The 22nd Annual New York Press Club Foundation Conference on Journalism October 18, 2014 New York University Kimmel Center #NYPCJConf CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Kelsie Reh Blazier Gabrielle Ewing Beth Karas Rebecca Labby Sital Patel Kendra Pierre-Louis Jon Rosenthal Staton Rubin Claire Serant CONFERENCE CHAIR SOCIAL MEDIA Elizabeth Semrai Kelsie Reh Blazier Gabrielle Ewing THANKS ALSO TO Media4Humanity Sunita Devi and Claudia Gil, NYU Office of University Events THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION Gabe Pressman, President THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB OFFICERS Larry Seary, President Steve Scott, 1st Vice President Jane Tillman Irving, 2nd Vice President Joe Connolly, Treasurer Stephani Shelton, Secretary Elizabeth Semrai, Corresponding Secretary Beth Karas, Financial Secretary Gabriella Ewing, Student Member Representative BOARD OF GOVERNORS Winnie Hu Rich Lamb Mitch Lebe Philip O’Brien Gabe Pressman Sonia Rincon Glenn Schuck Debra Toppeta TRUSTEES Mark Lieberman John Mulligan Tom Poster Jerry Schmetterer Deborah Wetzel Peter O. E. Bekker, Consulting Director Debra J. Caruso, Public Relations Staton Rubin, Photographer Farrell Farrell Burke, Counsel Fr. Matthew F. Malone, S.J.; Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Clergy The New York Press Club Foundation thanks this year’s panelists, speakers, and volunteers. Special thanks to The New York Life Insurance Company for its generous underwriting. 2 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 3 8:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast Rosenthal Pavilion 9:00 a.m.Welcome Elizabeth Semrai, Conference Chair Charles Seife, Journalism Professor Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University 9:15 a.m. Plenary | The Newsroom in the Age of Digital News BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9th Floor, Kimmel Center 10:45 a.m. BREAKOUT SESSION 1 Spotlight on Data-Driven Journalism Room 905 The Future of Photojournalism Room 907 Long-Form Journalism and its Success Online Room 909 1 0:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Résumé and Professional Critique Room 912 12 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION 2 The Book Deal and Self-Publishing Room 909 Using Storytelling to Boost Reader Engagement Room 905 The Life of a Food/Travel Journalist Room 907 1:15 p.m.LUNCHEON Rosenthal Pavilion The New York Press Club President’s Award presented by Larry Seary The New York Journalism Hall of Fame Induction by Gabe Pressman Scholarships presented by Gabe Pressman Keynote Discussion Larry Kramer, President and Publisher of USA Today in conversation with Steve Scott of WCBS Newsradio 880 2:45 p.m. After Party Amity Hall | @amityhallnyc 80 West 3rd Street, between Thompson and Sullivan 4 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 5 9:15 a.m. | Plenary Discussion BREAKOUT SESSION 1 The Newsroom in the Age of Digital News 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Rosenthal Pavilion Polly Kreisman Moderator Polly Kreisman is an award-winning broadcast journalist and entrepreneur. She is a NY1 reporter and the founder of theLoop, one of the first hyper-local community news sites in the country. Formerly a reporter for WWOR’s I-team, WPIX, and stations in Hartford, Connecticut and Norfolk, Virginia, Polly has also covered Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. for stations around the country, and has won 15 Emmy awards. @reporteratlarch Panelists Hasani Gittens Tom Lowry Raha Naddaf Andy Regal Neil St. Clair Hasani Gittens began his professional journalism career at The New York Post where he rose from desk assistant to street reporter. He spent time in the Brooklyn bureau and as Metro Desk editor, all in just under eight years. He went across the street to 30 Rock to become managing editor of WNBC.com, making a two-year diversion to News Corp’s iPad-only publication, The Daily. Hasani returned to NBC where he is now senior staff writer for NBCNews.com. @hgitty Tom Lowry is a senior editor for enterprise at CNBC Digital, responsible for politics, economy, and real estate coverage. Previously, he was the business editor at News Corporation’s iPad-only publication, The Daily. Before that, Tom worked for BusinessWeek, Variety, USA Today, and The New York Daily News. @lowrytom Raha Naddaf, news editor at the new justice site, the Marshall Project, began her career at GQ where she edited a variety of features ranging from personal essays to political profiles. She was later named senior editor at New York Magazine. In 2009, her piece about the Iranian presidential election was listed as a notable essay in the Best American Essays series. @marshallproj Andy Regal is senior executive producer at The Wall Street Journal. He heads a worldwide team of digital multimedia producers, reporters, and anchors crafting daily short and long-form video pieces; Andy also oversees The Wall Street Journal’s video production content strategy. His team recently took top honors as Innovator of the Year at the Associated Press Media Editors’ Journalism Excellence Awards. @aregalmedia Spotlight on Data-Driven Journalism Room 