Re-imagining News & Community in the Pacific Northwest

Program

All activities are in the Cascade Room in Haggett Hall, University of Washington.

The page is being updated as the event progresses.

Thursday, January 7, 2010: Understanding the context

Registration

12:00 - 6:00pm Located at Cascade Room, Haggett Hall, University of Washington

Activities

2:00 - 3:30pm Welcome to full conference participants

  • What's your intention for this gathering? What is the question that called you here?
  • What's the best possible outcome you can imagine from being together?

3:30 - 4:00pm Break

News and Information Commons

4:00 - 6:00pm Visit the Commons: What's happening in the Pacific Northwest News Ecosystem?

  • Northwest media providers share their work through informal displays and conversations.
    For information on hosting a booth, contact us at jtm@journalismthatmatters.org.

5:15 - 6:15pm Circulating dinner

  • Buffet style, with plenty of opportunity for networking. Knives optional -- eat with one hand, hold your plate in the other, and keep circulating -- or settle at one of the tables.

6:30 - 7:30pm Three perspectives on How can the people and the press help each other?

7:30 - 9:30pm World Café conversation: What’s possible for our region when journalists and the public come together?

  • We'll cross-pollenate ideas among our diverse participants to build on the opening comments.
  • What is emerging in the regional news ecology and how do I fit?

Outcome

  • Orientation to the northwest media landscape.
  • Preliminary insights into journalism's role in civic engagement.
  • The result: A foundation for richer conversations between journalists and the public.

Friday, January 8 -- Possibilities Day: Explore/design ideas/projects

Purpose

  • To explore a wide range of possibilities at the intersection of journalism and civic engagement

Organizing question

  • "What’s possible for our region when journalists and the public come together?"

Structure

  • We'll use "open-space technology" to organize our activity. Breakout sessions are hosted by participants on the topics of their choice. How does this structure work?

8:15 - 8:45 am Continental breakfast and networking

9:00am Agenda Creation

  • Session topics are chosen by participants.
  • Breakout session topics and notes here.

10:30am Breakout Sessions 1

Noon - 1:30pm Lunch provided

1:30pm Breakout Sessions 2

3:00pm Breakout Sessions 3

4:30 - 5:30pm Closing -- What did we do today?

Outcomes

  • Topics of most interest explored in-depth.
  • Individual and collective ideas about the role of journalism in our civic life beginning taking shape.

Saturday, January 9 -- Design-Build Day: What's your next step?

Purpose

  • To provide space for taking action on initiatives which have life beyond this event.

8:15 - 8:45am Continental breakfast and networking

9:00am Organizing the day - agenda creation

  • Session topics are chosen by participants.
  • Breakout session topics and notes here.

10:30am Breakout Sessions 1

Noon - 1:30pm Lunch provided

1:30pm Breakout Sessions 2

3:00pm Breakout Sessions 3

4:30 - 5:30 pm Closing

  • What new directions for northwest news and community are emerging?

Outcomes

  • Ideas generated, partnerships formed, current initiatives revitalized, new initiatives identified, the northwest civic-media ecosystem strengthened.

Sunday, January 10, Bringing it on Home

Purpose

  • We'll surface common themes and make agreements for action.

8:15 - 8:45 am Continental breakfast and networking

9:00 - 11:30 am

  • Common themes identified
  • Next steps identified
  • Closing reflections