Leading the 24-7 Newsroom

January 28 - January 31, 2008

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Featured Discussion Leaders

Mike Gangloff Staff writer, The Roanoke Times Session: The Breaking News Blog

Mary Fran Gleason Managing Editor, Times Union, Albany, NY Session: Where To Begin: First Steps for Transformation

Carl Hunnell Managing Editor, News Journal, Mansfield, OH Session: Jobs in the New Newsroom

Damon Kiesow Managing Editor/Online, The Telegraph, Nashua, NH Session: Small Paper Transition Case Study

Shawn McIntosh Director of Culture and Change, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA Session: Large Paper Transition Case Study

Ju-Don Roberts Managing Editor, washingtonpost.com Session: Mining the Community

Tom Rosenstiel Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism Session: Who’s Defining News in a Digital World?

Presented in partnership with the SNA Foundation. SNA members receive an additional tuition discount by registering and paying through SNA. For more information, please click on the SNA logo above.

A seminar designed for senior newsroom leaders who need strategies to move their newsrooms from once-a-day print publishing to continuously updated news and information.

Who Should Attend?
Executive and managing editors, senior editors, online editors and their direct-report managers.

How Your Organization Will Benefit
This comprehensive four-day seminar is designed to address critical leadership issues involved in the transition to around-the-clock audience engagement. From mobile journalists and breaking-news alerts to reader-generated content and a strategy for delivering news on cellphones, innovative news organizations are combining their newsroom talent with technology to revolutionize coverage. Participants will learn to:

• Set new priorities and lead transformational change successfully
• Restructure beats, teams and workflow to maximize reach and resources
• Tell stories across platforms to connect with audiences in dynamic ways.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

MONDAY, Jan. 28

Newspaper Next: Seminar moderator Mary Glick will reveal the latest research from API’s blueprint for newspaper transformation.

Ethics in a 24/7 News World: API’s director of tailored programs, Steve Buttry, will delve into the dilemmas editors face when news is published around the clock.

Who’s Defining News in a Digital World? The news agenda changes when readers are in charge, according to research by The Project for Excellence in Journalism. The Project’s director, Tom Rosenstiel, will share the results of that research and the implications for journalists competing for audience online.

Jobs in the New Newsroom: Carl Hunnell, managing editor of the News Journal in Mansfield, Ohio, one of Gannett Inc.’s Information Centers, will outline the process he went through to restructure the newsroom and create new job descriptions.

Where To Begin: First Steps for Transformation: Mary Fran Gleason, managing editor of the Times Union in Albany, NY, shows how "process mapping" can help you transform your 20th century news assembly line into an agile 21st century multi-platform news operation.

Workout Workshop: Participants meet in small clinic groups to tackle the step-by-step process of transformation.

TUESDAY, Jan. 29

The Breaking News Blog: Mike Gangloff, reporter for the Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Va., site of the Virginia Tech shooting in April that killed 33 students, shares lessons learned about this powerful tool for delivering news as it happens.

Mining the Community: Ju-Don Roberts, managing editor of washingtonpost.com, one of the true pioneers in social networking, will walk us through the tools this site uses to connect with audiences, from live discussions and databases to its latest FaceBook applications.

A Vision for the Future of News: Two years ago, USA TODAY and usatoday.com integrated print and digital operations. In this session, Editor Ken Paulson shares his vision for moving his newsroom forward.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30

Case Studies: The Integrated Newsroom. Newspapers in the process of integrating print and Web operations – large, mid-size and small -- will outline their visions for a full 24/7 multimedia news report, the steps for getting there, progress that’s been made, challenges and surprises along the way and lessons learned.

THURSDAY, Jan. 31

The Newsroom of the Future: Christian Oliver of INNOVATION International Media Consulting, will help you discover a better way to design the workspace, integrate the technology and create the jobs that will move your newsroom forward.

Starter Kit for Innovation: Learn what it takes to develop an organizational structure that will drive and sustain the innovation needed for transforming your newsroom.

What Alumni Say
"Great!"
Sue Hale, Executive Editor
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City

"I came away with tons of useful advice and a lot of ideas I’ll start working on Monday."
Benjamin Weller, Assistant Managing Editor/Business
Newsday, Melville, NY

"Awesome! Inspiring! We are NOT going the way of the dodo; we do control our destiny. This is an opportunity."
Karlo Berkovich, Associate Editor/Online
The Record, Kitchener, Ontario

The Particulars

Please read:
:: API's Registration, Tuition and Hotel Policies
:: Special requirements for international members

Tuition: $1,875

Hotel/Meal Package: $980.
This charge is in addition to the tuition fee, and is paid directly to the hotel by the seminar member upon checkout.

Location: Reston, Virginia

(This seminar has already occured)