Schedule

Friday, April 6, 2018

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Open house at The Harvard Crimson
14 Plympton St., Cambridge, Mass. | map
5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Reception at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
One Francis Ave., Cambridge, Mass. | map
6:15 – 7:30 p.m.
Opening remarks and dinner
  • Ann Marie Lipinski, curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 1990 Nieman Fellow
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Keynote address and conversation
Introduction by Derek Xiao, president, The Harvard Crimson

Saturday, April 7, 2018

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast and networking
9:30 – 9:40 a.m.
Welcome and introductions
9:40 – 10:45 a.m.

Press Rights Primer
A comprehensive overview of the laws protecting student-run media outlets and your rights as a student journalist

Introduction by Hannah Natanson, managing editor, The Harvard Crimson
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Student Lightning Round: Hear from Your Peers
  • Short presentations from student participants about special projects and newsroom challenges
Moderator: Christine Schmidt, staff writer, Nieman Journalism Lab
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
Networking lunch
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
10 Things College Journalists Should Know About the Media World Today
  • Joshua Benton, director, Nieman Journalism Lab, 2008 Nieman Fellow
Introduction by Jamie Halper, central administration reporter, The Harvard Crimson
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break (find your breakout session room)
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Breakout sessions (choose one):
  • Introduction to Podcasting
    A how-to session on the basics of podcasting
    Kerry Donahue, director of training at PRX
  • Social Media/Audience Engagement Strategy
    An overview of social media and audience engagement techniques to improve your news outlet’s reporting, reach and impact
    Matthew Karolian, director of audience engagement, The Boston Globe, 2018 Nieman Fellow
  • Decolonizing Journalism
    An examination of representations of people of color as they appear in global media outlets, and a discussion of strategies and practices for ethical coverage of Indigenous communities and other non-white societies in the U.S., in Africa and around the world
    Christine Mungai, editor of Africapedia, Nairobi, Kenya, 2018 Nieman Fellow
    Tristan Ahtone, associate editor for tribal affairs, High Country News, 2018 Nieman Fellow
  • Reporting on the Environment and Climate Change
    An overview of the key issues and the importance of environmental reporting, which is fast becoming one of the most important beats of our time
    Sipho Kings, environment reporter for The Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2018 Nieman Fellow
3:30 – 3:40 p.m.
Break
3:40 – 4:45 p.m.
Plenary Session: Essential Verification Tools for Reporting in the Internet Age

First Draft, a project of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, provides basic verification training for journalists and uses research-based methods to fights mis- and disinformation online. First Draft’s Aimee Rinehart will explain how to trace digital footprints, how to set up your desktop, how timestamps on social platforms work and how to verify location and image/video authenticity. We’ll also discuss ethical and copyright considerations when using user-generated content in reporting.

  • Aimee Rinehart, manager of training and international projects, First Draft
Introduction by Kenton Shimozaki, news executive, The Harvard Crimson
4:45 – 5:00 p.m.
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