Schedule

The conference will be held on April 8 and 9 at Southern Connecticut State University.

Friday

Registration opens on Friday April 8 at 12 noon. The first workshop will begin at 12:15 p.m. at the Adanti Student Center on Crescent Street.

Parking on Friday is available in the Wintergreen Parking Garage on Wintergreen Avenue (#38 on campus map).

12 noon: Registration opens

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.

• How to get a job in journalism
• Is Public Relations really 21st Century journalism?

1:45 – 3 p.m.

• Covering the food and beverage industries
• College athletes, coaches, SIDs and the press
• Safe zones, student media and speech

3:15 – 4:30 p.m.

• Caught on camera: The FOI fallout from police body cameras
• Assignment: Cuba

4:30 – 5 p.m.

• Resume workshops
• Mini-workshop: So you want to transition to teaching

Saturday

Saturday registration opens at 8:30 a.m. The SPJ Region 1 leaders meeting will begin at 8 a.m. in the Adanti Student Center.

Parking is available in the Wintergreen Parking Garage on Wintergreen Avenue (#38 on campus map).

8 – 9 a.m. : SPJ Region 1 leaders meeting

8:30 a.m.: Registration opens

• Breakfast snacks and coffee will be available at the registration area on the third floor of the Adanti Student Center.

9 – 10:15 a.m.

• A view from above: The latest on drone journalism
• How to get your book published

10:30 – 11:45

• Over there: Localizing stories of WWI
• The craft of writing about beer, wine and spirits
• Music, movies and more: How to cover the best entertainment stories

12 – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch and awards

• Buffet lunch of hot chicken, pasta, vegetables, salads , dessert (conference name badge required for entry)
• Keynote speaker John Dahl, vice president and executive producer for ESPN Films and Original Content.
• Mark of Excellence Awards
• Region 1 Auction

1:45 – 3 p.m.

• Finding your niche: Writing for specialized publications
• Journalism on target: reporting on guns and gun issues with accuracy
• Intellectual property law for journalists

3 – 3:15 p.m.

• Afternoon snack will be available at registration

3:15 – 4:30

• Using Google Trends to improve your stories
• Would you quit over ethics?
• Science on your beat: Asking the right questions and finding the right sources

4:30 – 6 p.m.: Q&A with ESPN Films producer Marquis Daisy

Join ESPN Films producer Marquis Daisy and Hartford Courant sports writer Dom Amore for a roundtable and Q&A at the closing reception of the conference.

New Haven pizza will be served. A conference name badge is required for entry to the event.