Program Schedule

Welcome to the 2006 ASNE High School Journalism Institute at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.  We have a great program of workshops, field trips and discussions to give you an understanding of how newspapers and journalists work and the tools to produce a successful school newspaper.

We want to thank the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which funds the ASNE Institutes around the country, and especially program director Diana Mitsu Klos. We also want to thank the San Francisco Chronicle, the Associated Press San Francisco Bureau, the San Jose Mercury News and the Marin Independent Journal for sharing their time and staffs.

Week One:

Sunday, June 11

• 4 - 5:30 p.m. Registration. (Pick up packets, keys, codes.)

• 5:30- 6 p.m. Opening Reception

• 6 p.m. Welcome by Orville Schell and introductions of Diana Mitsu Klos and Marcia Parker

• 6:15 -7:15 p.m. Participant Introductions and Dinner

• 7-8:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: ASNE President Dave Zeeck, Executive Editor, The News Tribune, Tacoma (Wa.)

Monday, June 12

• 8 – 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast, Welcome by Diana Mitsui Klos

• 8:30-a.m. - 10 a.m. The Future of Newspapers. ASNE President Dave Zeeck, Executive Editor, The News Tribune, Tacoma

• 10-11 a.m. Keynote: Literacy & Education, P. David Pearson, Dean of the School of Education, UC Berkeley

• 11-11:30 a.m. Program Overview: Review ASNE goals, websites, etc: Diana Mitsu Klos, ASNE

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch North Gate Courtyard

• 1-2:15 p.m. J School Newsroom & Computer Orientation: Roy Baril, Director of Technology

• 2:30-4 p.m. Digital Camera Workshop: Scott Squire

• 4:30-6 p.m. Photoshop Workshop: Scott Squire

• 6-7:30 p.m. Dinner

• 7-9 p.m. Plan the Launch of the UC Berkeley - ASNE High School Journalism Institute Newspaper: Led by Don Bott, Journalism Advisor, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Stockton, CA

Tuesday, June 13

• 8:30 a.m.- 9 a.m. Breakfast

• 9:00-11:45 a.m. Keynote: First Amendment Law and Libel: Thomas R. Burke, partner, Davis, Wright & Tremaine, San Francisco

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch

• 1:00-3:45 p.m. Workshop: Scholastic Press Freedom & the First Amendment: Mark Goodman, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center

• 3:45-4 p.m. Break: Beverages and snacks

• 4-5:45 Workshop: Optional class for beginning teachers. Interviewing and Reporting 101. Don Bott

• 6-7 p.m. Working Dinner

• 7-9 p.m. Evening Workshop: Newspaper Ethics & Policies. Don Bott

Wednesday, June 14

• 8:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast

• 9:00 a.m.-Noon Reporting Day: Don Bott, Journalism Advisor, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Stockton, CA;

• Noon-12:45 p.m. Lunch and reporting debriefing with Don and Marcia

• 1 p.m. Bus departs for AP in San Francisco

• 2-5 p.m. Field trip: Associated Press Day. The Role of the AP. Reporting, developing sources and stories: John Raess, Chief of Bureaus, Northern California, Nevada, Hawaii; Bob Porterfield, Staff Writer, Projects, and Brian Carovillano, Regional News Editor

• 5:45 p.m - Dinner, Bocce’s Café. Free after dinner.

Thursday, June 15

• 8:30-9 a.m. Breakfast

• 9 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Diversity Training: Dori Maynard, President, Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch

• 1:15-4:00 p.m. Simultaneous Workshops: In Design, Don Bott. Pagemaker: Instructor TBD

• 4 – 4:15 p.m. Break: coffee, tea and snacks

• 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Surviving Scholastic Journalism. Steve O’Donaghue, California High School Media Program

• 5:30-6:30 p.m. Working dinner

• 6:30-8:30 p.m. Draft ethics policy for your newspaper: Don Bott, Journalism Advisor, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Stockton, CA;

Friday, June 16

• 8:30-9 a.m. Breakfast

• 9-10 Don Bott: Newspaper update

• 10-11:45 a.m. Keynote: Inspiring and Motivating Students: Angela Buenning, adviser to the award-winning Eastside Panther, the student newspaper at East Palo Alto's Eastside College Preparatory School. Several of her student journalists will talk about the challenges they face.

