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5 - 6 p.m.
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Welcome reception at the Nieman Foundation, Walter Lippmann House
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6 - 7:30 p.m.
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Dinner
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7:30 - 9 p.m.
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Keynote speech and Q&A with award-winning journalist/editor Paul Steiger, who served as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal from 1991-2007. Steiger is editor-in-chief of ProPublica, a new independent, non-profit newsroom that will produce investigative journalism in the public interest. He also chairs the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Saturday, April 5
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9 - 10 a.m.
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Breakfast
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10 - 10:15 a.m.
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Welcome from Bob Giles, Curator of the Nieman Foundation
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10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
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Session One: “Reporting from the Field:” with 2008 Nieman Fellow Simon Wilson, BBC Middle East Editor/Jerusalem
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11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Session Two: Intro to narrative journalism with Nieman Narrative Journalism Program Director Constance Hale
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12:30 - 2 p.m.
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Lunch and speaker: Charles Sennott, NF ’06, Executive Editor/VP, Global News Enterprises
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2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
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Breakout sessions:
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Arts and Culture: 2008 Nieman Fellow Alicia Anstead, arts reporter with the Bangor (Maine) Daily News |
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Google/Web Tools and Blogging: 2008 Nieman Fellow Josh Benton, reporter for the Dallas Morning News |
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3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
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Political Reporting/2008 Elections: Panel Discussion with John Harris, Politico; Mark Halperin, Time/ABC News; Jackie Calmes,
political reporter for The Wall Street Journal
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4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
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2008 Georges Award presentation
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5 - 8 p.m.
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Dinner hosted by The Harvard Crimson
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