November 9.2009

Kaiser Family Foundation Public Affairs Center 1330 G Street NW
Washington, D.C.
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A daylong gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators. Topics to be covered include training citizen journalists, launching niche sites, sustaining operations and the release of a new J-Lab report on what women news consumers and creators want from their news media.

Agenda

8:50 a.m. Welcome: Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director

9 a.m. Covering Communities with Start-up Hyperlocal Sites

* Melissa Bailey, Managing Editor, NewHavenIndependent.org
* Maureen Mann, Founder, The Forum (forumhome.org), Deerfield, NH
* Susie Pender and Christine Yeres, Founders, NewCastleNOW.org

10:15 a.m. Training Citizen Journalists

* Cathy DeShano, editor, MadisonCommons.org
* Mary Turck, editor, TCDailyPlanet.org

10:45 a.m. BREAK

11:00 a.m. Launching Niche Sites

* Elaine Helm Norton, Founder, NorthwestNavyNews.com
* Teresa Puente, Founder, Latina-Voices.com

11:40 a.m. What Women News Consumers and Creators Want

* J-Lab releases new research report

12:30 p.m. LUNCH

* Welcome: Larry Kirkman, Dean of the School of Communication at American University
* Keynote: Lisa Williams; Founder, Placeblogger.com
Putting Personality Into Your Site
* New Media Women Entrepreneur Award

1:30 p.m. Building Partnerships/ Covering Community

* Susan Mernit, Oakland Local
* Tracy Record, West Seattle Blog

2:15 p.m. Sustaining Operations

* Debbie Galant, Baristanet.com
* Courtney Lowery, NewWest.net

3:00 p.m. Open Mic

4:00 p.m. Adjourn

4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Cocktails

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