There's something for everyone in this year's schedule. Check out a list of the breakout sessions we're offering in Anaheim!

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Sunday, 9-10 a.m.

Freelancing for Radio & TV

A hands-on session with two working broadcast journalists on how they make their business work. How do you break into the market as a freelancer, what kinds of stories do you get to do, how much time does it take to edit and create a piece, and other practical tips.

Trainers: Jennifer London, founder, Reel News Productions; David Weinberg, contributor to NPR’s Marketplace and producer of the Random Tape podcast

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Jennifer London, founder, Reel News Productions
Jennifer London is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience. She has been awarded with one of journalism’s highest honors — a Columbia duPont Award for Excellence in Journalism. Jennifer is also the recipient of an Emmy Award, a Golden Mike Award and a First Place, LA Press Club Award.

Jennifer has worked in local, cable, network and public television and has reported from nearly all 50 states, and internationally from South America, Europe, South Eastern Asia and the Caribbean. Her work has appeared on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline, MSNBC, CNBC, World Report on HDNet, Court TV, CBS News, CNN and KCET. Jennifer has also been a guest reporter on a number of NPR radio stations in Southern California.

Highlights from the field include covering Hurricanes Katrina and Dennis, the Kobe Bryant, Scott Peterson and Michael Jackson trials, the California wildfires of 2003, the final launches of Space Shuttle Endeavour and Discovery, investigating claims of anti-Semitism in Venezuela, transgender issues in Nepal, civil rights abuses in Argentina, and the London Terror Bomb Plot.

When Jennifer's not on a reporting assignment she spends her free time traveling internationally as a humanitarian worker, and has helped build houses in Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal and most recently in Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. Jennifer is also an avid photographer, and collector of digital camera memory cards and frequent flyer miles.

David Weinberg, contributor to NPR’s Marketplace and producer of the Random Tape podcast
David Weinberg started his career in radio at WWOZ FM in New Orleans where he was a regular contributor to the locally produced series Street Talk. He is currently a freelance reporter based in Los Angeles. His work has been broadcast on NPR, Voice of America, The World, Marketplace, 99% Invisible, WireTap, Transom.org and Love + Radio. He also produces the radio show Random Tape.

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Thinking and Going Digital First

Sponsored by NPR

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Trainer: Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) digital transformation editor, Digital First Media

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Journalists Learning Code: Good Idea?

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Trainer: Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist), professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and co-founder of #wjchat

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Calling the Shots: Becoming a Leader in the Newsroom

Ever want to move up the management ladder but don't know where to start? Hear from some of the industry's top management talk about best practices for Latino journalists to get into the management ranks of new media, television and traditional print media.

Moderator: Blanca Torres, reporter, San Francisco Business Times

Trainers: Carolina Garcia (@cgmetro), executive editor, Los Angeles Daily News; Ramon Escobar, vice president, talent recruitment & development, CNN; Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, vice president of news, CBS News; Sam Enriquez, senior page one editor, The Wall Street Journal; Andre Rodriguez, deputy bureau chief, CBS News

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Blanca Torres, reporter, San Francisco Business Times
Torres writes about real estate deals, trends and personalities in one of the country’s most prominent markets. Her work has been honored numerous times by the East Bay Press Club, the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Before joining the Business Times, she spent three years covering retail and consumer issues for the Contra Costa Times and Bay Area News Group. Previously, she wrote for a variety of newspapers including Detroit News, Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Seattle Times and The Baltimore Sun. A native of Washington state, Torres earned her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing from Mills College.

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, vice president of news, CBS News
Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews coordinates all day-to-day news coverage, foreign and domestic. Ciprian-Matthews, an Emmy winner, joined CBS News in 1993 and has held a variety of positions including senior producer for CBS This Morning, London deputy bureau chief, senior producer for foreign coverage, senior broadcast producer for the CBS Evening News and foreign editor. Before joining CBS, Ciprian-Matthews served as the managing editor of CNN's New York Bureau (1990-93), and as a field producer, assignment manager and assignment editor for CNN (1984-1990). She started her career as a general reporter for the National Public Radio Spanish-language news program, "Enfoque Nacional." Ciprian-Matthews was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In 1981, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College, and graduated from New York University in 1984 with a Master of Arts in journalism.

