment to record interviews, sounds, and scenes and to do digital audio editing. You will need to bring your own laptop and download free audio editing software in advance (we will advise you on the process). The session is limited to six people.
IMPORTANT: Participants in this free boot camp must be accepted through the application process and must be registered to attend the full EIJ13 conference. Register for the full conference here, and see below for how to apply to this program.
Minimum Requirements: This workshop is for professional journalists in print, online, TV or radio. You will need to bring your own laptop (PC or Mac). Digital audio recording equipment will be provided.
To Apply: Please send your full name, media organization, list any media organizations to which you belong, your job title and cell phone number to audioworkshop@npr.org. Include one Web link to recent work plus a brief bio with career goals (maximum 500 words). Please do not send attachments. Put NAHJ, SPJ or RTDNA in the subject line. The deadline for applications is July 29.
From Local Broadcast Reporter to National Correspondent
Saturday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sponsored by CBS News
Application Deadline: June 28
Are you a broadcast journalist looking to improve your skills? Are you working as a reporter now but dream of becoming a national correspondent?
Then you should consider applying for this broadcast training session, sponsored by CBS News. Lunch will be provided.
What does it take to make it as a national TV correspondent? The way people consume news, information and entertainment is continuously changing. With so many options at consumers’ fingertips, correspondents must be effective and versatile storytellers. This full-day training program will provide participants with the necessary tools to build on existing skills in order to go from local reporter to national correspondent. Our trainer will explore:
— Researching stories
— Writing with focus
— On-air presentation
— Managing your image
— Interviewing skills
Fifteen to 20 applicants will be chosen for this in-depth training session and you must be employed by a news or media organization to be considered. Here are the materials you’ll need to apply:
— A resume
— Cover letter explaining why you should be selected for the program
— Work samples (links within a Word document)
— Document with your full name, title, address, email address, work & cell phone
Send all materials via email by June 28 to contact@nahj.org. All candidates will be notified by Monday, July 16, 2013. No phone calls, please.
Editing Boot Camp
Friday, Aug. 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Presented by the American Copy Editors Society
Cost: $95 for members of ACES, SPJ, RTDNA and NAHJ; $150 for non-members
Take part in an intensive training program designed to provide a solid foundation in editing skills. It will cover grammar and punctuation; clarity and accuracy; display type and SEO; ethics and style. Three highly experienced trainers will lead the boot camp.
Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Registration forms will be available soon on the ACES website. For more information, contact Lisa McLendon.
NewU Loft
Friday, Aug. 23 and Saturday, Aug. 24
Presented by UNITY Journalists for Diversity
Application Deadline: June 28
Do you have a business that is ready to reach new heights? Are you ready to learn from business and media start-up leaders? Apply for the NewU Loft, a two-day boot camp experience that uniquely increases the number of diverse idea-makers in media.
The NewU project provides entrepreneurship training at the conventions of UNITY alliance partners and other journalism associations during summer and fall months. Training includes modules designed to build and/or improve skills on business plan writing, marketing, presentation, market research and analysis, networking, budgeting, and branding. This year’s program will offer several low-fee based programs to grow the number of participating journalists, and include a competition for two $20,000 start-up seed grants to be awarded to the best ideas for innovative projects selected by a panel of judges and an online vote by other journalists this fall.
NewU Loft will take place at EIJ13 on Friday, Aug. 23 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT) and Saturday, Aug. 24 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT). The program has an application and selection process, and you can apply here. To learn more about NewU, follow this link. For more information contact NewU co-directors Doug Mitchell or Alli Joseph.
Want more details? Check out a recap of last year’s camp in Las Vegas.
RTDNA Paul White & John F. Hogan Awards Presentation
Super Session: Honoring a Lifetime of Excellence in Journalism
Sunday, Aug. 25, 4-5 p.m. | Free and open to all
Awards Reception
Sunday, Aug. 25, 5-6 p.m. | $45 (purchase tickets)
Join us for a special event honoring Chris Wallace, winner of the 2013 Paul White Award, and Belva Davis, winner of the 2013 John F. Hogan Award. Attend the award presentation, then share a lively conversation with Wallace, Davis, past winners and other distinguished guests at a VIP reception on Sunday, Aug. 25.
