2016 Conference Program - Virginia Press Association
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2016 Conference Program - Virginia Press Association
VPA/The Associated Press & SPJ Region 2 News/Advertising Conference Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa April 8-9, 2016 PROGRAM FRIDAY, APRIL 8 3-5 p.m. VPA/VPS Board of Directors Meeting - Capital D 2-4:30 p.m. Job Fair/Clip-Resume Critiques - Short Pump Representatives from: Daily Press, Richmond Magazine, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, & The Virginian-Pilot 5:30 p.m. VPA Reception - Capital FG Sponsored By Richmond Times-Dispatch 6:30 p.m. VPA Virginian of the Year/AP Banquet - Capital FG 2016 Virginians of the Year: James E. Ukrop & Robert S. Ukrop 7-11 p.m. SPJ Reception/Film Screening of Spotlight- Henrico Ballroom SATURDAY, APRIL 9 9 a.m. VPA Registration & SPJ Region 2 Registration VPA-Registration Desk; SPJ-Henrico Prefunction 9 a.m. Open Coffee House - Capital Foyer Sponsored By Dominion Resources, Inc. 9:15 a.m. Conference Welcome Opening - Capital G 9:30 a.m.- 11 a.m Our Right to Know: The Future of Open Access - Capital G Sponsored By The Omni Homestead Resorts This roundtable discussion will explore the ongoing legal battle to open up circuit court case databases to the public, the ongoing proposals to revise the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and how the General Assembly came down on FOIA/access issues in the 2016 session. Moderator: Marisa Porto, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Daily Press Media Group, VPA President. Panelists: Dave Ress, Reporter, Daily Press; Megan Rhyne, Executive Director, Virginia Coalition for Open Government; Ginger Stanley, Executive Director, Virginia Press Association. 11-12 p.m. Case Study in Tragedy: WDBJ - Capital AB Hear from those affected by the August 2015 shooting of two WDBJ7 journalists and their interviewee as they discuss the practical and ethical considerations media organizations need to take when covering a tragedy in their own newsroom. Moderator: Nicole Livas, Veteran Broadcast Journalist Panelists: Kelly Zuber, News Director, WDBJ7, Roanoke; Ryan Parkhurst, Assistant Professor of Jounalism, James Madison University; Brad Jenkins, General Manager, The Breeze. 11-12 p.m. So You Want to be An International Reporter: Hear From Those Who Have Done it and How You Can Do the Same - Capital G Learn what it takes to become a foreign correspondent from journalists who have headed overseas bureaus and covered wars, disasters and other news all over the world. Renew your passport, start taking Rosetta Stone lessons and come to this session for a primer on going global. Session Leaders: David Lynch, Correspondent, Washington bureau of the Financial Times; Suzanne McBride, Interim Chair, Communication and Media Innovation, Columbia College Chicago; Paul Wiseman, International Economics Writer, The Associated Press 12-1:45 p.m VPA/AP Annual Meeting/Business Meeting/Awards Luncheon Capital CD Noon- 1:45 p.m. SPJ Annual Mark of Excellence Awards & Keynote Luncheon Capital E Keynote Speaker: T. Rees Shapiro, Reporter, The Washington Post 2- 3 p.m. Using Unmanned Aerial Systems for Newsgathering - Short Pump Discussion about the future of unmanned aerial systems and their applications in news gathering. Learn about current and proposed regulations and what they mean for the future of aerial photography. (Continued) Conference Schedule (continued) Moderator: Evan Jones, The Southside Messenger; Panelists: Charles Tobin, Partner, Holland & Knight; Daryl Watkins, Founder, Creative Dog Media; Gary Gillam, Career Videographer and Producer-Director; Jeff South, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Robertson School of Media and Culture, VCU. 2–3p.m. The State of the Mid-Atlantic News Media and the Climate of Today’s News Outlets - Perfect Season (located inside Shula’s Restaurant) Newsrooms have undergone multiple changes over the past year from how we deliver news, to the audiences we target, to how we report. Our speakers will discuss the status of their newsrooms, how they’ve managed the changes and what they see for the future of news. Session Leaders: Steve Gunn, Editor, The Virginian Pilot and PilotOnline.com; Paige Mudd, Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch 2-3p.m Sharpen Your Social Media Skills: How to Use It to Expand Your Reach and Attract More Readers - Henrico Ballroom These days your social media presence is just as important as your stories. Hear from pros who will tell you about today’s social media landscape and how to best navigate it for the highest impact. Session Leaders: Bob Bennett, Senior