Sam Enriquez, senior page one editor, The Wall Street Journal
Sam Enriquez is Senior Page One Editor for The Wall Street Journal based in New York. He took on his current role in 2011 after serving as national news editor since joining the Journal in 2007. Before that, Enriquez worked for the Los Angeles Times for more than 20 years, serving as a reporter, assistant city editor, city editor and foreign correspondent in Mexico City. He began his career in journalism as a reporter for the Easy Reader newspaper in Hermosa Beach, CA. Sam directed two Pulitzer Prize-winning efforts while at the Los Angeles Times. The first, in 1998, was for breaking news coverage of a 1997 bank robbery in North Hollywood. The second was in 2004 for coverage of the 2003 California wildfires. A native of Los Angeles, Sam earned a bachelor’s degree in quantitative economics from California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Ramon Escobar, vice president, talent recruitment & development, CNN
Ramon Escobar, Vice President, Talent Recruitment & Development at CNN, is a media veteran with more than 20 years of experience in news and entertainment in local, cable and network television as well as digital media in both English and Spanish. He joined CNN in 2012 after several years at Telemundo, most recently as executive vice president of network news. In that position, he oversaw the entire network's news division including all international news bureaus and the development of on-air talent. Prior to that, Escobar was vice president at Sucherman Consulting Group in New York where his clients included ABC News, Discovery Networks, BBC America and Telemundo. Previously at Telemundo, he ran the network’s entertainment division as senior executive vice president of entertainment.

Carolina Garcia, executive editor, Los Angeles Daily News
Carolina Garcia is editor of the Los Angeles Daily News and also oversees the Press-Telegram in Long Beach. She is responsible for enterprise and investigative journalism for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which includes nine newspapers in Souther California. Prior to joining the Daily News, she spent five years as editor of The Monterey County Herald. Before that, she was Managing Editor at the San Antonio Express-News from 1998 to 2003. She held numerous leadership positions at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and started her career writing a column at that paper focusing on the region’s Latino community. Garcia is a native of South Texas.

Andre Rodriguez, deputy bureau chief, CBS News
Andre Rodriguez is the Deputy Bureau Chief, North Bureau, for CBS News. Based in the CBS News Broadcast Center, his team of correspondent, producers and crews are responsible for tracking and covering news in the Mid-Atlantic, New England, Midwest and Great Plains states.

Previously, Rodriguez was the Deputy Director for the CBS News Political Unit, where he was responsible for coordinating coverage for the 2008 presidential campaign. The New York based unit also included a team of digital journalists that enhanced the coverage of the Democrat and GOP candidates on the campaign trail, through the primaries, conventions and Election Day.

Other positions in his tenure at CBS News include Weekend News Manager, New York Bureau Producer, Foreign Desk Producer and Senior Producer for CBSNews.com. He started in 1993 as a tape researcher for the CBS Evening News.

Prior to joining CBS News, Rodriguez worked as an associate producer for PBS station WNET, in the Science Documentary Unit, and as a production manager for KVCN, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rodriguez graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Studies.

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Scoring With Latinos

Latinos are making an impact on and off the playing field. Some of the most recognizable athletes in U.S. professional sports are hitting home runs, catching touchdowns, dunking baskets and of course scoring GOOOOOOOOOOLS! Athletes from major league sports franchises in the Los Angeles area discuss how their respective teams are designing plays to help them win with Latino athletes and fans.

Speaking: TBA

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Journalism — Daily Stress, Lasting Impact

From last year’s Newtown tragedy to the kidnapping of a journalist team in Syria, the pressures of covering very difficult news events may have both an immediate and lasting impact on anyone who works in a newsroom or on location. While covering violence is not new to the profession, journalists often carry the burden of its impact as a hazard of the job. Working to cover these stories on a 24/7 basis, delivering content for multiple platforms, and getting close to the story may be part of the job, but it is not without significant emotional impact on those who work in our profession. Join leading journalists, representatives from SAG-AFTRA, and professionals from partner organizations devoted to keeping journalists safe — physically and mentally for a discussion of how the industry is addressing these issues, as well as the benefits and protections SAG-AFTRA and partner organizations provide journalists dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Moderator: Mike Walter, general news anchor, CCTV-America, Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship Recipient, Producer/Director Breaking News, Breaking Down

Speakers: Anna Calderon, director, Los Angeles News & Broadcast, SAG-AFTRA; Mary Cavallaro, assistant national executive director news & broadcast, SAG-AFTRA; Claudia Peschiutta, reporter, KNX

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Facebook Usage Survey

We’ve seen a tremendous increase in social media usage. But what does it really mean to your news organization. It’s more than just posting vacation and birthday pictures. You’ll hear results of exclusive research projects showing how consumers are using Facebook and Twitter as part of their daily news consumption. You’ll hear and learn what people are looking for on Facebook and twitter. More importantly you’ll see a shift in how demographics are consuming news and how, based on research, you should be using Facebook and Twitter as a news organization. We look at the impact of Facebook on the breaking news stories in Aurora, Newton and Boston. All of this will help you better respond to your news consumers’ expectations.