Wallace (right) is the anchor of “Fox News Sunday”, Fox Broadcasting Company’s Sunday morning public affairs program. He also contributes to Fox News Channel’s “America’s Election HQ” coverage and is based in Washington, D.C. Wallace also served as a panelist in a number of FNC’s Republican primary debates.
Wallace has won every major broadcast news award for his reporting, including three Emmy Awards, the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton, the Peabody Award, and most recently, the Sol Taishoff Award for Broadcast Journalism, which was awarded to him by the National Press Foundation. Wallace has been described as an “equal opportunity inquisitor” by The Boston Globe, “an aggressive journalist,” “sharp edged” and “solid” by The Washington Post and “an equal-opportunity ravager” by The Miami Herald.
Davis (right) was the first black female anchor in the West. At a time when stories about African Americans and/or women rarely made the news, Davis, a young single mother struggling to raise two small children, refused to be deterred — the fact that a racist mob pummeled her with insults and trash at the 1964 GOP convention only made her more determined to persevere.
And ultimately she did, rising to become one of the most respected and trusted local journalists in the country. She retired last November. She has won eight regional Emmy Awards during her career. In 1961, Davis became an on-air interviewer for KSAN, an AM radio station broadcasting in San Francisco. She made her television debut in 1963 for KTVU, a Bay Area television station, covering an African American beauty pageant. She worked as a disc jockey for KDIA, a soul-gospel radio station based in Vallejo, California, when the 1964 Republican National Convention, located at the Cow Palace in nearby Daly City, California, inspired her to become a reporter.
She worked for KNEW, an AM radio station located in Oakland, as an announcer in 1966. She became the first female African American television journalist on the West Coast when she was hired by KPIX-TV in 1966, and spent the next three decades working for KPIX, becoming an anchorwoman in 1970. Her autobiography, Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism, was published in 2010.
The RTDNA Paul White & John F. Hogan Awards Presentation is free and open to all attendees. Tickets to the RTDNA Paul White & John F. Hogan Awards Reception are $45 each and can be purchased using the registration form.
Minority Leadership Institute
Friday, Aug. 23 and Saturday, Aug. 24
Presented by American Society of News Editors
Application Deadline: June 28
The Minority Leadership Institute will provide leadership and management training to 15 mid-level editors and business executives from news organizations. Topics covered will include foundational leadership, personal growth, getting the best from others, leadership in time of increased diversity, and more.
It will take place at EIJ13 on Friday, Aug. 23 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT) and Saturday, Aug. 24 (9 a.m. to noon PT). The institute has an application and selection process. To apply, send an email by June 28 to asne@asne.org with the subject line “EIJ13 Minority Leadership Institute application” and include the following:
— A resume
— A 300-word essay describing the leadership role you play in your organization, including day-to-day managerial duties and why you would benefit from the institute
— A nomination letter from your supervisor (candidates must be employed by a news or media organization to be considered)
— A document that includes your full name, email address, mailing address and mobile number as well as the name, job title and email address of the person who nominated you
For more information, please direct all questions to Arnie Robbins at ASNE.
Opening Night Reception
Saturday, Aug. 24, 6-7:30 p.m. | Free and open to all
Have a night out with your friends, colleagues and new connections for an evening of entertainment at 300 Anaheim. It’s not just a bowling alley: 300 Anaheim features massive video screens and cushy seating by the lanes. Those same plush chairs fill a lounge area where you can enjoy fantastic food, drinks and conversation, or you can play a few games of pool. The venue is a short walk from the hotel, and every EIJ13 attendee is welcome to join the fun.
