Conference Agenda:
8:30-9:00am Check-In: Coffee and Muffins
9:00-9:15am Welcome and Introductions
9:15-10:45am Panel 1. Reporting Foreign Cultures: How to cover unfamiliar territory.
How do you not fall into the over-simplifying trap? What kind of research should you do before you travel? What are the common missteps journalists make? How do you relate to sources that have a different cultural perspective? How do you communicate through a translator and still get the real story? What is a fixer, how do you find one, and when should you use one?
Moderator: Lydia Chavez, Graduate School of Journalism
Panelists:
Elizabeth Farnsworth, The NewsHour
Ingrid Lobet, Reporter and editor, NPR’s Living on Earth
Todd Carrel, Graduate School of Journalism
Nubar Alexanian, Photographer
10:45-11:00am Break
11:00-12:30pm Panel 2: Investigative International Reporting
Lowell Bergman, Graduate School of Journalism
Phil Bronstein, Executive Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Waldman, Wall Street Journal
12:30-1:30pm Lunch in Courtyard.
1:30-2:45pm Panel 3: Views from Abroad: Foreign Journalists Comment on the “Foreign Correspondent”
Moderator: Sandy Tolan, Graduate School of Journalism
Panelists:
Omid Memarian, Iranian journalist, Human Rights Watch 2005 Honoree, and Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism
Hani Shukrallah, Former Editor-in-Chief of Al Ahram Weekly in Cairo, Egypt and Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Journalism
Fatemah Farag, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Al Ahram weekly, Cairo, and journalist specializing in coverage of social, political and natural resources issues. Former researcher for the regional, Cairo-based bureau of The Washington Post
Others TBA
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm Panel 4: Reporting war and conflict: How to stay safe in the danger zone…and what are the psychological impacts?
Moderator: Cynthia Gorney, Graduate School of Journalism
Panelists:
Chris Hedges, former New York Times reporter and author of War is a Force that Gives us Meaning
Jackie Spinner, correspondent, The Washington Post and author of Tell Them I Didn’t Cry: A Young Journalist’s Story of Joy, Loss and Survival in Iraq
Rone Tempest, correspondent, Los Angeles Times
Others TBA
4:30-4:45pm Break
4:45-6:00pm Conversation on How to Get Started: Journalists describe their path to international reporting.
What outlets are available for independent foreign work and how do you access them? How do you make it as an independent foreign correspondent/producer? What are some new ways we can get our work to the public? How do you report and pitch travel stories?
Moderator: Mimi Chakarova, Graduate School of Journalism
Panelists:
Gabriel Dvoskin, Jschool Ì¢âÂèÏ07
Brent McDonald, Jschool ’03, New York Times TV and web
Jay Cooke, Submissions Editor, Lonely Planet
Jackie Spinner
6:00-7:00pm Closing Reception: Cocktails and Appetizers