Trainers: Steve Schwaid, VP of Digital Strategies, Crawford, Johnson and Northcott; Dana Neves, VP of News, WFSB and WFSB.Com

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Steve Schwaid, VP of Digital Strategies, Crawford, Johnson and Northcott
Steve Schwaid is a 30 year plus veteran of the news wars. He started out as a newspaper reporter and got his first TV reporting gig at WHIO in Dayton. He soon moved to behind the camera. “I didn’t have a face for TV.”

Steve has led news operations in markets across the country including Philadelphia, Atlanta, Hartford and Tampa. In addition, he has served as an executive at the corporate level for NBC Universal as Senior VP of Programming and News for the Owned and Operated stations and at Meredith Local Media leading strategic growth and digital content initiatives. Most recently, Steve was vice president of news at WTXF, FOX Philadelphia where he took all newscasts from a fourth place position to second or first. Steve has also served on several industry boards and is the winner of many awards including the Georgia AP Best Website Award and numerous Emmy awards.

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Digging Deeper with Social Media

Sponsored by NPR

Ramp up your use of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media sites for reporting and digging. Learn how to connect with sources on social media, follow breaking news in real time, and track conversations and commentary in a specific geographic area. Explore the latest cutting-edge tools and apps for social media — with an eye toward how to improve the quality of your reporting.

Speaker: Doug Haddix, director, Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, Ohio State University

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Doug Haddix, director, Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, Ohio State University
Doug Haddix is assistant vice president of Editorial Communications at Ohio State University. In that role, he oversees content and social media communication for several print and digital publications, including the Ohio State Alumni Magazine, OnCampus newspaper, the osu.edu website and Impact magazine. He also serves as director of the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, one of the nation’s leading journalism fellowships for social media and digital storytelling. Previously, he worked as a national training director for Investigative Reporters and Editors, traveling the country to conduct watchdog reporting workshops and custom training for newspaper, TV and radio newsrooms. Doug worked for 10 years as projects editor at The Columbus Dispatch, where he directed investigations and computer-assisted reporting. Before that, he held two other editing jobs: city editor of The Scranton Times in Pennsylvania and city editor of The Commercial-News in Danville, Illinois. Before becoming an editor, Doug worked as a reporter for the Springfield News-Sun in Ohio and United Press International in Indianapolis. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English and political science from Miami University and a master’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.

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Retos y oportunidades de la educación de periodismo en Español

Note: This session will be presented in Spanish.

La expansión de medios de comunicación en español en los Estados Unidos está ofreciendo más oportunidades para periodistas bilingües. Pero para quienes nacieron aquí y aprendieron hablar español informalmente en su hogar, dominar la gramática es fundamental para aprovechar estas oportunidades laborales. Profesores de universidades donde se desarrollan programas de enseñanza e investigación sobre periodismo en español discutirán el estado actual de la formación profesional en este idioma y cómo los estudiantes bilingües pueden beneficiarse de estos programas especializados.

English Translation: The expansion of Spanish language media in the United States is providing more opportunities for bilingual journalists. But for those who were born here and learned to speak Spanish informally at home, mastering the grammar is essential to take advantage of these opportunities. Professors who teach at universities that offer Spanish-language journalism programs discuss how bilingual students can benefit from these specialized programs.

Speaking: Zita Arocha, senior lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso; Jéssica Retis Ph.D., assistant professor, California State University Northridge; Dr. Federico Subervi, professor, Texas State University-San Marcos; Mercedes Vigon, Ph.D., associate professor, Florida International University

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Sunday, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Diversity Data-Mining: Finding Important Demographic Trends in Census Data

By 2040 the United States will be a majority minority country. There are great stories to tell about the changing demographics of our country that are hidden in plain sight within Census data. This computer-assisted reporting session will teach reporters to dig through data and find important stories that reveal how their communities are changing. Reporters will learn to examine data that can predict trends in areas including education, housing and transportation You'll walk away with solid story ideas they can take back to the newsroom. You'll also gain a deeper understanding of the importance of diversity in reporting and enhance your computer-assisted reporting skills.

Moderator: Sherri Williams, freelance journalist

Trainer: Armando Mendoza, program supervisor Los Angeles Region, U.S. Census Bureau

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Instagram for Journalists

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Excellence in Financial Reporting: How Award-Winning Journalists Get it Done

Co-produced by RTDNA and the National Endowment for Financial Education. Featuring the RTDNA/ NEFE Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting Awards, the Money Matters session will reveal the very best in personal finance journalism from television, radio and online. Winners will break down their award-winning submissions and share the key reporting tools and best practices they used to add depth to their reporting. Audience members will walk away from the session with several ways to creatively approach their reporting and make comprehensive topics more digestible to viewers and listeners.

