Writers
     

Networking Party
Friday, September 19
6:30 p.m.


MORE INFORMATION

  • When: Saturday, Sept. 20 and Sunday, Sept. 21
  • Contacts:
    Gail Bulfin, Sun-Sentinel Training & Reader Editor
    gbulfin@sun-sentinel.com

    Kathy Bushouse, Sun-Sentinel Staff Writer
    kbushouse@sun-sentinel.com

  • Hotline:
    (954) 356-4580
  • Registration
  • Speakers
  • Schedule

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    LOCATION

    The Hyatt Regency
    The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six

    2301 SE 17th St. Causeway
    Fort Lauderdale, FL
    33316

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  • Reservations:
    Call 1-800-327-3796 to reserve your room and don't forget to mention National Writers' Workshop for the discounted rate.
  • Directions:
    Click the map to find out how to get to the hotel.
  • Map and directions to the Hyatt Regency
     

    Saturday & Sunday, September 20 - 21
    Hyatt Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale

    (Current as of August 8, 2008.  Subject to change.)

     

    Friday, September 19, 2008

    6:30 p.m.    Networking social. Cash bar
                      Panorama Room veranda

     

    Saturday, September 20, 2008
    (All sessions will be in the Panorama Ballrooms on the Intracoastal, the West side of the hotel property.)

     

      8:30 a.m.    Registration

    10:00 a.m.    Welcome: Earl Maucker
                        Editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

                        Panorama Salon A & B

     Dave Barry
               Journalist, humorist and author, The Miami Herald

               Panorama Salon A & B

    11:15 a.m.    Jacqui Banaszynski
                           
     Writing coach, Knight Chair, U. of Missouri
                        Panorama Salon A

                            Gary Kebbel
                        Journalism program officer, Knight Foundation
                             Panorama Salon B

                       
    Chauncey Mabe
                         Book critic, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

                         Panorama Salon C

                       
    Les Standiford
                            
     Author, Last Train to Paradise, Deal with the Dead
                         Panorama Salon C

     Diana Henriques
                Investigative financial reporter, The New York Times

                Panorama Salon D

    12:15 - 2:00 p.m.    Lunch

    2:00 p.m.      Roy Peter Clark
                        Author, Writing Tools, Writing coach, The Poynter Institute
                        Panorama Salon A

                             Laurel Touby
                        Founder and CEO, Mediabistro.com
                        Panorama Salon B

                             Colin Harrison
                        Author, The Havana Room, The Finder; Vice president and senior editor,
                        Scribner
                        Panorama C & D

    3:00 p.m.      Jane Dystel
                        Book agent, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
                        Panorama Salon A

     Sandeep Junnarkar
               Professor of interactive journalism, CUNY

               Panorama Salon B

     William McKeen
               Author, Outlaw Journalist, Highway 61; Professor, University of Florida

               Panorama Salon C

     Damien Cave
               Miami bureau chief and former Iraq war correspondent, The New York       
               Times
               Panorama Salon D

    4:15 p.m.      Gene Weingarten
                        Author, Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs; Columnist, The Washington Post

                        Panorama Salon A & B

     

    Sunday, September 21, 2008

    10:00 a.m.    Leonard Pitts Jr.
                        Author, Becoming Dad: Black Men in the Journey to Fatherhood; Columnist,
                        The Miami Herald

                        Panorama Salon A & B

    11:15 a.m.    Jonathon King
                       
    Author, The Blue Edge of Midnight, Eye of Vengeance
                        Panorama Salon A

    Barbara Parker
                
    Author, The Dark of Day, Suspicion of Rage
            
     Panorama Salon A

                        Mindy McAdams
                        Knight Chair, University of Florida

                        Panorama Salon A & B

     Joann Biondi
               Freelancer; Author, Miami Beach Memories: A Nostalgic Chronicle of Days
               Gone By
               Panorama Salon C

     Carlos Frias
               Author, Take Me With You; Sports writer, The Palm Beach Post

               Panorama Salon D

    12:15 - 1:45 p.m.    Lunch

     Intern Fair
               Students interested in internships and jobs.

               Representatives from local Florida newspapers will be available.

    1:45 p.m.      Eric Deggans
                       
    TV/Media Critic, St. Petersburg Times
                       
    Panorama Salon A

                            Jim Benning
                        Travel writer, WorldHum.com, TravelChannel.com
                        Panorama Salon B

                            Tom Cash
                        Kroll Business Intelligence and Investigations division,former DEA agent
                        Panorama Salon C

                            Judy Miller
                        Kroll Business Intelligence and Investigations division, former investigative journalist
                        Panorama Salon C

                            Mark Fainaru-Wada
                        Reporter, ESPN
                        Authors of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal
                        That Rocked Professional Sports

                        Panorama Salon D

                             Lance Williams
                         Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
                         Authors of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal
                         That Rocked Professional Sports

                         Panorama Salon D

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