Producer, WAVY-TV/WVBTTV Norfolk; Alix Bryan, Interactive Producer,WTVR-TV CBS6 Richmond; Bryan Devasher, Breaking News Reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch 3-4 p.m. New Products and Existing Products “Steal Our Ideas”- Perfect Season (located inside Shula’s Restaurant) How are news organizations in Virginia adjusting to find new sources of revenue and audience? We invite you to bring your ideas and to hear about the success the Richmond Times-Dispatch has had with its expanding Discover Richmond magazine franchise. Session Leaders: Paige Mudd, Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Lewis Brissman, Editor, Discover Richmond 3-4 p.m. Stop Errors in Their Tracks: Copy Editing for Everyone - Short Pump With fewer copy editors at local newspapers, reporters have to be their own copy editors. Panelists will offer tips about how to write cleaner copy, making reporters and their publications look smarter. Learn basic copy editing tips that will take you far no matter what kind of stories you write. Session Leaders: Karen Denny, Director, Annapolis Bureau, Maryland Capital News Service; Suzanne Wardle, Copy Editor & Books Editor, The Roanoke Times 3-4 p.m. Ethics Advice: How to Act When You Find Yourself in Questionable Situations - Henrico Ballroom Ethical thinking is like a muscle-use it often to keep it strong. Explore and talk through sticky situations in journalism with two experts. Session Leader: Paul Fletcher, SPJ National President. 5-6 p.m. VPA Reception & Cash Bar - Capital Prefunction 6 p.m. VPA Ad/News/Editorial Awards Banquet - Capital Ballroom Thank you for your part organizing this conference Associated Press SPJ Region 2 VPA Awards Committee VPA Program Committee Tweet about this conference using: # SPJVPA16 SAVE THE DATE 2017 Conference April 7 & 8 Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa Conference Presenters Bob Bennett is senior producer for WAVY-TV/ WVBT-TV in Norfolk. He has 23 years of television experience and has won numerous Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow award. Bennett also worked at WJLA-TV, where his web team increased the station’s Facebook fan base by more than 100,000 users in less than a year. Besides social media, Bob specializes in severe weather coverage and breaking news. Lewis Brissman is editor of Discover Richmond, a specialty publication of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He joined the newspaper as an intern in 1991 and worked as a reporter, copy editor, page designer and editor of several business sections. He became copy desk chief in 2002 and, in subsequent positions, directed the RTD’s news production. In the past year, he helped expand the RTD’s Discover Richmond from an annual guide to a quarterly and now bi-monthly publication schedule. He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Virginia. Alix Bryan is an interactive producer at WTVR-TV CBS6 Richmond. Alix completed her undergraduate and graduate work at VCU. Her work involves a combination of reporting, generating interactive content and utilizing social media to engage the WTVR audience, as well as to cross promote digital and TV platforms. She’s online all day, everyday, and is most fascinated by how social media has changed participation in the production and reception of news. Karen Denny is a director, Annapolis bureau, Maryland Capital News Service. Denny is a former editor with the McClatchy-Tribune (formerly Knight Ridder/Tribune) News Service, where she founded the wire’s Newsfeatures and International sections. She previously worked as the Maryland editor for the Washington Times and as an editor and government reporter at the suburban Journal Newspapers. Bryan DeVasher is a breaking news reporter at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He has 30 years of experience as a reporter, copy editor and designer. DeVasher has worked at newspapers in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Virginia. He came to the Times-Dispatch in 2007 after 13 years at the Daily Press in Newport News. DeVasher teaches copy editing at Virginia Commonwealth University. Paul Fletcher is the SPJ national president. He has been publisher and editor-in-chief at Virginia Lawyers Weekly since 1989. A graduate of Washington & Lee University law school, Fletcher joined the paper after practicing law for three years. He has been a member of SPJ since 1992 and serves on the SPJ Ethics Committee. He was president of the Virginia Pro chapter from 2011-13. Gary Gillam is a career videographer and producer- director. Gillam has spent more than 25 years working in commercial television and running his own production company, shooting