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About: First came the razor-sharp focus on politics. Now Allbritton Communications, the folks behind Politico, turns its high beam on local news. Jim Brady, Allbritton’s president for digital strategies, and key staff walk us through the genesis, launch — and growing pains — of this much-watched news site in Washington, D.C.
Speakers:
• Jim Brady, TBD
• Erik Wemple, TBD
• Mandy Jenkins, TBD
• Steve Buttry, TBD
• Laura McGann, Nieman Journalism Lab
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About: With so much negativity and spam in comment sections, how are newsrooms tweaking their engagement policies? Should people be made to give their real names? Should discussions be moderated? How do we elevate the discussion without stifling it? What are we gaining with comment sections, Facebook and other platforms? Led by NPR’s ombudsman, this lively debate will help you navigate these tectonic shifts in the conversation around news.
• Alicia Shepard, NPR
• Andrew Noyes, Facebook
• Adam Clark Estes, Huffington Post
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About: More and more newsrooms are opening their vaults and sharing their content. What can you do with other organizations’ content? Should your newsroom be thinking about creating its own APIs, too? Experts explore the operations, business models and more.
• Tim Carlson, USA Today
• Daniel Jacobson, NPR
• Delyn Simons, Mashery
• Daniel Choi, developer
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About: Citizen, niche and traditional media are using social media and other tools to collaborate on covering international conflicts and disasters. This has made reporting from global hot spots more effective than ever. Learn what these panelists from around the world find work best.
• Solana Larsen, Global Voices Online
• Mark Frohardt, Internews
• Robert Soden, Development Seed
• Robert Baker, Konpa Group (Ushahidi Haiti)
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About: A conversation with Vivian Schiller, NPR, and Tim Armstrong, AOL, moderated by Kara Swisher, All Things Digital.
• Tim Armstrong, AOL
• Vivian Schiller, NPR
• Kara Swisher, All Things Digital
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About: DocumentCloud.org has impacted news stories big and small by making primary source materials easier to scour, annotate and share. A look at how the open-source project is solving journalistic and technological hurdles.
• Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud
• Brian Boyer, Chicago Tribune
• Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times
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About: Two of the most prominent newspaper/magazine/website designers of our day discuss the state of news web design, where it’s headed, how it needs to improve, and how open web standards will further change (and complicate) matters.
• Roger Black, Roger Black Studio
• Filipe Fortes, Treesaver
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About: More than any other medium, the Web fuses together creative and technical processes. Learn strategies to inspire your right brain while exercising your left brain.
• Tyson Evans, The New York Times
• David Wright, NPR
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About: Crackberry. Deadspin. The latest wave of media websites have one thing in common: they cover one topic, but do it hardcore. Hear innovators from niche sites across the country discuss what’s working, what’s not — and bring your own experiences to the discussion.
• Andrew Geiger, SB Nation
• Jonathan Kealing, LJWorld.com, Lawrence Journal-World, 6News
• Matt Thompson, Project Argo, National Public Radio
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About: The number of global nonprofit reporting organizations has exploded — from three in 1990 to more than 30 today. Most have been created in the past three years. Panelists share which organizations are collaborating, which projects draw eyeballs and where this phenomenon is heading. (Video begins around 8:00)
• Charles Lewis, Investigative Reporting Workshop, American University
• Lorie Hearn, Watchdog Institute in San Diego
• Kevin Davis, Investigative News Network
• Raney Aronson-Rath, Frontline
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