Trainers: TBA

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Copyright Law for the Copycat Age

Sponsored by Loyola Law School

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Latino Vote

The Latino and Hispanic voting demographic is one of particular interest and scrutiny, especially since the 2012 presidential election. Elected Latino politicians discuss the coverage of this voting group in the 2012 elections and beyond, and examine the growing Latino vote and what it means for future elections and those who cover them.

Speaking: TBA

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Geek Out

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Trainers: Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist), professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and co-founder of #wjchat

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Kindling the Fire with Employees

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Trainer: Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) digital transformation editor, Digital First Media

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Narrative Writing and Shooting for Television News

Would you like to make your reporting more memorable? Learn the difference between fact cramming and fact weaving. The narrative style of writing and photography can make your reporting more relevant to your viewers. This example-heavy presentation will teach you to use simple narrative techniques in any kind of story, from daily or breaking news, to a longer form feature, to radio, print, the Web, and even on Twitter.

Trainer: Wayne Freedman, MMJ reporter/photographer, KGO-TV

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Wayne Freedman, MMJ reporter/photographer, KGO-TV
Wayne Freedman is an MMJ reporter/photographer at KGO-TV in San Francisco. He is a multiple Edward R. Murrow, NPPA, and 51-time Emmy award winner. He has given more than 100 lectures on visual storytelling to stations and professional organizations across the nation and overseas.

The second edition of his guidebook for young professionals, "It Takes More Than Good Looks to Succeed at Television News Reporting," is required reading in prestigious journalism schools across the nation.

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Sunday, 1-2 p.m.

It Takes a Village: Working Together to Prevent Plagiarism and Fabrication in News

In the evolving landscape of journalism, there is increasing pressure to get stories out quickly, often in bite-size portions. This, plus lax newsroom policies, is contributing to instances of plagiarism and fabrication. The American Copy Editors Society, SPJ and RTDNA, along with several other journalism organizations, examined the related issues of plagiarism, verification and attribution and held a national Plagiarism Summit. This session will explain some of the findings and give you real-world recommendations for preventing and handling issues of plagiarism.

Trainer: Teresa Schmedding, president, ACES

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Teresa Schmedding, president, ACES
Teresa Schmedding is the deputy managing editor/digital for the Daily Herald Media Group in suburban Chicago. She also is the president of the American Copy Editors Society. She oversaw the publication of To Tell the Truth and Nothing But and organized the 2013 national summit on plagiarism. She has a bachelors in journalism and a masters in media management from the University of Missouri.

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Google Hangouts On-Air

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Talk The Copy

Not only radio and TV reporters and anchors need strong performance chops. Journalists working in all media can benefit from learning and practicing proven techniques for sounding conversational. Participants will learn how to project, breath, mark the copy, evaluate their voice for continued growth, and utilize the toolbox of techniques presented. You'll interact with each other and be put in front of a microphone to get practice and feedback in front of the group.

Trainer: Marilyn Pittman (@marilynpittman), NPR Voice Coach and Talent Consultant

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Marilyn Pittman, NPR Voice Coach and Talent Consultant
Marilyn Pittman is a performer who also teaches performance. Her career as a radio talk show host, TV news anchor, comedy commentator, and writer/producer spans more than three decades.

Since 1990, she has been the leading talent consultant to NPR and NPR stations, coaching hundreds of broadcasters in voice and delivery, as well as interviewing, writing, field recording, and sound design.

A guest lecturer at the UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and The Knight Digital Media Center there, her workshops focus on vocal dynamics, reading copy, breathing, projection, authenticity, persona, and on-camera performance.

Her presentations at industry conferences include Public Radio News Directors Inc., the Radio Television Digital News Association (formerly RTNDA), UNITY, and the Broadcast Education Association.

She has won national and local awards for her work as a journalist, comedian, and solo performer, and was the Narrator on the Academy Award-winning documentary, “Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment,” 1992).

She coaches authors and executives on public speaking skills and brings humor, wisdom, and a depth of experience to each new opportunity.

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The Best Jobs are in Digital

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From Online to On Air: Getting Much More Out of Your Best Digital Content

Sponsored by Gannett Foundation

Most TV station website content was created for TV and repurposed online. Learn how content designed for digital interactivity can provide every site visitor with a unique experience — and enhance your on-air newscasts too, by providing meaningful anchor engagement.

Trainer: Scott Libin (@smlibin), VP of news and content, Internet Broadcasting

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Scott Libin, VP of news and content, Internet Broadcasting
Scott Libin has three decades of experience as a journalist, including jobs on camera and behind the scenes, as a news director and as an educator. He is a consultant, coach and communications professional, specializing in broadcast and digital journalism.

