BREAKFAST AND WELCOME

Breakfast sponsored by the Los Angeles Times

Writing Tips You’ll Use Every Day: Practical tips on structure, narratives, anecdotes, verbs, quotes and more - good for daily stories as well as enterprise.

Conducted by Steve Padilla, editor of the showcase feature Column One at the Los Angeles Times.

We Didn't Start the Fire… But We're Covering It: Reporting on Climate Change

Panelists: Lindy Feeney, news director, Spectrum News 1 ; Sammy Roth, staff writer, Los Angeles Times; Sarah Pilla, reporter, Spectrum News 1.

Moderated by Linda Marsa, author and freelance journalist.

Whoa -- I Just got Arrested: Advocating for yourself when things get scary. (This is about covering protests safely)

* Matt Pearce, president of Media Guild of the West; staff writer Los Angeles Times

* Brittany Marie Barsotti, general counsel, California News Publishers Association

* Regina Brown Wilson, executive director, California Black Media

Moderated by Adam Rose, president of the Los Angeles Press Club

Overcoming Online Abuse: How to guard against threats, harassment, and the occasional Twitter mob

Featuring: Jeje Mohamed, program manager, free expression and digital safety, PEN America

Taking your Google search to the Next Level

Featuring: Amara Aguilar, professor of journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Triage Your Job Skills: Resume Writing, Using LinkedIn, and Interview Skills

Featuring: Craig Leener, human resource professional/young adult novelist, Green Buffalo Press;
Sammy Fernandes, journalist.

Mark of Excellence Awards
Sponsored by the Southern California News Group

With opening remarks from Carol Costello, special advisor at Loyola Marymount University and former anchor with CNN and Headline News

Featuring: Todd Mokhtari, president and general manager of Telemundo 52/NBCLA. Mokhtari will field questions from Eleanore Vega, chair of SPJ's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and former West Coast bureau chief, CBS News Los Angeles.

(Location - Roski Dining Room)

Dogging the Candidates: How campaigns are covered in 2022

*Kayleigh Burton, senior producer, Spectrum 1 News SoCal

* Seema Mehta, staff writer, Los Angeles Times

*Elex Michaelson, anchor, FOX 11

Moderated by Amrit Singh, anchor and host, Spectrum 1 News

“The Least of Us: True Tales of Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth”

Author Q&A with journalist Sam Quinones, former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Moderated by Mariel Garza, deputy editor of the Los Angeles Times editorial page.

A foot in the door: Three emerging journalists on launching a news career

* Marisa Martinez, audience engagement editor, Los Angeles Times

* Jayrol San Jose, freelance photographer

* Carolyn Burt, audience engagement intern, Los Angeles Times

* Julia Yarbough, media consultant and former TV news anchor

Moderator by Melvin Robert, anchor, Spectrum 1 News

Criminal Justice at a Crossroads

*Cristy Fajardo, reporter, FOX 11

*Frank Stoltze, reporter, KPCC

*Alene Tchekmedyian, staff writer, Los Angeles Times

Moderated by Jarrett Hill, NABJ-LA president

Dealing with Stress & Trauma: Covering it, Experiencing it, Coping with it

* Dr. Chanté DeLoach, Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology, Santa Monica College

* Jerry McCormick, Senior Public Information Officer, City of San Diego

* Maria La Ganga, City Editor, Los Angeles Times

* Margaret Carrero, reporter, KNX News

Moderated by Larry Mantle, radio host KPCC-FM

Foundations of a Good Photo

* Irfan Khan, photographer, Los Angeles Times

* Sarah Reingewirtz, photojournalist, Southern California News Group

* Gerard Burkhart, photojournalist, instructor Santa Monica College

Moderated by Ben Camacho, photojournalist

Connecting the Community: Telling the Stories that are Too Often Missed

* Ashley Suh Alvarado, vice president community engagement and strategic initiatives, KPCC-FM/LAist

* Regina Brown Wilson, executive director, California Black Media

* Amara Aguilar, professor of journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

* Deepa Bharath, staff writer, Associated Press

Moderator: Cristina Silva, deputy managing editor/enterprise, USA Today

Really, Truly (and Finally) Digital First

If your news organization finds itself caught with one foot in the digital world and the other stuck in print, we feel your pain. Join two students and two advisers as we cover key concepts to help you move forward, including audience engagement strategies, content pushes that emphasize quality over quantity, tuning up production schedules and more.

Presenters: Chris Benis, Jennifer Woo and Tom Nelson, Loyola Marymount University 

Featuring: Staff of The Los Angeles Loyolan, the Loyola Marymount University student newspaper.

Transparency and the SPJ Code of Ethics

* Lauren Smart, assistant visiting professor, LMU

* Kevin Curran, professor, LMU

CLOSING RECEPTION

Sponsored by the California Black Media