905 Moderator Cathy O’Neil is program director at Columbia University’s “The Lede Program.” She was previously a data scientist in the New York startup scene and co-authored the book, Doing Data Science. Cathy blogs daily at MathBabe.org, appears weekly on Slate’s Money podcast, and is currently writing a book about the dark side of big data called Weapons of Math Destruction, to be published by Crown Books. @mathbabedotorg Panelists Cathy O’Neil John Keefe John Keefe is senior editor on WNYC’s Data News Team, which helps infuse the public radio station’s journalism with data reporting, visualizations, crowdsourcing, and “sensor projects.” John was WNYC’s news director for nine years. He is also an adjunct instructor at the New School, an adviser to CensusReporter.org, and a founding member of the Team Blinky hardware-hacking group. He blogs at JohnKeefe.net and the team blog, DataNews.WNYC.org. @jkeefe Maryanne Murray is global head of graphics at Reuters. She’s worked as a graphics editor at The Wall Street Journal and at the Associated Press. She is a graduate of the Cooper Union and the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. @lightnosugar Zach Seward is product director and senior editor of Quartz, where he guides the editorial strategy and leads the visual journalism team. He also covers the future of TV for Quartz’s site, Glass. Previously, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, first as a reporter and then as the newspaper’s first social media editor. He also helped launch Harvard’s acclaimed “think tank,” The Nieman Journalism Lab. @zseward Maryanne Murray Zach Seward Chris Walker is director of data visualization for Mic. Previously, Chris worked on software implementation for Palantir Technologies, a leading data analytics firm. @cpwalker07 Chris Walker Neil St. Clair is the founding correspondent and CEO of innovation-focused media site, AlleyWire, as well as president of AW/CS, AlleyWire’s creative agency. He was an on-air correspondent for NY1 and YNN, and is the founder of several other media and startup ventures. Neil also served as director of communication for a U.S. congressional campaign in New York’s 12th District @neilestclair 6 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 7 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. The Future of Photojournalism 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Long-Form Journalism and its Success Online Room 907 David Handschuh Jim Collins Moderator David Handschuh is an award-winning photographer, travel writer, videographer, and editor, and he has been an adjunct professor of photojournalism at New York University since 1994. David is a past president of the National Press Photographers Association. He has been nominated three times for a Pulitzer Prize and has received awards for his photography from the National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year, New York Press Photographers Association, The New York Press Club, The Society of the Silurians, the Deadline Club, the National Headliners, among others. @DavidHandschuh Panelists Jim Collins began his career as a Navy photographer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Upon leaving the Navy, he spent four years in several newsroom roles at The Virginian-Pilot before returning to New York to join the Associated Press. Jim made the jump last year from the AP to NBCNews.com where he is now director of multimedia. @jimcollinsNBC Todd Maisel Graham Morrison Zandy Mangold Todd Maisel has spent the past 30 years as a photojournalist in New York City. He is a 15-year veteran of The New York Daily News’s photo staff, specializing in breaking news. Todd is a survivor of the World Trade Center terror attacks on 9/11 and took some of the most memorable photos of that day. He is also a board member of The New York Press Photographers Association and serves as liaison to the NYPD on issues of press freedom. @ToddMaisel Graham Morrison is head of the Americas for the Bloomberg Visual Media team. He is a former Associated Press photo editor and supervisor, spending 10 years as a photographer covering stories domestically as well as internationally, in Israel, Iraq, Kashmir, India, and Southeast Asia. Graham also oversees the photo Bloomberg Tumblr at Bloombergphotos.tumblr.com. @grahamkmorrison Zandy Mangold is a Brooklyn-based freelance photographer who grew up in rural New Hampshire. Before embarking on a photography career, Zandy was a journalist and occasionally combines the two crafts. His photos appear globally in commercials, magazines, and newspapers and he has been a regular contributor to The New York Post since 2006 and is an official photographer for Racing The Planet since 2009. He plans to release a photobook about ultra marathoning in the near future. @zandymangold Room 909 Moderator Ben Davis is an art critic based in New York City. He’s written for The Brooklyn Rail, Slate, New York Magazine, The Village Voice, and other publications. He was executive editor of Artinfo. com from 2011 to 2013, and is currently senior writer at artnet News. A book of his essays, 9.5 Theses on Art and Class, was published by Haymarket last year. @benadavis Ben