In the spring of 2011, Scott joined Internet Broadcasting in St. Paul, Minn., where he is Vice President of News and Content.

Scott has led newsrooms at WCCO-TV and KSTP-TV in the Twin Cities, and WGHP-TV in the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, N.C., market. He has twice been a full-time member of the resident faculty at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., and has trained journalists from Newfoundland to South Africa to China. Scott began his career as a congressional press secretary and as a bureau reporter in Washington, D.C. He was a reporter and weekend anchor in North Carolina before entering management.

Scott is a member of the Radio Television Digital News Association Board of Directors, representing eight states in RTDNA Regions 4 and 5. He also serves on the ThreeSixty Journalism Board of Advisers. ThreeSixty is a teen outreach program of the University of St. Thomas.

Scott’s undergraduate degree in journalism and English is from the University of Richmond. He earned his Master of Arts degree in journalism and public affairs at American University.

Scott and his wife, Michelle, live in Burnsville, Minn., with their 4-year-old daughter, Lauren. Scott also has a 20-year-old daughter, Randi. She is a sophomore at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia.

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Revolutionize Your Career: How To Get A Journalism Fellowship

Today's digital tools are revolutionizing how information is gathered, reported and delivered. The nation's top three, yearlong journalism fellowships offer an opportunity to re-position yourself in this ever-changing environment. They give you time and support to retool, recharge and help re-invent journalism with multimedia training, ongoing workshops and all the resources of world-class research universities and technology centers. In an interactive session with program decision-makers and former fellows, find out how a fellowship can reshape your career. Do you have ideas for ways to improve information gathering, storytelling or news distribution? Innovation is the focus of the John S. Knight Fellowships at Stanford. Are you fascinated with international issues? The Knight Wallace Fellowships at the University of Michigan sponsors travel and in-person dialogues with foreign government and industry leaders. The Nieman Fellowships at Harvard, the oldest study program for journalists, now also offers short-term visiting fellowships along with their yearlong program.

Speakers: Evelyn Larrubia, education editor, KPCC: Southern California Public Radio; Dianne Solis, senior writer, Dallas Morning News; Kim Kozlowski, reporter, The Detroit News

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Kim Kozlowski, reporter, The Detroit News
Kim Kozlowski is an award-winning reporter at The Detroit News who covers higher education and research. A journalist for 21 years, Kim has worked at five daily newspapers but spent the majority of her career at The News. Her portfolio includes a wide range of topics including stem cell research, an issue that landed her a mid-career sabbatical in 2009 as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.

Evelyn Larrubia, education editor, KPCC: Southern California Public Radio
Evelyn Larrubia is education editor at KPPC Southern California Public Radio. She has also been the editorial director for the Investigative News Network, an associate editor at the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times for 12 years. She started her career as a reporter at El Nuevo Herald in Miami and the Sun-Sentinel in South Florida. She was a John S. Knight Fellows in 2010-11.

Dianne Solis, senior writer, Dallas Morning News
Dianne Solis is a senior writer at the Dallas Morning News. She has also been a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. She has written about post-Katrina New Orleans, families fractured by addiction to starter heroin, narcotics gangs and the impacts of drug violence and immigration issues. She was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University and has been a senior fellow at the Institute for Justice and Journalism's immigration fellowship since 2010.

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Drones: The New Airborne Reporter in Your Future

Unmanned camera drones are becoming affordable for even modest newsroom budgets. The FAA will release new rules for these tools in 2015, but many ethical and state-level legal situations will arise. Hear from people who are testing drones in their newsrooms and in university journalism programs and discuss all the many issues that come about from the rise in drone journalism.

Trainer: Matt Waite, professor of practice, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Matt Waite, professor of practice, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matt Waite is a professor of journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, founder of the Drone Journalism Lab and co-founder of Hot Type Consulting LLC, a web development firm. From 2007-2011, he was a programmer/journalist for the St. Petersburg Times, now Tampa Bay Times, where he developed the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact. Before that, he was an award-winning investigative reporter for the Times and co-author of Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss.

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Sunday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Understanding the Fundamentals of Fiction (or Everything I Know About Writing I Learned from Romance Novels)

Tired of anecdotal ledes and boring quotes? Learn the art of real narrative writing using the unexpected secrets of the highest-paid, top-selling writers in America: romance novelists. Join us for a fast-paced workshop using real examples of how the fundamentals of mass-market fiction can help you improve your daily and long-form storytelling. Reporter/presenter Louise Knott Ahern has edited and coached fiction writers — including two New York Times bestsellers — for more than 10 years and incorporated their secrets into her own work.

