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8:30-9:30 a.m.: Registration and check-in

Location: WUC 100 (Wolfe Theater)

Breakfast available.

9:30-10:30 a.m.: Welcome and Opening General Session

Rapidly Changing News Media Landscape: Where the 'Hockey Puck' is Headed

Location: WUC 100 (Wolfe Theater)

Evolving consumer behaviors, multi-screen content strategies, new mobile news trends, emerging technology spaces such as wearables, etc. The list of factors contributing to the current pace of disruptive change across the news industry continues to transpire at an unprecedented rate. Now is the time for journalists and news organizations to start thinking not about how can they program to the devices that exist today, but what do they do to prepare themselves for two to seven years down the road. Normal ways of telling stories, the normal ways of gathering content in order to tell the stories, will be radically different.

Trainer: Michael Bolden (@michaelbolden), editorial director, Knight Foundation

10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Breakout Sessions

(Choose one to attend per time slot on site)

12:45-1:45 p.m.: Lunch (provided)

Location: WUC 155

2-4 p.m.: Breakout Sessions

(Choose one to attend per time slot on site)

4-6 p.m.: Reception (drinks provided)

Location: WUC 155

Meet the Trainers

Michael Bolden, editorial director, Knight Foundation

Michael D. Bolden (@michaelbolden) joined Knight Foundation in June 2013. Prior to Knight, Bolden was an editor at The Washington Post, where he led an award-winning reporting team. He was one of the first supervisory editors in the Post's converged newsroom, developing strategies for digital storytelling and social media outreach. He has managed stories with broad scope, including the growth of errors by the nation's air traffic controllers, which led to systemic changes, and the deterioration of the country's transportation and water infrastructure. Before the Post, Bolden was an editor at the Miami Herald. He has also reported and edited for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach. He has written about the death of a cola magnate, hung out in homeless camps and dodged Category 4 hurricanes. In 2011 he was selected as a fellow for the Maynard Media Academy at Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. He also has been recognized with a publisher's award at The Washington Post, as a distinguished professional by the University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences, and for his volunteer work with the National Press Club.

Cynthia Barnett, Florida journalist, author and 2004 Knight-Wallace Fellowship recipient

Cynthia Barnett (@cynthiabarnett) is a long-time journalist who has reported on freshwater from the Suwannee River to Singapore. She is the author of “Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.” and “Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis.” Her new book, “Rain: A Natural and Cultural History,” is due out in April 2015. Barnett has worked for newspapers and magazines for 25 years. Her numerous journalism awards include a national Sigma Delta Chi Award from SPJ for investigative magazine reporting and eight Green Eyeshades, which recognize outstanding journalism in 11 southeastern states. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master's in American history with a specialization in environmental history, both from the University of Florida. In 2004, she was awarded a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she spent a year studying freshwater supply.

Doug Haddix, director of Ohio State University Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism and former national training director for Investigative Reporters and Editors

Doug Haddix (@doughaddix) is assistant vice president of editorial communications at Ohio State University, where he oversees content and social media communication for print and digital publications. 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 reporting tools. Previously, he worked as national training director for Investigative Reporters and Editors and for 10 years as projects editor at The Columbus Dispatch, where he directed investigations and computer-assisted reporting. Before that, he worked at UPI-Indianapolis and for newspapers in Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Cindy E. Rodríguez, senior journalist in residence, Emerson College, Boston

Cindy Rodríguez (@cindyerodriguez) is currently a Senior Journalist in Residence at Emerson College in Boston. She is a web 2.0 journalist, meaning she knows how to shoot high-definition video, edit on Final Cut Pro, create podcasts using several software programs (she prefers sticking to open-source programs), and how to create audio slideshows. She’s adept at using social networking sites to engage audiences and promote stories and understands SEO optimization and viewer metrics. In January 2011, the International Center for Journalists selected Cindy as an international reporting fellow. She traveled to Israel for her multimedia reporting project. Prior to immersing herself in all things digital, Cindy worked in the world of print as a reporter and columnist. During her lengthy career, she parachuted into stories throughout the country, working on big breaking news stories, including covering the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and its aftermath, writing nuanced stories about how the attacks profoundly shaped American thinking and immigration policy. She covered race relations and cultural affairs for The Detroit News, and was the lead writer on an award-winning series on the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riots.

Samaruddin Stewart, 2013 Stanford Knight Fellow and past AOL News, AFP, and Arizona Republic visual journalist

Samaruddin Stewart (@samsends) is a visual journalist based in the SF Bay Area. He was a 2013 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow where he researched image forensics for journalism at Stanford University. Prior to Stanford, Samaruddin had worked at AOL News, Agence France-Presse, the Arizona Republic and the US State Department. He's interested in all things tech + media, and takes lots of photos — mainly with his iPhone.

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