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August 30, 2012 - August 31, 2012 8:30 AM - 5:00 PMVariousEvent Details
Joining us for Charlotte and the Convention on August 30 and 31, 2012? Here’s the planned schedule:
Items in red are open to the general public and will be held in Ketner Auditorium (Sykes Buidling) on the Queens Campus.
| August 30, 2012 | |||
| REGISTRATION | 8:30 AM | ||
| Welcome & Introduction | 9:00 AM | Welcome | Mac McArthur/Jennifer Hull |
| Session 1 | 9:15 AM | Charlotte History | Tom Hanchett |
| Session 2 | 10:30 AM | PANEL: The Communicative Power of Events | Leanne Pupchek, Mohammed el-Nawawy, Bob Whalen, Kim Gregory (moderator) |
| Session 3 | 11:15 AM | Political Conventions: Then & Now | Mark Kelso |
| LUNCH BREAK | 12:15 PM | ||
| Session 4 | 1:30 PM | Social Media changes Journalism | Jason Silverstein |
| Concurrent sessions 1 | 3:00 PM | TECHniques: Using Pinterest | Mac McArthur/Jennifer Hull |
| Concurrent sessions 1 | 3:00 PM | TECHniques: Developing a nose for news | Rebecca Anderson/Molly Hedrick |
| Concurrent sessions 1 | 3:00 PM | TECHniques: Editing Video | Jim Neale |
| Session 5 | 4:00 PM | Protesting Politics | Maggie Commins |
| DINNER BREAK | 5:00 PM | ||
| Session 6 | 6:30 PM | PANEL: Carolina Stories Project | Alexis Carreiro (moderator) |
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August 31, 2012 |
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| REGISTRATION | 8:30 AM | ||
| Opening of day | 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Reminders | Mac McArthur/Jennifer Hull |
| Concurrent sessions 2 | 9:15 AM | TECHniques: Following DNC on 2nd screens | Reena Arora |
| Concurrent sessions 2 | 9:15 AM | TECHniques: Photojournalism | Jim Neale |
| Concurrent sessions 2 | 9:15 AM | TECHniques: Interviewing | Bob Page |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: DNCC Communication Center | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: ABC News | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: Daily Show | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: QCityMetro | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: The Charlotte Observer | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: PPL of DNC | |
| Session 7 | 11:00 AM | PANEL: Race, Faith and Social Justice | Diane Mowery, Daina Nathaniel, Norris Frederick, Zachary White (moderator) |
| LUNCH BREAK | 12:00 PM | ||
| Session 8 | 1:15 PM | Charlotte and the Convention Pecha Kucha |
Erin DeBell, Jim Shoff, Mike Wirth, Kristen Bostedo-Conway, Mac McArthur, Jennifer Bratyanski, Jessica Braswell |
| Session 8 (con't) | 2:15 PM | Convention Security | Clarence Birkhead |
| Session 9 | 3:00 PM | PANEL: Media Makers Covering the Convention |
Alexis Carreiro (moderator) |
| Session 10 | 4:15 PM | Digital Citizenship | Eric Freedman & Alexis Carreiro |
| EVENT CONCLUDES | 5:00 PM |
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