• 12-1 p.m. Lunch with Ms. Buenning and her students

• 2-5 p.m. Covering Sports Workshop: John Marvel, veteran sports reporter and former Executive Editor, ESPN

• 5-9 p.m. Free evening

Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18

• Free Days

Week 2

Monday, June 19

• 9 a.m.-Noon Hands On Teach the Teachers. Reporting & Writing Workshops. Bill Drummond, Journalist and Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch

• 1:15-3 p.m.-Getting Kids Interested in Today’s News. Elliott Rebhun, Editor, Upfront, A joint project of the New York Times and Scholastic.(Via iChat)

• 3-5 p.m. Quick Fixes & Makeovers: newspaper design, typography, and photos. Bob Ciano, instructor at the California College of the Arts and former art director of Life, the New York Times, Esquire, and Travel & Leisure.

• Dinner 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 20

• 8-9:00 a.m. Breakfast

• 9:00-10:00 a.m. News Meeting for the ASNE Berkeley Institute online newspaper: Don Bott and Marcia Parker

• 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Teaching Teens Good Journalism: Don Bott, Journalism Advisor, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Stockton, CA;

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch. Panel Discussion: Reaching Out to Youth: Panelists: Ellen O’Leary, Executive Director, Youth Radio, a radio show produced for and by youth in Berkeley; Youth Outlook (YO!) Editor Kevin Weston, a newspaper and wire service run by the Pacific News Service. Moderated by Don Bott or Marcia Parker, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

• 1-2:45 p.m. Elective Workshops in Desktop Publishing: Hannah Hart, Don Bott, Scott Squire

• 2:45-3 p.m. Break: Coffee, tea and snacks

• 3-5 p.m. Desktop Publishing

• 5-6:00 p.m. Dinner

• 6-9:00 p.m. Evening Workshop: Don Bott

Wednesday, June 21

• 8:30 a.m. Breakfast at the Hotel Durant

• 9:15 a.m. Bus departs for San Francisco Chronicle

• 10:15 a.m. Welcome and remarks by Deputy Editor Narda Zacchino, Deputy Managing Editor Robert Rosenthal, and Steve Proctor, Deputy Managing Editor

• 10:30-11:30 a.m. Attend news meeting followed by newsroom tour.

• 11:30-Noon Follow-up discussion on News Meeting with Narda Zacchino, Deputy Editor

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch

• 1-2 p.m. George Judson and David Lewis on Narratives

• 2-3 p.m. Best Practices on the Web: Marcus Chan

• 3:00-3:30 p.m. Attend news meeting

• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Photojournalism Workshop: Pulitzer Prize-winning
staff photographer Kim Komenich

• 4:30-5:30 p.m. Newspaper Design Workshop: Nan Bisher, Creative
Director

• 6 p.m. - Dinner at The Delancey Street Restaurant, 600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco. 415-512-5179. Read about this unusual eatery at http://www.eisenhowerfoundation.org/grassroots/delancey/training.htm.

Thursday, June 22

• 8-9 a.m. Breakfast

• 9:00-10:30 a.m. The Power Of Words: Choosing Subjects, Tackling Tough Topics & More. Linda Ballew, Dow Jones High School Journalism Teacher of the Year 2005, Great Falls (Mont.) High School.

• 10:30-Noon Keynote: The Big R: Building relationships. Linda Ballew, Dow Jones High School Journalism Teacher of the Year 2005; and Principal Dr. Fred Anderson, Great Falls (Mont.) High School.

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch

• 1-5 p.m. Work on the UC Berkeley ASNE newspaper, which goes to press tonight. Led by Don Bott.

• 5-6 p.m. Working Dinner

• 6-9 p.m. Work on the ASNE newspaper

Friday, June 23

• 8-8:30 a.m. Breakfast. (Please check out before you come to the school. The hotel will hold your bags until you leave for the airport.)

• 8:30-9 a.m. Seminar evaluation

• 9-10:30 Ten Things To Take Back

• 10:30-11:45 p.m. Working with your ASNE newspaper:: San Jose Mercury News case study. Panel with Natalie Martinez, San Jose Mercury News Teen Page Coordinator; Kathy Miedema, Copy Editor who also works on the Teen Page; and Joe Rodriguez , who runs Mosaic, the annual Mercury News youth newspaper project.

• 12:15 p.m. Bus Departs: to Chez Panisse in Berkeley

• 12:30-2 p.m. Graduation Luncheon. Welcome talk by Alice Waters, chef and owner of Chez Panisse and creator of The Edible Schoolyard

• 2 p.m. Conference ends; Farewell remarks by Marcia Parker