DAY ONE – May 16, 2019

10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Pre-Summit convening
Share and learn about local collaboratives with Resolve Philadelphia (THIS EVENT REQUIRED PRE-REGISTRATION AND IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.)
Location: Comcast Technology Center, 1800 Arch St., Philadelphia

4 p.m.
Opening reception
Location: The Philadelphia Inquirer, 801 Market St., Philadelphia

5:30 p.m.
Demonstration: Managing the work of collaboration with Facet
Speaker: Heather Bryant, founder, Project Facet

6 p.m.
Welcome to Philadelphia and the 2019 Collaborative Journalism Summit
Speakers: Stefanie Murray, director, Center for Cooperative Media; others TBA.

6:10 p.m.
Sponsor welcome: Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists 
Speaker: Manuel Smith, president, PABJ, and assignment editor, NBC 10 Philadelphia

6:15 p.m.
How collaboration has changed the Philadelphia news ecosystem
Host: Manuel Smith, president, PABJ, and assignment editor, NBC 10 Philadelphia
Panelists: Gretjen Clausing, PhillyCAM; Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, co-executive director, Resolve Philadelphia; Cheryl Thompson-Morton, business and programs analyst, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism; Gene Sonn, audio news director, WHYY; Sara Lomax Reese, president, WURD Radio; and Michelle Bjork, deputy managing editor of operations and The UpSide, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Wendy Warren, director, integrated media, NBC 10 Philadelphia

8 p.m.
Optional group dinners
Two weeks prior to the Summit, we’ll circulate a list of reservations we’ve made at local restaurants so attendees who would like to dine together can sign up.

DAY TWO – May 17, 2019

Location for all Friday events: WHYY, 150 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia

8 a.m.
Registration and breakfast

8:30 a.m.
Demonstration of Assignments: A new crowdsourcing tool from MuckRock & DocumentCloud
Speaker: Michael Morisy, founder & executive director, MuckRock

9 a.m.
Welcome to WHYY and the 2019 Collaborative Journalism Summit
Speaker: Sandra Clark, vice president for news and civic dialogue, WHYY

9:10 a.m.
Sponsor welcome: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Speaker: Jennifer Preston, vice president of journalism, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Karen Rundlet, director of journalism, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

9:20 a.m.
Sponsor welcome: The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Speaker: Jim Friedlich, CEO and executive director, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

9:25 a.m.
The State of Collaboration 
Speakers: Stefanie Murray, director, Center for Cooperative Media; Heather Bryant, founder, Project Facet.

9:45 a.m.
Opening keynote and discussion
From competition to collaboration: How partnerships are changing local news in the United Kingdom
Speakers: Matthew Barraclough, head of local news partnerships, BBC; Peter Sherlock, assistant editor, BBC
Host: Denise James, independent producer and adjunct journalism professor, Temple University

10:45 a.m.
Fifteen-minute break

10:45 a.m.
Demonstration of U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Get Tracked! Find out how a database aggregates press freedom violations in the U.S.
Speaker: Kirstin McCudden, managing editor, U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

11 a.m.
Sponsor welcome: Democracy Fund
Speaker: Teresa Gorman, senior program associate for local news, Democracy Fund

11:05 a.m.
Ten Talks: A lightning round of 10-minute presentations about collaborative projects around the U.S.
Host: Alicia Lozano, reporter, NBC 10 News

