Creating A Watchdog Culture
Claiming An Essential Newspaper Role
May 22 – 24, 2005
SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, May 22, 2005
5:30 p.m. Reception at Poynter in the Great Hall
6:00 p.m. Dinner in the Great Hall
7:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions — Gregory Favre
Poynter’s Commitment — Karen Dunlap
The Challenge Before Us — Rick Rodriguez
7:30 p.m. Stories That Made a Difference I — Butch Ward
7:45 p.m. A Conversation With Seymour Hersh — Moderated by Karen Dunlap, Jim Naughton
8:45 p.m. ‘Enlarged Ambitions:’ A Talk With Mark Bowden — Moderated by Gregory Favre,
Butch Ward
MONDAY, May 23, 2005
8:45 a.m. Watchdog Journalism: What It Looks Like, What It Should Look Like — Facilitated by
Keith Woods, with Roberta Baskin, Brant Houston, Barry Sussman, Peter Bhatia
10:30 a.m. Stories That Made a Difference II — Gregory Favre
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Watchdog Journalism: Doing It Right, Doing It Well — Bob Steele
12:30 p.m. Lunch in the Poynter Dining Room
1:15 p.m. Building a Watchdog Culture: A Companywide Challenge — Jill Geisler, Butch Ward
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Civic Clarity / Literary Grace — Chip Scanlan
4:15 p.m. Stories That Made a Difference III — Kenny Irby
4:30 p.m. The Visual Journalist’s Guide to Watchdog Reporting — Kenny Irby
5:30 p.m. Reception at the gazebo
6:00 p.m. Dinner in the dining room
7:00 p.m. Jim Lehrer Hour for NPR (South Pavilion)
TUESDAY, May 24, 2005
8:45 a.m. The Watchdog’s Guide to the Internet — Al Tompkins
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Stories That Made a Difference IV — Butch Ward
10:15 a.m. The Watchdog’s Guide to Computer-Assisted Reporting — Pat Stith
11:15 a.m. Taking It Home — Butch Ward
Publishers and Editors team up to prepare an action plan for their papers
12:15 p.m. Lunch in the dining room
1:00 p.m. Taking it Home, cont. — Participants share plans for taking it home
2:20 p.m. Concluding Remarks — Gregory Favre
2:30 p.m. Conference adjourns
