2009 Georges Conference on College Journalism

Schedule

Friday, April 3, 2009

6 - 6:45 p.m.

Welcome reception

6:45 - 7:45 p.m.

Dinner

7:45 - 9 p.m.

Keynote Address and Conversation
Charles Sennott, Executive Editor and Vice President, GlobalPost, and a 2006 Nieman Fellow.
Introduction – Maxwell Child, President, The Harvard Crimson

Saturday, April 4, 2009

9 - 10 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

10 - 10:15 a.m.

Welcome
Bob Giles, Curator, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and a 1966 Nieman Fellow

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

Reporting from the Field
Hannah Allam, Cairo Bureau Chief for McClatchy Newspapers and a 2009 Nieman Fellow with Andrew Meldrum, Senior Editor and Regional Editor for Africa at GlobalPost and a 2008 Nieman Fellow
Introduction – Peter Zhu, The Harvard Crimson

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Elements of Narrative Journalism
Constance Hale, Director of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism Introduction – Lauren Kiel, The Harvard Crimson

12:30 - 2 p.m.

Lunch Address
Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal and Executive Editor for the Journal Online.
Introduction – Clifford Marks, The Harvard Crimson

2:15 - 3 p.m.

Reporting in the New Media Age
Joshua Benton, Director of the Nieman Journalism Lab and a 2008 Nieman Fellow
Introduction – Lois Beckett, The Harvard Crimson

3 - 4:45 p.m.

Investigative Reporting
David Jackson, Reporter for the Chicago Tribune and a 2009 Nieman Fellow
Introduction – Abigail Phillip, The Harvard Crimson

4 - 4:45 p.m.

Photojournalism
Thorne Anderson, International Photojournalist and a 2009 Nieman Affiliate
Introduction – June Wu, The Harvard Crimson

4:45 - 5 p.m. Presentation of the 2009 Christopher J. Georges Award for Excellence in Student Journalism and the Christopher J. Georges Award for Exceptional Service to The Harvard Crimson

5 - 8 p.m.

Dinner
The Harvard Crimson, 14 Plympton Street, Cambridge, Mass.