Newsecology-program

Journalism That Matters at Poynter Institute: Adapting Journalism to the New News Ecology

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Preliminary Program

The program below will evolve as we exchange thoughts with participants before and during "NewsEcology.org." What looks like a schedule shell, will actually be packed with specific ideas and proposals as we begin to work together. You'll learn immediately on arrival Sunday evening a great deal about the professional passions and projects of fellow participants. Think of this process as creating the panels and discussion based upon our collective knowledge and purpose. It requires a leap of faith. Neither a show, nor a performance, which implies actors and audience, NewsEcology.org is a collaboration in which all act and all listen actively.

Sunday, March 1 -- 3 p.m.-9:30 p.m. -- "Setting the Context"

(all activities, at the hotel)

Purpose

• To create a shared framework for talking about the new news ecology that seeds thinking about new roles, new tools and new relationships/business models.

• 3:00 p.m. --- Registration opens

• 4:00 p.m. --- Introductions - to each other and to a preliminary map of the emerging news ecology

• We’ll open with conversations among participants that introduce them to each other and to an emerging map of the new news ecology (as well as a map of the traditional newsroom)

• 6:00 p.m. --- Dinner at the hotel

• 7:30 p.m. --- Exploring the "Value Network of Journalism"

• Hosted discussions on selected topics. Have a suggestion? Please contact us at jtm@mediagiraffe.org.

• 9:30 p.m. -- Evening gathering ends.

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Monday, March 2, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. -- at Poynter

Possibilities Day: Exploring ideas/designing initiatives

• The first full day is a chance to broadly explore questions of interest. We’ll offer a focusing question along the lines of: “What journalism practices – jobs, skills, relationships, business models - can provide society the value journalism has to offer?”
• Each of us has a picture of what journalism - at its best - might become. Using Open Space Technology, we will explore those images and begin to converge on a collective understanding of what can be accomplished individually and where common interests arise. Come prepared to discuss what most interests you.

Schedule

• 8:30 a.m. -- Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 a.m. -- Opening Plenary
• 10:30 a.m. -- Breakout session 1
• 12:00 noon -- Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. -- Breakout session 2
• 2:30 p.m. -- Breakout session 3
• 4:00 p.m. -- Evening News: What are the gifts of the day - new ideas, insights, initiatives?
• 5:00 p.m. -- Adjourn
• 6:00 p.m. -- Dinner
• 7:30 p.m. -- Evening activity

We’ll plan an evening activity intended for people to continue to get to know each other in a more informal atmosphere.

Tues., March 3, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. -- at Poynter

Design-Build Day: What's possible now?

• 8:30 a.m. -- Continental breakfast
• 9:00 a.m. -- Opening Plenary

• With an action-oriented organizing question, you will be invited to take your work to the next level: taking ideas deeper; getting more specific about moving initiatives forward, whether something that you are already pursuing or something born at the conference.

• 10:00 a.m. -- Breakout session 1
• 11:30 a.m. -- Breakout session 2
• 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch
• 2:00 p.m. -- Breakout session 3
• 3:30 p.m. -- Evening News: what are we learning that supports individual and collective action?
• 5:00 p.m. -- Adjourn

Wednesday, March 4, 8:30 a.m.-noon -- at Poynter

Bringing it on Home

• 8:30 a.m. -- Continental breakfast
• 9:00 a.m. -- Opening Plenary

The last half day is designed to surface common themes and make agreements for any joint action.

• 10:00 a.m. -- Breakout sessions
• 11:00 a.m. -- Closing
• 12:00 noon -- Adjourn