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

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Friday, September 19, 2008

6:00 p.m.

Networking social. Cash bar
Panorama Room veranda
Hyatt Regency Pier 66

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 a.m.

Welcome: Earl Maucker, Editor, South Florida Sun Sentinel

Dave Barry, Journalist, humorist and author, The Miami Herald
Reflections from the Bay
Panorama, Salon A & B

11:15 a.m.

Jacqui Banaszynski, Writing coach, Knight Chair, U. of Missouri
Interviewing Essentials ~ A storyteller’s guide to getting the story
Panorama Salon A

Gary Kebbel, Journalism program officer, John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation Writing is the first step: How to publicize your writing on
the web
Panorama Salon B

Chauncey Mabe, Book critic, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Les Standiford, Author, Last Train to Paradise, Deal with the Dead
Up close and personal with Les Standiford
Panorama Salon C

Eric Deggans, TV/Media Critic, St. Petersburg Times
Pop culture writing 2.0 and the juggle to publish on all platforms: How to cover entertainment and more in a YouTube/TMZ-centered world.
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
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Panorama Salon A

Laurel Touby, Founder and CEO, Mediabistro.com
"A Freelance Life: Insights from the woman who created and sold MediaBistro.com for $23 million"
Panorama Salon B

Colin Harrison, Author, The Havana Room, The Finder; Vice president and senior editor, Scribner
Secrets from an editor: Ten things no one told you about being a writer
Panorama C & D

3:00 p.m.

Jane Dystel, Book agent, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
How to get published from idea to bound book.
Panorama Salon A

Sandeep Junnarkar, Professor of interactive journalism, CUNY
Writing Copy and Headlines Optimized for Search and RSS feeds. Or, how to get more people reading your stories.
Panorama Salon B

Diana Henriques, Investigative financial reporter, The New York Times
Bringing Home the Big One: Planning, Organizing and Writing a Project While Juggling Everything Else
Panorama Salon C

Damien Cave, Miami bureau chief and former Iraq war correspondent, The New York Times
Diana Oliva-Cave, Video and multimedia freelance journalist
From Baghdad to Miami: Lessons Learned from Covering War
Panorama Salon D

4:15 p.m.

Gene Weingarten, Author, Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs; Columnist, The Washington Post
The Secret Rape of Death and Sex
Panorama, Salon A & B

Sunday, September 21, 2008

10:00 a.m.

Leonard Pitts, Jr., Author, Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood; Columnist, The Miami Herald
The why we do the things we do
Panorama Salon A & B

11:00-2:00

Intern Fair
Students interested in internships and jobs.
Representatives from local Florida newspapers will be available.

11:15 a.m.

Jonathon King, Author, The Blue Edge of Midnight, Eye of Vengeance

Barbara Parker, Author, The Dark of Day, Suspicion of Rage

You can turn what you know into fiction

Panorama Salon A

Mindy McAdams, Author, Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages

Knight Chair, University of Florida

The No-Fear Guide to Multimedia Skills

Panorama Salon B

Joann Biondi, Freelancer, author, Miami Beach Memories: A Nostalgic Chronicle of Days Gone By
How to Survive and Thrive as a Freelance Writer
Panorama Salon C

Carlos Frias, Author, Take Me With You; Sports writer, The Palm Beach Post
“You should write a book about this!” How to take your newspaper story or series to the next level
Panorama D

12:15-1:45 p.m.

LUNCH

1:45-2:45

William McKeen, Author, Outlaw Journalist, Highway 61; Professor, University of Florida
How you get reticent people to talk, the agonies of writing biography, the serendipity of research, the pleasure (yes!) of the writing.
Panorama Salon A

Jim Benning, Travel writer, WorldHum.com, TravelChannel.com
Travel writing on the web and in print.
Panorama Salon B

Mark Fainaru-Wada, Reporter, ESPN
Lance Williams, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Authors of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports
The Story of the BALCO Investigation: How a daily became a book
Panorama Salon C

Tom Cash, Kroll Business Intelligence and Investigations division, former DEA agent
Judy Miller, Kroll Business Intelligence and Investigations division, former investigative journalist
Lessons from the experts: How to get information from people
Panorama Salon D

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