Documentary Screening of Latino Americans plus Q&A and Book Signing with Ray Suarez, senior correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Sunday, Aug. 25, 6 p.m. | Sponsored by PBS
Join NAHJ for a special screening of “Latino Americans,” the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the history and experiences of Latinos in the United States. The screening will feature a pre-overview of the six-hour landmark series that will air nationally on PBS on three consecutive Tuesdays premiering September 17, 2013.
“Latino Americans” spans more than 500 years of history and features interviews with nearly 100 Latinos from the worlds of politics, journalism and entertainment, including Rita Moreno, María Elena Salinas and Juan Gonzalez.
PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez, author of a companion book for the series, will moderate a discussion following the screening.
NAHJ Newsmaker Luncheon
Sunday, Aug. 25, Noon-2 p.m. | $10 (purchase tickets)
Sponsored by Disney Family of Networks: ABC News, Disney, ESPN and Fusion
Media companies are focusing on the Latino market as they look for ways to be more productive in challenging economic times. At this year’s Newsmakers Luncheon, senior executives from ABC, ESPN, Disney and Fusion will join us to discuss the importance of diversity in their organizations and how they are better serving the booming Latino community. The panel will discuss the value of diverse leaders in producing and delivering content that reflects and is inclusive of Latinos. Moderating the panel will be ABC News’ senior national correspondent and White House correspondent Jim Avila.
Jim Avila, senior national correspondent and White House correspondent, ABC News
Award-winning journalist Jim Avila is the Senior National Correspondent at ABC News and White House correspondent for Fusion, the ABC/Univision joint venture launching in 2013. He is based in Washington DC.
In this role he covers Hispanic America, immigration reform, education, politics and other issues vitally important to the Latino community, the fastest-growing segment of our population. He also continues to contribute to “20/20” and other ABC broadcasts and platforms specializing in law and justice and consumer investigations.
Throughout 2011 and 2012 Jim’s reporting on food, drug, consumer, transportation, environmental and other regulatory issues made a tangible difference in the lives of viewers.
A versatile reporter, Avila has broken big story after big story since joining ABC News in 2004. As Senior Law and Justice Correspondent he brought his incredible storytelling to the biggest stories around the country from Jerry Sandusky and Penn State to Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson.
He has led several newsmagazine investigations on wrongful conviction, including a girl who recanted a story that she was raped by her two cousins after her mother admitted to concocting the account. Other recent reports include an in-depth investigation into unequal justice in the court system in Texas, tracing two men from different sides of the tracks who received two very different sentences from the same Texas judge. Avila also led ABC News coverage of the battle over child custody between the State of Texas and the Fundamentalist Mormon Sect accused of abusing children. Additionally, he has contributed to network-wide special reports on bird flu, healthcare in America and Hurricane Katrina.
Avila joined ABC from NBC News, where he had served as National Correspondent for “Nightly News” since January 2000, covering a range of domestic issues that included the September 11 attacks and their aftermath and the DC sniper shootings. He also reported from Afghanistan and Iraq, during which time he filed from inside NBC’s Baghdad hotel compound during and after its bombing by terrorists.
Since 1997 Avila averaged 130 reports a year on “Nightly News,” which was the highest number for any minority in broadcast history, according to Joe Foote at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. Before being named National Correspondent at NBC, Avila was a Chicago bureau correspondent, where he covered high-profile events including the shooting tragedies in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas and Paducah, Kentucky.
Prior to NBC, Avila was anchor and the investigative reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles, from 1994 to 1996. There he was the principal reporter on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, helping the station earn the 1995 Golden Mike Award and a 1996 Emmy Award.
Before joining at KNBC, Avila was political reporter and anchor at WBBM-TV, the CBS owned station in Chicago, covering a variety of news stories of local, national and international importance, including the Persian Gulf War from both Saudi Arabia and Tel Aviv. Among his notable stories for WBBM-TV were the Beirut War, the TWA hijacking, the Nicaraguan civil war and the Mexican earthquake. From 1980 to 1984 he was a general assignment reporter for WLS, the ABC owned station in Chicago. Prior to that, he was a weekend anchor and the San Jose bureau chief for KPIX in San Francisco from 1976 to 1980. He began his broadcast career at KCBS Radio in San Francisco in 1973 as managing editor, and was later promoted to bureau chief.