• Stories of Atlantic City: A unique restorative narrative collaborative pairs community and media
  • Speakers: Mike Rispoli, News Voices director, Free Press; Evan Sanchez, co-founder, Authentic City Partners; and Alexandra Nunzi, founder, Grace & Glory Yoga and The Leadership Studio
• Detroit Journalism Cooperative: Lessons and a roadmap from a successful governor’s race collaboration
  • Speakers: Zosette Guir, managing producer, One Detroit; Sandra Svoboda, Great Lakes Now program director, DPTV
• Since Parkland: How we collaborated with 214 student journalists
  • Speaker: Akoto Ofori-Atta, managing editor, The Trace
• Chi.Vote: How nonpartisan media and civic organizations worked together to increase participation in city elections
  • Speaker: Fernando Diaz, editor and publisher, The Chicago Reporter; Asraa Mustafa, digital editor, The Chicago Reporter
• Granite State News Collaborative: Why and how New Hampshire is taking a solutions-oriented approach to news
  • Speaker: Melanie Plenda, project manager, Granite State News Collaborative
• How the Denver Uprising spurred civic engagement and newsroom collaboration
  • Speakers: Lori Jane Gliha, investigative correspondent, Rocky Mountain Public Media;  Tina Griego, managing editor, Colorado Independent
• The Reentry Project Impact Report: How engaged and collaborative solutions journalism creates change
  • Speakers: Jean Friedman-Rudovsky and Cassie Haynes, co-executive directors, Resolve Philadelphia
• The California Dream: How public radio stations, newspapers and a nonprofit startup teamed up to cover tough economic and civic issues
  • Speaker: Adriene Hill, senior editor, California Dream collaboration

12:30 p.m. – Break
Lunch, networking and WHYY studio tours

12:30 p.m.
Demonstration of Assignments: A new crowdsourcing tool from MuckRock & DocumentCloud
Speaker: Michael Morisy, founder & executive director, MuckRock

1 p.m.
Demonstration of U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Get Tracked! Find out how a database aggregates press freedom violations in the U.S
Speaker: Kirstin McCudden, managing editor, U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

1:30 p.m.
Research panel: Four different studies on collaborative media and partnership-based reporting projects
Host: Sarah Stonbely, research director, Center for Cooperative Media
Panelists: Lucia Mesquita, early stage researcher and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, Dublin City University; Caroline Porter, consultant, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; Leah Todd, New England regional manager, Solutions Journalism Network
Location: Auditorium

1:30 p.m.
Collaborative governance: What if newsroom employees had a say in how their newsroom operates?
Host: Joe Amditis, associate director, Center for Cooperative Media
Speakers: Jo Ellen Kaiser, consultant, JGKSF Consulting; Dru Oja Jay, freelancer-owner at Populus; Tom Stites, founder and president, Banyan Project; Maddie Taterka, founding worker-owner and coordinator, Bonfire Media Collective
Location: New Jersey room

2:30 p.m.
Fifteen-minute break

2:30 p.m.
Demonstration: Managing the work of collaboration with Facet
Speaker: Heather Bryant, founder, Project Facet

2:45 p.m.
Afternoon plenary talks
Host: Andre Natta, Lenfest Local Lab editorial director, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

• Crowd-powered collaborations: A preview of ProPublica’s new tool
  • Speaker: Rachel Glickhouse, partner manager for Documenting Hate, ProPublica
• First Draft: How election fact-checking collaboratives around the world are holding the powerful to account
  • Speaker: Aimee Rinehart, director of development and partnerships, First Draft
• People over projects: Changing racial narratives in media through partnership
  • Speaker: Linda Miller, director, network journalism and inclusion, American Public Media | Minnesota Public Radio; John Hernandez, research assistant, American Public Media
• Spotlight: Child Welfare A Canadian model for collaborative journalism and reconciliation with Indigenous people
  • Speaker: Brielle Morgan, reporter and collaborative project manager, The Discourse
• Libraries, doctors and a newspaper: A grassroots effort to equip more Philadelphians with naloxone 
  • Speakers: Rachel Feuerstein-Simon, researcher, Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives; and Karl Stark, business news editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Blindspots begone! Challenges and pathways to equitable newsroom collaborations
  • Speaker: Diana Montaño, community engagement, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting

4 p.m.
Don’t just engage, equip: How deep collaboration at City Bureau is sparking new avenues for journalism
Speaker: Darryl Holliday, news lab director, City Bureau
Host: Vincent Thompson, Vice President/Broadcast, PABJ; Principal, Thompson Mediaman Communications and News Editor, WURD Radio, Philadelphia

5 p.m.
Send-off with Philly food to go
As you leave the Summit, we’ll have some Philadelphia-inspired snacks to take for your trip home. Safe travels!