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Conference Agenda Toward an International Network of Independent Journalism Training Organizations: Partnerships and Mentoring, Innovation and Multimedia, Sustainability and Money
SATURDAY, 31 MAY 2008 Check in
SUNDAY, 1 JUNE 10h00 to 12h00: Participant Registration
Lunch on your own
13h00 to 13h30: Building a New Network of Independent Journalism Training Organizations
Joyce Barnathan, president of the International Center for Journalists, and Rosental Alves, founding director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, will convene the conference. They will review the agenda, program goals and expectations. Spanish interpretation provided.
13h30 to 16h45: The Mentoring Imperative: Building Partnerships That Bolster Journalism. In the corporate world, mentoring relationships have led to increased productivity by enabling leaders to improve management skills—ultimately heightening organizational effectiveness. Sue Stanek of Menttium Corporation will apply the corporate model to journalism training organizations. The session will kick off a yearlong global mentoring program. Stanek will explain how to get the most out of a mentoring relationship to achieve lasting results. Spanish interpretation provided.
MONDAY, 2 JUNE 8h00 to 9h30: Mining Digital Resources. Rosental Alves, the Knight Chair in International Journalism at the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, will discuss the breadth of digital resources available to media training organizations in a fast-changing media landscape. Spanish interpretation provided.
TUESDAY, 3 JUNE 8h00 to 10h00: The Essential Web Toolkit. Amy Webb, president of Baltimore-based Webbmedia Group, will lead a hands-on workshop on the use of innovative digital tools. She will demonstrate how new tools are used in newsrooms today and how they can be adapted for journalism training organizations. Spanish interpretation provided.
18h00 to 19h30: ICFJ & Knight Foundation Newsmaker Cocktail Reception. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the International Center for Journalists will hold a cocktail reception to announce the winners of the 2008 Knight International Journalism Award. The Knight Awards recognize outstanding international journalists who uphold and promote the highest journalistic standards, despite overwhelming challenges.
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WEDNESDAY, 4 JUNE 8h00 to 9h30: Financial Fitness: Models for Sustainable Success. Aaron Presnall, director of studies of the Jefferson Institute, and Yasha Lange, managing partern of MediaWork, will analyze case studies of successful business models at independent journalism organizations. They will analyze these models to show why they are so useful and how they can be used elsewhere.
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9h30 to 9h45: Coffee Break
9h45 to 11h15: How Good is Your Business Plan? A panel of conference experts will review proposals that lay out new paths to financial success for independent journalism training organizations. Panelists include Joyce Barnathan, president, International Center for Journalists and former executive editor of BusinessWeek; Yasha Lange, managing partner of MediaWork; Harlan Mandel, deputy managing director, Media Development Loan Fund; Grant Perry, president of Evolution Strategies and director of the Global Media Entrepreneurship program at George Washington University; Aaron Presnall, Jefferson Institute; and Sasa Vucinic, managing director, Media Development Loan Fund.
11h30 to 12h30: How to Build on Success. We’ll review the next steps for the mentoring process and the launch of a digital forum to bolster the network. Submission of final evaluations.
THURSDAY, 5 JUNE Participants depart.
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Related Resources
The following organizations will participate in the June conference establishing a network of independent journalism training organizations worldwide. Click on the name of the organization to visit its Web site.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Parent organization to the Knight International Journalism Fellowships, ICFJ promotes quality journalism worldwide with training and fellowship opportunities.
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The Knight Foundation
Funder of the Fellowships program, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of the U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950 the foundation has granted nearly $4300 million to advance journalism quality and the freedom of expression. Knight Foundation supports ideas and projects that create transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfdn.org.
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