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Journalism That Matters

D.W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

Media Giraffe Project

Rebooting Rockwell's America: News, Art and Community

A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM / September 11-13, 2009 / Stockbridge, Massachusetts

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: TALKS, BREAKOUTS, IDEA SESSIONS

PROGRAM DETAILS POSTED AFTER JULY 1

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Historians, authors, scholars, journalists, technologists, volunteer and citizen journalists and new local media entrepreneurs will seed our talks and conversations. We'll work toward some fresh insights on the capacity of the social-media technologies to create and nurture real communities . . . to sustain the values and purposes of journalism in service of democracy. Our goal is to tap the wisdom of each participant, to trade examples of journalism that matters and journalism that works. While the program is a work-in-progress here's a sense of when, where and how we'll be working together:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

Location: Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass.

• Noon-2 p.m. -- Preconvening -- Collaborative work sessions on the Norman Rockwell Museum campus (by invitation)
• 3 p.m. -- Registration opens-- At the Museum.
• 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. -- Who's in the Room? -- A circle-round facilitated participant-to-participant introduction. What do we all bring to the discussion?
• 5 p.m.-5:30 p.m. -- Refreshments -- In the tent-covered terrace of the museum (and on the lawns, weather permitting)
• 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. -- Framing the Opportunities -- A moderated discussion among four key participants designed to frame the opportunities for re-inventing community news in a multimedia world.
• 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. -- Buffet dinner -- Conversations continue during a buffet dinner -- sitting or mingling.
• 7:30 p.m.-8 p.m. -- Keynote talk -- Speaker TBA: "After 9-11: What does community mean?"

Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009

Location: Location: Monument Valley Middle School, Great Barrington, Mass.

• 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m. -- Continental Breakfast -- Coffee, croissants and starter conversations
• 8:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. -- Welcome/Overview -- Circle Round: Goals for the day; Outlining the Open Space process
• 8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m. -- Creating, promoting and posting the breakouts
• 9:15a.m.-10:45 a.m. -- CONVENING ONE -- First breakout sessions adjourn to classroom spaces -- Sifting issues
• 10:45 a.m.-11:00a.m. -- Bio/snack break -- Checkin and switch to second sessions.
• 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- CONVENING TWO -- Second breakout sessions in classroomspaces -- Considering options
• 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. -- LUNCH -- Box lunches/refreshments / check-in reports / bio breaks
• 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. -- CONVENING THREE</> Third breakout sessions -- tangible actions/report outs
• 3:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. -- BREAK -- Networking time: Find the project you're going to join

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. -- REPORTS -- Team leaders report ideas, issues, options, projects, next steps for Sunday 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. -- CIRCLE ROUND -- Planning Saturday evening and Sunday / wrapping up the day 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. -- Unstructured time (back to hotels?) 7:00 p.m. -- DINNING OUT -- Facilitated dinner reservations at Berkshire restaurants

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009

Location: Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass.

• 8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. -- Continental Breakfast -- Coffee, croissants and starter conversations

8 – 9 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9 – 10:30 a.m. Closing Plenary