Schedule - May 6, 2011

11:30 - 12:15 p.m. Lunch available
  Introduction
• Bob Giles, Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism and Publisher, Nieman Reports
12:15 - 1:45 p.m. Politics, Culture and Civil Societies of Eastern Europe: Framework for Journalism and Media
• Moderator: Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA
• Timothy J. Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
• Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government and Senior Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
1:45 - 3:00 p.m. Practice of Journalism: Risks and Barriers
  Moderator: Gwen Thompkins, East African Correspondent, National Public Radio, 2011 Nieman Fellow
• Stefan Candea, Freelance Journalist and Co-founder of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism, Bucharest, Romania; 2011 Nieman Fellow
 • Maria Sadovskaya, Belarusian Journalist, Master's Degree Candidate at Columbia University School of Journalism; research related to exiled media
• Maxim Trudolyubov, Editorial Page Editor of Vedomosti, a Russian business daily; 2011 Nieman Fellow
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 - 5:00 p.m. Western Aid and Media Assistance: What is Needed Now?
• Moderator: Nolan Bowie, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
• Jerome Aumente, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, 1968 Nieman Fellow
• Peter Gross, Professor and Director, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Sarah Mendelson, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Reception           

Please note: Schedule is subject to change.