Friday, October 26
6 p.m. Light reception
7 p.m. Screening: Deadline Every Second
- August Coppola Theater, Room 101 in the Fine Arts Building
- Panel discussion with:
- Ken Kobre
- John Hewitt, Co-producer and editor of “Deadline Every Second,” Former Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Arts, San Francisco State University
- Marcio Sanchez, Associated Press staff photojournalist and featured photographer in “Deadline Every Second”
Saturday, October 27
The Next 50 Years: A day of Panel Discussions
Seven Hills Conference Center
10 a.m. Welcome, opening remarks, coffee
10:30 a.m. Panel: The Future of Investigative Reporting
- Lowell Bergman, producer and correspondent, Frontline
- Lisa Davis, author of Sins of Brother Curtis
- Lance Williams, Center for Investigative Reporting
- Moderator: Meghann Farnsworth, Center for Investigative Reporting
11:45 a.m. CIIJ Lunch Panel: The Intersection of Structural Racism and Journalistic Practice
- Venise Wagner, chair, SF State Journalism
- Sally Lehrman, Knight Ridder/San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism, Santa Clara University
- Diana Derige, Kellogg Foundation
- Moderator: Cristina Azocar
Please register below for the lunch panel. Lunch will be included. This event is free.
R.S.V.P. for Lunch1:15 p.m. Talk Back to the Journalism Department
Informal discussion with journalism professors and alumni about the future of the Journalism Department.
2 p.m. Panel: Media Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
- Paulette Bleam, Sumazi
- Jesse Garnier, SFBay.ca
- David Cohn, Cir.ca (formerly of Spot.Us)
- Len Sellers, professor emeritus, SFSU Journalism Department
- Gwynn Vitello, High Speed Productions
- Moderator: Rachele Kanigel
3:15 p.m. Panel: Top Techniques and Tools for Crunching Data
- Garance Burke, reporter, Associated Press
- Tom Johnson, professor emeritus, SFSU Journalism Department
- Thomas Peele, author, “Killing the Messenger“
- LaToya Tooles, Center for Investigative Reporting
- Moderator: Jesse Garnier
4:15 p.m. Panel: Social Media
- Karen Wickre, Editorial Director at Twitter
- Cole Goins, Center for Investigative Reporting
- Jigar Mehta, Co-Creator, 18 Days in Egypt
- Moderator: Sachi Cunningham
5:30 p.m. Reception
- Seven Hills Conference Center
- Hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer
$15 for public, $5 for students, free for panelists and guests