industrial videos and travelogues all over the world. For the past eight years, he has taught broadcast journalism at the Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University. Three years ago, Gillam started flying drones to take aerial videos, and he now builds drones as well. Steve Gunn is the editor of The Virginian-Pilot and PilotOnline.com. Before joining The Pilot last year, he had been the editor of the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Md. and worked in editing positions at the Charlotte Observer, Newsday, and the Dallas Times Herald. He began his career as a reporter at the Kansas City Times. He has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a master’s from Columbia University, both journalism. Brad Jenkins is the general manager of The Breeze, the weekly student newspaper at James Madison University, a role he has had for the past 10 years. As general manager, he oversees operations of the print newspaper, a news website, a lifestyles magazine and an annual magazine guide to JMU. His students have won national and statewide honors for their work and have gone on to careers in a wide variety of fields. Jenkins also teaches feature writing and feature-magazine production as an adjunct instructor for the School of Media Arts and Design. Prior to coming to JMU, Jenkins was a reporter, features editor and city editor for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg. Evan Jones is the assistant editor at The Southside Messenger. He enjoys building and flying model aircraft with the end goal of using photos and videos from the aircraft in his publication. Nicole Livas is a veteran broadcast journalist who recently stepped down from her position as main evening co-anchor/digital journalist at WAVY-TV in Norfolk, to join her husband who earned a career promotion in Washington, DC. She is a community leader who often speaks to aspiring journalists and various community groups about the media, leadership and life in general. She is a proud graduate of George Mason University, and serves on the Board of Advisors for GMU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She also serves on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Chapter. Nicole speaks, reads, and writes Spanish (well maybe more like Spanglish) fluently. Nicole spends her free time with her husband and family, in the gym or yoga studio and loves traveling, reading, cooking and supporting local businesses. David J. Lynch is a correspondent in the Washington bureau of the Financial Times. He was the founding bureau chief in both London and Beijing for USA Today; covered the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, the latter as an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines; and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. He has reported from more than 50 countries. Lynch has a master’s degree in international relations from Yale University. Conference Presenters Suzanne McBride is interim chair of the Communication and Media Innovation Department at Columbia College Chicago. She established two local news websites in Chicago. McBride has been a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland and lectured in Thailand through the U.S. Department of State. Before joining Columbia, McBride was an editor and reporter at The Indianapolis Star, WTHR-TV and other news outlets. Paige Mudd is editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. She came to the newspaper first in 1999 as a summer intern and then in 2000 as a local news reporter covering suburban schools. Mudd became breaking news desk editor in 2008, metro editor in 2009, managing editor in 2014 and editor in 2015. She is a 2000 graduate of Syracuse University and native of Wilmington, Del. Ryan Parkhurst is an assistant professor of journalism at James Madison University. He has worked in both print and broadcast journalism during his career. Parkhurst helped lead spot and breaking news coverage that won local, regional and national broadcast journalism awards. He is currently working on research that focuses on the ethics of media coverage during and after mass and high profile shootings. Marisa J. Porto is VPA President and Publisher & Editor-in-Chief for the Daily Press in Newport News, the Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg) and the Tidewater Review (West Point). Marisa is also a citizen member of Virginia FOIA advisory council. An alumnus of the University of South Carolina, she previously held leadership positions with news organizations in Florida, Delaware and Ohio. Among her passions: watchdog reporting, digital journalism, advocating for government in the