Trainer: Louise Knott Ahern, reporter, Lansing State Journal

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Louise Knott Ahern, reporter, Lansing State Journal
Louise Knott Ahern is a senior projects reporter for the Lansing State Journal and has previously reported for The Detroit News and The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA). During her nearly 20 years in the news business, she has also spent a decade coaching fiction writers, including New York Times bestsellers. Her work has been honored by APME, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Michigan Press Association, the Gannett Corporation and several fiction organizations. Ahern is also president and co-founder of Capital City Writers Association, a membership group for professional and aspiring writers in Michigan. You can find it at capitalcitywriters.org.

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Updating the Code of ethics

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Trainers: Kevin Z. Smith (@spjethicschair), chairman, SPJ Ethics Committee

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Changing Times, Changing Terms: Claiming Your Power in the New Media Newsroom

As your newsroom continues to evolve into a mobile, digitized, multi-platform workplace, how can you seize new opportunities for your career? How does “One Man Banding” affect the quality of your work and your work life? Whether you’re thinking about getting a new job, being reassigned, taking a buyout or being laid off, learn how to negotiate the strongest PSC possible, choose an agent, manager or lawyer and strategically switch jobs, companies or markets. Leading industry professionals share best practices on how you can be proactive in shaping your newsroom role, what you need to know to transform your career vision into action ... and claim your power as an employee.

Trainers: Joe Vazquez, Emmy award-winning reporter and multi-media journalist, KPIX CBS5; Mary Cavallaro, asst. national executive director, news & broadcast, SAG-AFTRA

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Mary Cavallaro, asst. national executive director, news & broadcast, SAG-AFTRA
As the Assistant National Executive Director, News & Broadcast for the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Mary Cavallaro, Esq. is responsible for overseeing the negotiation and administration of over 225 labor agreements with network and local broadcast employers nationwide, and chairs national negotiations for the Network News Agreements; as well negotiations with employers with station and broadcast operations in multiple markets. Mary works directly with the SAG-AFTRA Broadcast Steering Committee on policy and matters of concern to broadcast members. Prior to accepting her current position in the recently merged SAG-AFTRA, Mary worked for AFTRA for over 13 years, where she served as Business Representative / Staff Counsel for the AFTRA Local and SAG Philadelphia Branch and later as a National Representative / Staff Counsel for AFTRA. Mary was Of Counsel with the firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads in Philadelphia representing media talent and creative professionals providing advice and counsel to clients regarding personal services contracts, production development, copyright, licensing and other intellectual property matters.

Joe Vazquez, Emmy award-winning reporter and multi-media journalist, KPIX CBS5
In a local TV news career that spans more than two decades, National Emmy winner Joe Vazquez has traveled far and wide in search of a good story. In September, 2010, Joe and his San Francisco KPIX5 CBS news team were awarded the National Emmy Award for their Breaking News coverage of the Oakland riots, following the shooting of Oscar Grant at the hands of a BART policeman. That award followed a regional Emmy for the same coverage. In 2008, he won a regional Emmy for his 11 o’clock news coverage of the tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo. Joe has hustled after hurricanes and tropical storms in Houston and New Orleans; covered politics and police in Philadelphia; and while in the Bay Area, has covered all the major stories. While backpacking abroad in September of 2001, Joe was called to work briefly by NBC News as a freelance correspondent in Southern Turkey, covering military operations near the Iraqi border. As an NAHJ member, he volunteers his time to empower the next generation of storytellers.

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Every Mind Matters and It Matters How We Report

The unfathomable terrors of Tucson, Aurora and Newtown. The hidden struggles with depression, autism and PTSD. The epidemic of suicide. Why do so many of our newsrooms assume that violent acts are linked to mental illness when that’s not true? When is a person’s mental condition really relevant to stories? What’s the RIGHT way to WRITE about such issues without contributing to contagion? How do we replace sensationalism with sensitivity? This panel will increase your awareness of mental health issues, how to better understand them, thoughtfully report them and offer your newsrooms important toolkits and other constructive ways to help readers, listeners and viewers.

Moderator: Wayne Lynch (@wayneandcable), news director, Northwest Cable News

Speakers: Dr. Patrick Corrigan, principal investigator, Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research; Melissa McCoy, former deputy managing editor, L.A. Times and current newsroom trainer on mental health reporting; Brian Dyak (@EIC_Online), founder
and President/CEO, Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. and
the Entertainment and Media Communication Institute; Julio Cesar Ortiz, senior mental health reporter, Univision 34 Los Angeles; Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner), former NPR reporter and Carter Center Fellow, professor, University of Washington

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Wayne Lynch, news director, Northwest Cable News
Wayne Lynch is Emmy award-winning media executive with more than three decades of achievement in local/regional television news and programming. Following a successful on-air reporting and anchoring career, he now has 32 years in television news management, achieving station manager and general manager positions. He has an M.A. in Public Communication from American Unversity in Washington, DC and is a published author. Eight years ago, Mr. Lynch lost his younger brother to suicide after battles with bipolar and manic depressive disorders, and he has since dedicated his efforts to fostering better understanding of mental illness in his chosen field of Journalism.