Davis Panelists Nina Burleigh is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of five books, including a New York Times bestseller. She pens a column at The New York Observer and has written for Rolling Stone, BusinessWeek, The New Yorker, TIME, New York Magazine, and The New York Times. Nina has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. @ninaburleigh Kate Lee is a senior editor in content development at Medium. Previously, she was a literary agent at International Creative Management (ICM). Widely recognized as an industry leader and a pioneer in content development, Kate was profiled in a New Yorker story as the first agent to see greater media potential for online talent. @katelaurielee Brendan Spiegel is the co-founder and editorial director of Narratively, a digital publication dedicated to “slow storytelling.” His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and other publications. Brendan is also the founder of the Endless Simmer food blog and a restaurant columnist for Brooklyn Based. @brendanspiegel Kayleen Schaefer is a writer and editor who focuses on beauty, health, style, career, and relationships. She has worked as a senior editor at Women’s Health, a reporter at The Daily, a staff writer and editor at Details, a reporter at ABCNews.com, and a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online. Kayleen has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, GQ, New York Magazine, ELLE, among many other publications. @kayleener Nina Burleigh Kate Lee Brendan Spiegel Kayleen Schaefer Nathan Thornburgh first met his Roads & Kingdoms co-founder, Matt Goulding, at a smoked goat emporium in Mexico City. Roads & Kingdoms is a continuation of that conversation. Previously, Nathan spent a decade as editor and foreign correspondent at TIME. @thornburgh Nathan Thornburgh 8 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 9 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 & 2 BREAKOUT SESSION 2 10:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Résumé and Professional Critique The Book Deal and Self-Publishing Room 912 Ben Berkowitz Marc Ernay Sharon Fenster Jane Tillman Irving Ben Berkowitz is the deputy managing editor for news at CNBC Digital. He previously worked as an editor and reporter at Reuters and was news editor at the Associated Press, business news editor at AOL, and managing editor at Fidelity. @BerkowitzBT Marc Ernay is sports director and morning drive anchor at 1010 WINS. For two decades the Hofstra grad been the station’s modern-day “Magellan,” covering multiple Super Bowls, World Series, MLB All Star games, NBA and NHL finals, and more. Marc also mans the finish line in Central Park during annual coverage by 1010 WINS of the New York City Marathon. @MarcErnay Sharon Fenster has had more than 20 years of success in media and public relations. She has generated coverage for a wide range of leading corporations and has engineered major media placements for her clients in varied outlets from The Wall Street Journal to TODAY on NBC. Jane Tillman Irving is a news writer at WCBS Newsradio 880. Previously, she was a reporter there and a correspondent for WCBS-TV. She has worked at radio stations WNYC, WBLS, and WLIB. Jane is second vice president of The New York Press Club. Steven Kalb is an award-winning broadcaster who got his first radio job almost four decades ago. Then came talk show host, television news director, TV talent coach, and now broadcast journalism instructor at the University of Connecticut. Philip O’Brien Joanne Stevens (StevensMediaConsulting.com) has been helping television, radio, digital video, and print journalists excel for 33 years. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Condé Nast, ABC, CNN, Bloomberg News, Reuters, and CBS Radio are among her clients. She was an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Moderator Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist, and editor at The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and now at DNAinfo.com New York. An expert on law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime, terrorism, and government, Murray is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Palm Beach Babylon and New York Times bestseller, The Man Who Warned America. @weiss_murray Panelists Murray Weiss Frances Black Frances Black is the owner of Literary Counsel, a representation firm founded in New York City in 2009 as an adjunct to Arts Counsel, Inc., which she began in 1987. Frances is the co-author of The Color of Fashion which features images by 120 international photographers and editors of 12 internationally acclaimed magazines, including Rolling Stone and Vogue. @literarycounsel Thomas Maier is an award-winning author, television producer, and investigative journalist for Newsday in New York. His book, Masters of Sex—about the lives of researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson—is the basis for a Showtime television series. At Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he won the John M. Patterson Prize for a TV documentary on organized crime. His latest book is When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys. @ThomasMaierBook Kieran