sunshine, beaches, collies and photography, in that order. Dave Ress covers state and regional issues for the Daily Press. He started off in journalism as a stringer for the Christian Science Monitor while a student in Montreal a very long time ago and was a correspondent for Reuters in Montreal, London and Nairobi before getting sense enough to settle in Virginia. Dave is the author of The Burundi Ethnic Massacres: 1988 and Gov. Edward Coles and the Vote to Forbid Slavery in Illinois and is far too interested in history, economics and politics for his own good. Megan Rhyne has worked at the Virginia Coalition for Open Government since 1998 and became its executive director in 2008. Before that, she served as an opinions editor for Texas Lawyer in Dallas, as a freelance writer and reporter for Androvett Legal Media in Dallas and the National Law Journal in New York, and as an adjunct professor of media law at Hampton University’s journalism school. She first became interested in open government as an FOI intern at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 1991. Her law degree is from the University of ColoradoBoulder, and she was a radio, television and motion pictures major at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. T. Rees Shapiro is an education reporter at The Washington Post. He was an English major at Virginia Tech, where he got his start as a journalist working for the college newspaper covering the April 16, 2007 shootings on campus. At The Post, Shapiro has covered campus crime and poverty in high schools and conducted an award-winning investigation on sexual assault at the University of Virginia. Jeff South is the associate professor and director of undergraduate studies, Robertson School of Media and Culture, Virginia Commonwealth University. South worked for newspapers in Texas, Arizona, and Virginia for 20 years before joining the faculty at VCU, where he teaches data journalism, political reporting and other courses. Last spring, he taught a course on drones, and his students submitted a study to federal regulators developing rules governing the technology. Ginger Stanley is the executive director of the Virginia Press Association and one of the leading experts on legal notices and the public’s right to know. For the past 31 years, she has lobbied Virginia’s General Assembly and the U.S. Congress to keep public records, public meetings, and public notices open and accessible. Prior to joining VPA, Stanley worked at the Herald-Progress in Ashland. Charles Tobin is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C. office and chairs the firm’s National Media Practice Team. A former journalist, Mr. Tobin has appeared in state and federal courts around the country, representing the media in libel and privacy lawsuits at both the trial and appellate levels. He also conducts prepublication review for newsrooms and provides advice on subpoenas, access, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), reporter’s privilege, copyright, and all other First Amendment matters relating to the editorial content of newspapers and broadcasts. In addition, he counsels business clients on commercial disparagement, unfair competition and Lanham Act issues. Suzanne Wardle is a copy editor and books editor for The Roanoke Times. She graduated from Northwestern University and joined The Times’ copy desk in 2006. Wardle became books editor in 2013. She won the Virginia Press Association’s first-place award for critical writing in 2012 for her book reviews. Daryl Watkins has over 24 years of executive sales and leadership experience, across a number of technology companies. He is part owner and VP of Global Sales of an insurance telematics firm based in Huntington Beach, California. His creative eye and lifelong passion for photography extended into the air when he formed Creative Dog Media, a Richmond-based (FAA 333 exempt) aerial photography firm, in 2014. Paul Wiseman is an international economics writer for The Associated Press. Before joining AP in 2010, he spent 20 years at USA TODAY. From 1998 to 2009, he was based in Hong Kong as USA TODAY’s Asia correspondent. In that role, he covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Asian financial crisis, the political upheaval in Pakistan, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and other major regional stories. Kelly Zuber is the news director for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia, where she has worked for more than three decades as a reporter, photojournalist and assignment editor. She has also served as director of public affairs, director of promotion and marketing, and director of digital services.