Dr. Patrick Corrigan, principal investigator, Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research
Dr. Patrick Corrigan is a renowned expert on the issue of mental health stigma. Twelve years ago, Dr. Patrick Corrigan became principal investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, the only NIMH-funded research center (National Institute of Mental Health) examining the stigma of mental illness. The Chicago Consortium evolved into the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology and editor of the American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. A prolific researcher, he has authored or edited twelve books and more than 300 papers.

Brian Dyak, founder
and President/CEO, Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. and
the Entertainment and Media Communication Institute
Brian Dyak is
founder
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President/CEO of the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. and
the Entertainment and Media Communication Institute. Over a 30-year period Mr.
Dyak has successfully constructed
a bridge
between
the
entertainment
industry
and
the depiction of health
and
social
policy issues.
He has created
more than
750 PSAs, multiple training films, radio promotions
and
national
TV
specials on a variety of
health/social
issues. He is publisher of ‘Spotlight on Depiction of Health and Social Issues,’ a multi‐volume resource encyclopedia for the creative community with special emphasis on discrimination and stigma reduction. Mr. Dyak’s volunteer
activities include serving
on the National
Action
Alliance
for
Suicide Prevention.

Julio Cesar Ortiz, senior mental health reporter, Univision 34 Los Angeles
Julio Cesar Ortiz is an award-winning television news reporter whose compelling stories and in-depth coverage of mental health and immigration has been recognized at the local, state, and national levels. He is responsible for producing and reporting the first-ever Spanish bi-monthly mental health news segment titled "Una Mente, Una Vida," which, in cooperation with other therapists, explores the complexity, sensitivity and understanding of mental health issues. Ortiz played an integral role in adapting and developing the TEAM Up reporting on mental health style guide and toolkit for Spanish language news media. He has a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, where he graduated in 2012 as valedictorian and outstanding lead student.

Joanne Silberner, former NPR reporter and Carter Center Fellow, professor, University of Washington
Joanne Silberner is an artist-in-residence in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, and contributes stories to NPR and the BBC/PRI show “The World.” For 18 years, she was a health policy correspondent at NPR, covering medicine, health policy, mental health, and global health. Prior to that she spent five years covering consumer health and medical research at U.S. News & World Report. In addition, she has worked at Science News magazine, Science Digest, and has freelanced for various publications, including the Washington Post, Health, USA Today, Practical Horseman, and Kaiser Health News.

She had a Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in 2010, and produced stories on mental illness in developing countries for NPR and for “The World.” She had a fellowship at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellowship. During the Kaiser fellowship she produced an hour-long radio documentary on the closing of a state mental hospital.

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Facebook for Journalists

Description coming soon!

Trainers: Information coming soon!

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Immigration Law Fundamentals

The promise of comprehensive immigration reform by President Obama and a bi-partisan proposal to pave a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants is once again fueling discussion and generating media coverage. Given the intricacies of the complicated immigration system, journalists covering the topic may not always fully understand immigration laws and their ramifications. During this session, journalists will be offered an overview of the basic concepts of U.S. immigration law and procedure and learn how current developments and trends, including Arizona-style state immigration law initiatives, relate to federal immigration law. A list of helpful resources will be provided and discussed.

Trainer: Nelson A. Castillo (@InmigracionHoy), columnist, impreMedia and immigration attorney

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Nelson A. Castillo, columnist, impreMedia and immigration attorney
Nelson A. Castillo is an immigration attorney with extensive experience in the preparation and processing of family and employment-based immigration petitions and removal defense. He is a Past National President of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA).

Originally from El Salvador, Mr. Castillo is the author of La Tarjeta Verde: Cómo obtener la residencia permanente en los Estados Unidos (Green Card: How to obtain lawful permanent residence in the United States). He is also a columnist and television commentator and writes Inmigración Hoy, an immigration blog in Spanish that provides up-to-date information regarding U.S. immigration issues.

Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, Mr. Castillo is a graduate of St. John’s University where he received his B.S. in Finance, cum laude, before earning his Juris Doctor and serving as a Dean’s Fellow.

Due to his great dedication, commitment and thousands of hours of pro bono legal assistance, Mr. Castillo has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being named as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine.

You can learn more about Mr. Castillo by visiting www.nelsoncastillo.com.