Crowley is a New York Times bestselling author and awardwinning investigative reporter who communicated with a serial killer and deciphered his secret code. Crowley was awarded the Outstanding Journalist of the Year in 2014 by the Press Club of Long Island and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. He is working on a sequel to his first book, Hack, called Shoot, which will be published by Titan Books in 2016. Meryl Gordon is the director of magazine writing at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is the author of Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark. She writes for Town & Country, Vanity Fair, and The New York Times Book Review. @MerylGordon Thomas Maier Kieran Crowley Photo: Nina Subin Steven Kalb Philip O’Brien has been a video news executive for 30 years. He worked as a news producer at CNN, was a founding producer of Good Day New York, news director at NY1 News, managing editor at WNBC, assistant news director at WCBS-TV, co-founder of Zazoom Media Group, an online news video company, and most recently assistant director of media at Con Edison, Inc. Philip is a past president of The New York Press Club. Room 909 Meryl Gordon Joanne Stevens 10 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 11 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Using Storytelling to Boost Reader Engagement The Life of a Food/Travel Journalist Room 905 Adam Penenberg Rubina Madan Fillion Lubna Dajani Michael Roston Room 907 Moderator Adam Penenberg is a journalism professor at New York University and author of several books. He has written for a wide array of publications, including The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, Fast Company, and The Economist, and is portrayed in the film Shattered Glass (Steve Zahn plays him). @penenberg Moderator Colleen Clark worked at USA Today and Condé Nast’s Concierge before spending six years freelancing for ELLE, Esquire, National Geographic Traveler, and Style.com, among other publications. She is now senior editor at Jetsetter and regularly contributes to Travel + Leisure, Epicurious, BBC, and Budget Travel. @colleenmclark Panelists Panelists Rubina Madan Fillion is a social media editor at The Wall Street Journal. She is also an adjunct professor at New York University, where she co-teaches a graduate level course on digital journalism. Rubina was previously a graphics editor at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. She serves on the board of the Deadline Club, New York’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. @rubinafillion Jennifer Ceaser has more than 15 years of experience writing and editing for various newspapers, websites, and magazines, with a focus on travel, food and beverage, lifestyle, and architecture/interior design. She has worked as the deputy editor of Travel and Home at The New York Post for eight years, and prior to that, was the managing editor at Gotham and Hamptons magazines. @mzjulius Lubna Dajani is an in-demand speaker and moderator who has been published and quoted in industry magazines and conference proceedings worldwide. She is a mentor to Springboard Enterprises, NYC Seed Fund, and is currently serving as a judge for the Webbys and The Lovie Awards. She advises board members of several organizations including AEC Hackathon, MusicTechFest, and MobileMonday. @lubnadajani Monica Drake is editor of the Travel section of The New York Times, overseeing the weekly print edition and digital report and guiding its video and multimedia initiatives. During her tenure at the Times, Monica has been the deputy travel editor, an assistant arts & leisure editor, and a staff editor on the Metro desk. @monicadrake Michael Roston is a senior staff editor for social media at The New York Times. He has worked at The New York Sun, The Village Voice, The Huffington Post, and True/Slant. He’s a graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the University of Iowa. @michaelroston Carla Zanoni Jennifer Ceaser Monica Drake Julie Earle-Levine Matt Gross is the editor of Boston.com, former editor of BonAppetit. com, the former “Frugal Traveler” for The New York Times, and the author of The Turk Who Loved Apples: And Other Tales of Losing My Way Around the World. @worldmattworld Ryan Sutton is the chief restaurant critic and data lead at Eater. He was a Bloomberg News restaurant critic from 2006 to 2014, and during the last year of that tenure also served as senior writer at Pursuits. He studied Russian and international affairs at George Washington University, Columbia University, and The Moscow Institute for Advanced Studies. @qualityrye Photo: ©Tracy Sham Carla Zanoni is director of social media and audience engagement for DNAinfo.com New York and Chicago, where she leads its national digital strategy across various departments. A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she received several awards while covering New York City for more than a decade. @carlazanoni Julie Earle-Levine is an Australian-born, New York-based writer and editor who writes for The New York Times (Travel and Style), FT Weekend, New York Magazine (Travel issues), Departures, and for airline magazines, including