NAHJ Hall of Fame Gala
Monday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m. | $80 (purchase tickets)
On our final night in Anaheim, NAHJ welcomes you to our special celebration — the Hall of Fame Gala! We will honor the 2013 Hall of Fame inductee and our president, Hugo Balta, will present the President’s Award. The honorees join a distinguished list of colleagues who have been honored for paving the way for Latinos in journalism and for advocating on behalf of diversity in news. Our festivities conclude with music and dancing.
Hollywood in the Horizon
Monday, Aug. 26, 11:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. | $58 (purchase tickets)
Imagine strolling through Hollywood on a pleasant summer afternoon — history all around and landmarks bathed in sunlight.
Take the Whirlwind Hollywood Tour at EIJ13, and that’s what you’ll experience. The excursion includes guided walking and driving tours in Hollywood Highlands and the Sunset Strip, meaning you’ll see the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, The Rock Wall, The Chateau Marmont and others along the way.
Make the tour a part of your EIJ plans. Please note that transportation is provided, but you’ll need to bring your own lunch. Claim your spot in this adventure, because space is limited.
The Student Union
Sunday, Aug. 25, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Gannett Company, McCormick Foundation, National Association of Broadcasters & Broadcast Education Association
This event will be an opportunity to celebrate exceptional work by student journalists from across the county. National winners of SPJ’s collegiate Mark of Excellence Awards program will be recognized. SPJ will not only award students and educators for outstanding efforts on their campuses, but also the outstanding SPJ campus chapter of the year will be announced. The McCormick Foundation will present awards to collegiate winners of its Freedom of Speech PSA contest.
Legal Defense Fund Live and Silent Auctions
Silent Auction: Saturday, Aug. 24, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 25, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Live Auction: Monday, Aug. 26, 6:30 p.m.
SPJ’s Legal Defense Fund was created to help off-set the legal fees of journalists and news outlets protecting the First Amendment. The Society offers financial assistance to journalists who are subpoenaed for sources, refused access to government information that by law should be public and who struggle against obstacles that hinder free press. Each year at the conference, an auction is held to raise money for the Fund. Please join us in our efforts to keep information unrestricted and available to the public, by bidding on one of this year’s auction items. The live auction is open to all and a cash bar will be on hand at the event.
Come on Out on the Town
Sunday, Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m.
Join the SPJ Generation J Committee for a #GenJ night out. Mingle with other journalists and check out some local hot spots while at EIJ13.
It all starts Sunday evening. Follow #GenJ on Twitter for all the details and meeting location.
Critiques
Video Critiques
Saturday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
News directors and other professionals will be available to provide helpful suggestions about how to improve your clips and, as a result, improve your journalistic skills.
Career Profile Critiques
Sunday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Whether a Twitter profile or Facebook page used for a blend of work and life, or the digital (or paper) resume you’re shopping around to employers, all of these digital profiles say something important about you. Get helpful, honest feedback on any number of career-related presentations you’d like to have reviewed — all in one spot.
Gannett Salon
Saturday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Stop by to meet some of the dozens of journalists from many of Gannett’s nearly 100 local news organizations! Learn about our unique approach to local news coverage, our focus on watchdog journalism and our commitment to making a positive difference in the communities in which we live.
Morning Chat with the RTDNA Leadership
Sunday, Aug. 25, 8-8:45 a.m.
Have a question, comment or idea for the RTDNA leadership? Bring along your favorite morning beverage and start the day with conversation with Vince Duffy, RTDNA Chairman, Chris Carl, RTDNA Incoming Chairman and Executive Director Mike Cavender. They will be available to chat with RTDNA members and EIJ attendees about the organization and the many issues the journalism community faces today.