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Latino Digital Media Space

Hispanic media expansion isn’t just in the broadcast arena. Many websites targeting Latinos have popped up in the past few years, hoping to attract and capitalize on this audience. Fox News Latino, NBC Latino and Voxxi are just some of the sites targeting English-speaking Latinos. impreMedia, owner of several print publications around the country, including La Opinion in Los Angeles and El Diario La Prensa in New York, targets U.S. Spanish-language consumers online, but is also looking to expand efforts into English online content. What is the effect of these big players in the digital media landscape, and are they getting their fair share of ad dollars? Are smaller, independent media sites, such as LatinoRebels.com and NewsTaco.com having any influence on Latino online consumers?

Trainers: Francisco Cortes, director, Fox News Latino; Chris Peña, executive editor of NBCLatino.com; Julio Ricardo Varela, founder, LatinoRebels.com; Hilda Garcia, VP of Multiplatform Content and Information, ImpreMedia

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Francisco Cortes, director, Fox News Latino
A key player in helping create and launch FoxNewsLatino.com, an English-language news site in 2010, he leads and mentors a team of experienced journalists through all phases of content creation. He is responsible for growing and expanding key partnerships throughout the Hispanic marketplace, including new business development and talent recruitment. Reaching across all of Fox News' platforms and Affiliates, FoxNewsLatino.com is now partnering with MundoFox. Francisco has been a part of the FOX News family since 1999, currently serves on the News Corporation Diversity Business Council.

Hilda Garcia, VP of Multiplatform Content and Information, ImpreMedia
Hilda Garcia is the VP of Multiplatform Content and Information for ImpreMedia. Her broad online experience extends to jobs as Deputy General of El Universal, Mexico's top news site, Managing Editor of the digital division for Time Warner's Grupo Editorial Expansión and Deputy Director of Multimedia at the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia. Garcia also worked for America Online (AOL) as the Regional Content Director for Latin America. She is considered to be a pioneer in online journalism, founding in 1998 the first online newspaper in Latin America www.mexis.com with the support of Compuserve.

Chris Peña, executive editor of NBCLatino.com
Chris Peña is the Executive Editor of NBCLatino.com, an English-language lifestyle and news digital destination focused on U.S. Hispanics. Formerly Assistant News Director of NBC in Chicago and News Director for Telemundo Houston, Chris currently Chris leads all aspects of NBCLatino.com business, from P&L to operations, staffing & hiring, editorial direction and oversight of sales and marketing.

Julio Ricardo Varela, founder, LatinoRebels.com
Julio is the founder of LatinoRebels.com, an independent media company that in less than two years has become a "must read" news source for any journalist committed to covering the U.S. Latino world and how the media portrayals of U.S. Latinos are changing. The Rebels' stories have been featured in countless national and global media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, Le Monde, Yahoo! News, HuffPost, MSNBC.com, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, U.S. News, Deadspsin, Univision News, Mun2, and The Atlantic. A weekly contributor to NBC Latino, Julio has also represented the Rebels on Face the Nation, Univision, and NPR.

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Ética Periodística en la Cobertura de Sucesos

Note: This session will be presented in Spanish.

¿Cuáles son los retos éticos que enfrentan los periodistas que trabajan en los medios en español en los EEUU en el siglo XXI? ¿Es un deadline un justificativo para no seguir un estándar ético? El caso de la cobertura de la muerte de la cantante Jenni Rivera es un ejemplo de las presiones que enfrentan los periodistas de parte de sus editores y la limitante del tiempo para cubrir un suceso noticioso.

English Translation: What are the ethical challenges faced by journalists working in the media in Spanish in the U.S. in the 21st century? Can a deadline justify not following an ethical standard? Coverage of singer Jenni Rivera is an example of the pressures journalists face from their editors and time limits in covering a breaking news event.

Speaking: TBA

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Sunday, 4-5 p.m.

Super Session: Honoring a Lifetime of Excellence in Journalism

Join us for a very special super session as Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, receives the prestigious Paul White Award. Hear directly from Wallace as he remarks on his illustrious career in broadcast journalism. The event will mark the first time that a father and son has been awarded this historic honor. His father, the long-time co-host of CBS News’ "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace, received the award in 1991.

In addition, you won’t want to miss the presentation of the John F. Hogan Award to long time San Francisco television reporter and anchor, Belva Davis. As the first female, African-American anchor on the West coast, Davis was a trailblazer for a new and diverse generation of journalists.

The Paul White Award is RTDNA’s highest honor and recognizes an individual’s lifetime contributions to electronic journalism. The John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, named for the founder and first president of RTDNA, recognizes an individual’s contributions to the journalism profession and freedom of the press.