Rhapsody. She developed a compulsion for interviewing over-achievers and breaking stories as a reporter for the Financial Times. Currently she freelances writing travel, lifestyle, and profiles pieces. @julieearlelevin Colleen Clark Matt Gross Ryan Sutton 12 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 13 THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION CONGRATULATES OUR STAN BROOKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARS SPECIAL AWARDS Kiratiana Freelon David Seifman The New York Press Club New York Journalism Hall of Fame CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (’14) Kiratiana Freelon Kiratiana Freelon is a journalist, author, blogger, and entrepreneur. After graduating cum laude from Harvard University and winning the John H. Finley travel fellowship, she embarked upon a year-long round the world trip that changed her life. She now studies international reporting and video journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and she plans to move to Brazil in 2015. @kiratiana Reuben Jones NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute (’14) Reuben Jones Reuben Jones is a journalism graduate student at New York University. He interns at CBS News’ 60 Minutes and has previously held internships at NY1, Charlottesville Tomorrow (a community news website in Virginia), and WCAV. Reuben received a bachelor of arts from George Mason University where he served as executive editor of the student-run news website, Connect2Mason (now called Fourth Estate). @ReubenJones1 We thank members and supporters whose contributions made these awards possible. Please consider making a tax-advantaged donation to the fund, named for the late 1010 WINS newsman, Stan Brooks. All proceeds go to scholarship winners, no funds are used for administration. Visit www.nypressclub.org/scholarships.php David Seifman joined the City Hall bureau of The New York Post in 1982 after a stint as a general assignment reporter and became the bureau chief in 1989, when he also assumed a weekly column delving into the corners of city government and politics. He has covered four mayors, from Ed Koch to Mike Bloomberg. In 2013 he was promoted to political editor of the Post. David Seifman David was born in Germany, but grew up in the Bronx and Brooklyn, where he attended Brooklyn Tech HS. He emigrated to Manhattan to attend City College of NY, where he spent much of his time in the office of the college newspaper, The Campus. Jane Tillman Irving The New York Press Club President’s Award Jane Tillman Irving has spent most of her career in radio. She is now on her second stint at WCBS Newsradio 880, working as a news writer. Previously, she worked at the station as a reporter for 14 years, before making the transition to television as a correspondent for WCBS-TV/Channel 2. Jane has worked for radio stations WNYC, WBLS, and WLIB. She also was a news anchor for WebMD’s daily Internet news broadcast for physicians, and the American researcher for documentaries broadcast on the BBC in Wales. Jane Tillman Irving After graduating from Hunter College High School, she went on to receive a degree in English from City College of New York (CCNY). In addition, Jane is a graduate of the Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course at Harvard University. From 1990 to 1996, Jane was an assistant professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has also taught journalism at CCNY, the New York Institute of Technology, and has been a guest lecturer at Hofstra University. 14 • The New York Press Club Foundation #NYPCJConf 22nd Annual Conference on Journalism • 15 KEYNOTE In Conversation Larry Kramer President and Publisher of USA Today Interviewed by Steve Scott of WCBS Newsradio 880 Rosenthal Pavilion Larry Kramer was named president and publisher of USA Today in May 2012. He is responsible for developing and executing the strategic vision for USA Today across all of its platforms, including the Sports Media Group, the Travel Media Group, Reviewed.com, and USA Weekend. Larry Kramer A leading digital media expert, Larry has more than 40 years of journalism experience. Prior to joining USA Today, he served as the first president of CBS Digital Media, chairman, CEO, and founder of MarketWatch, Inc., editor of the San Francisco Examiner, and assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. He has served on the boards of Discovery Communications, American Media, Inc., Freedom Newspapers, Inc, and Answers.com, and still serves on the boards of BlackArrow Inc., Harvard Business School Press, and the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University. Larry received a bachelor of science degree from Syracuse University and a master’s degree from Harvard University. @lkramer Steve Scott is afternoon news anchor at WCBS Newsradio 880. Before joining WCBS in 2006, Steve spent more than 20 years in Chicago radio. He has reported from Bosnia, covered the refugee crisis during the Kosovo war, and interviewed Fidel Castro in Havana. Steve is first vice president of The New York Press Club. @SteveScottWCBS Steve Scott 16 • The New York Press Club Foundation
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