• Listen Up: Words, Pictures and Radio Room 201-202
  The dean of New York broadcast radio news offers timeless storytelling techniques and tips on the nearly lost art of picture painting for a listening audience. Now based in City Hall, Rich Lamb has spent more than two decades covering disasters, labor strikes, elections and, of course, parades. Listen: "The golden sun wheeled across the blue sky. In dappled sunlight and shadows the bands played on. The map of Ireland is on the faces of people here as breezes waft up the Queen of Avenues and caress the Irish tricolor."
  Moderator: Ron Howell, editor, Office of University Relations
  Speaker: Rich Lamb, City Hall reporter, WCBS/Newsradio 88



• Student Newspapers: Five Steps toward a Better Look   Room 198
  For student editors and graphic designers. Two top Daily News professionals offer student editors and graphic designers ideas to improve the design of college newspapers. Queens College graduate and Executive Editor Bob Sapio and Editorial Art Director Ann McGettigan discuss how to package and design stories for visual appeal, effective use of images and graphic design. What makes for attractive front-page design? How do they decide which headlines greet you in the morning? Bring your questions, and copies of your college newspaper.
  Moderator: Glenn Lewis, associate professor, York College
  Speakers: Robert Sapio, executive editor, The Daily News
  Ann McGettigan, editorial art director, The Daily News



• You Heard It First, Right Here   Proshansky Auditorium
  Get the inside word on the sweeping changes in the radio industry from Scott Herman, Infinity Broadcasting executive vice president, eastern region; former general manager of 1010 WINS News; and Brooklyn College graduate. Web streaming, audio archiving, satellite radio as well as new technologies that enable listeners and content providers to reach specialized audiences are just some of the new challenges to traditional AM/FM. Is the traditional market shrinking, along with the prospect of jobs? What skills are needed to compete in this challenging environment?
  Moderator: Roz Bernstein, professor of journalism, Baruch College
  Speaker: Scott Herman, Infinity Broadcasting executive vice president, eastern region



• Investigative Reporting  Room 204-205
  Nationally acclaimed investigative reporter David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author, will offer practical advice for improving your reporting, writing and storytelling skills.
  Moderator: Paul Moses, associate professor of journalism, Brooklyn College
  Speaker: David Cay Johnston, investigative reporter, The New York Times

10 AM

• New Media—New Frontiers   Proshansky Auditorium
  Explore convergence, multi-platform journalism and "blogs" with the editor-in-chief of NYTimes.com. Are the days of the Times in ink and newsprint numbered? What new skills are needed for a career in online news? Are blogs really a news revolution or just media hype?
  Moderator: Judy Watson, adjunct professor at Hunter College and special assistant to the Chancellor
  Speaker: Leonard Apcar, NYTimes.com editor-in-chief



• Do It Right   Room 201-202
  Jason Blair fired from the New York Times. Jack Kelly fired from USA Today. Both caught cheating. Judith Miller of the Times facing jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury, and the Boston Herald ordered to pay $2.1 million for libeling a judge. Can CUNY student journalists avoid the pitfalls that have snared some of the best news organizations in the country? Learn what issues editors and newsroom lawyers have to think about in these matters.
  Moderator: Gregg Morris, assistant professor of journalism, Hunter College
  Speaker: Charles Glasser, media counsel, Bloomberg News
  

1 PM

• Job Search Prep   Proshansky Auditorium
  This panel will address the challenges of getting a job in media and developing the confidence to capitalize on your strengths in today's job market. Beginning with the basic skills of writing a resume, preparing for an interview, and developing a salary request, experts from the industry will share their tips for a successful search.
  Moderator: Fred Kaufman, assistant professor of journalism, The College of Staten Island
  Speaker: Ingrid Tineo, assistant director, Career Development Center, Baruch College
  



• Power of Persuasion   Room 204-205
  See how a top public relations company influences writers, editors, producers and other media decision makers. Euro RSCG's "Buzz Marketers," or trend spotters, rake the city's neighborhoods for what's hot and what's cool, then create ways to package and promote these trends for placement in mainstream media outlets.
  Moderator: John McVicker, associate professor, New York City College of Technology
  Speakers: Schuyler Brown, Youth Marketing, Euro RSCG New York
  Ryan Berger, Buzz Marketer, Euro RSCG New York



• Surviving in the Newsroom   Room 203
  The newsroom has been historically portrayed, in movies and on TV, as a rough and tumble place, where reporters with the loudest mouths and gruffest personalities are the heroes. But is that the way things are in newsrooms today? What skills does one need to survive and succeed in a modern-day newsroom? Listen to seasoned professionals offer their accumulated wisdom as they answer those and other questions.
  Moderator: Wayne Svoboda, professor of journalism, Queens College
  Speakers: Carolina González, freelance writer, and former Daily News editorial writer
  Ron Howell, editor, CUNY Matters and former Newsday special writer



• CUNY-CBS News TV Boot Camp   Room 201-202
  Now it its fourth year, CUNY-CBS News TV Boot Camp puts CUNY students in an intensive, hands-on workshop for ten days in June. Warren Lustig, the creator of Boot Camp and a senior editor at 60 Minutes, will be joined by a Boot Camp survivor, a City College alumna. They explain how students write, film, edit and produce "60 Minutes"-style segments. And you'll see the results.
  Moderator: Glenn Lewis, associate professor, York College
  Speakers: Warren Lustig, senior editor, 60 Minutes
  Richelle Blanks, CCNY '04

2 PM

• Student Showcase   Proshansky Auditorium
  A special forum for journalism and media students to showcase their best work. Best examples of print news, video news, short documentaries, radio news segments, photo journalism, news websites, blogs or other examples of new and old media. Presentations begin at 2 PM, and continue through the afternoon.


• Tour of CUNY TV Studio Main Level; Meet at the Security Desk