JAWS Conference And Mentoring Project  2011

JAWS CAMP 2011 will be a three-track program.  Attendees can pick and choose among all three and explore these significant areas:

• Building your brand and your career: Focus on skills development with an emphasis on building your brand, and the future of publishing.

• The issues of our day: In light of the Lara Logan story we will look at the risks and benefits of women covering war and the military, including not only women reporting but also women serving in the military and setting policy.

• The art of audio and telling stories: The age of digital media has resurrected a need for good writing for radio and online audio.  We’ll be sharing pointers and insights on how to do it better.

Your registration of $265 includes all panels and events except the II Can Do It!” training, as well as the following meals:  Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast and dinner. See hotel information below.

General CAMP Schedule
Note:  Updates and changes will be posted as speakers and times are confirmed.

FRIDAY  Sept. 23

8:30 a.m.  Board of directors meeting

12:30 p.m.  “I Can Do It! – Women Entrepreneurs in Journalism”

This multimedia training will be divided into two levels, beginning & advanced.  We are bringing in some top-level trainers to cover:
• HOW DO YOU CREATE A START UP WEBSITE AND OR A BLOG?
• HOW DO YOU FUND A STARTUP?
• CAN YOU MAKE MONEY RUNNING A BLOG OR A WEBSITE?
• WHAT IS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS) AND WHY DO YOU NEED ONE? WEB HOSTING AND DOMAIN NAMES.
• HOW DO YOU CREATE A BLOG?
• WHAT ARE ANALYTICS? HOW DO YOU USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUILD TRAFFIC?

$50 fee.  Sign-up on your registration form

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.          Check-in, pick up your t shirt and drop off auction items

4 p.m.                     CAMP 101 — an introduction for new Campers

6 p.m.                  Cocktails – cash bar

7 p.m.                  Dinner, CAMP introductions and honoring Kay Mills

SATURDAY  Sept. 24

8 a.m.                  Meet your mentor/ Symbiosis breakfast

9 to 10:30 a.m.   Concurrent panels

• Future of Publishing

• War and Women   part one
This focused discussion will feature Anu Bhagwati, executive director of Service Women’s Action Network, and Cami McCormick of CBS News, who was wounded in Afghanistan when she was working for CNN, and Nancy Youssef, chief Pentagon correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers and former Bagdad bureau chief.

• Tell Your Story/The Art of Audio
Good writing for radio and online audio is more important than ever.  This session will share pointers and insights on how to do it better.  PLUS, we’ll give voice to the women who have revolutionized journalism of the past decades.  Many members have been at the forefront of this revolution. This year we will honor their stories and present the first Fran Lewine Interview.

10:45 a.m. – noon

• Funding a journalism career shift

• War And Women   part two

• Tell Your Story/The Art of Audio

12:15 p.m.  Lunch and Shanahan speaker:    Diana Henriques

Diana is the author of “The Wizard of Lies,” a book about the Bernie Madoff scandal, as well at “The White Sharks of Wall Street” and “Fidelity’s World.”  She is a senior financial writer for The New York Times.  She has won several awards for her work on the Times’ coverage of the Madoff scandal and was part of the team recognized as a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of the financial crisis of 2008.

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Concurrent panels

• Building Your Journalism Brand

• Engaging the Next Generation: How and why to teach new journalists
Teaching journalism matters more than ever, this session will examine some strategies for facing the challenge.  The panel features: Mary Kay Blakely, associate professor, Missouri School of journalism graduate school on why teaching long-form still matters, and how to do it; Melita Garza, PhD candidate at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, on re-tooling for a research/academic career; Dawn Fallik, assistant professors, University of Delaware on  teaching the digital world; and Yumi Wilson, assistant professor of journalism at San Francisco State University, on the challenge and value of teaching undergrads at a big state school.  The panel is moderated by Sarah Pollock, professor of journalism at Mills College.

• Tell Your Story/The Art of Audio

2:30 – 5 p.m.          Free time.

“Cruise Director” Mary Curtis will have ideas and options for enjoying the best Asheville has to offer.

5 p.m.                              Group photo

6 p.m.                             Books and browse
Something new this year.  Authors will be at tables before dinner.  We invite you to grab your favorite beverage, browse the many titles and meet the authors.   Cash bar.

7:30 p.m.                             Dinner and speaker

After dinner  –  We have some birthday celebrations (let Becky know if your birthday is during CAMP).  Let’s dance and have a party!

SUNDAY   Sept 25

8 a.m.                  Meet your mentor/ Symbiosis breakfast

8:45 a.m.     General membership meeting and board elections

10:30 a.m. – noon    Concurrent panels

• Finances for journalists

• Meet the Millennials

• Tell Your Story/The Art of Audio

Noon   Auction closes.

Lunch on your own and free afternoon

12:30                   New board meets

Afternoon                    peer-to-peer multimedia training

6 p.m.                   Cocktails – cash bar

6:45 p.m.          Dinner & peer conversations on all things multimedia

After dinner          Wine & whine

MONDAY, Sept 26

Check out time for the Crowne Plaza is 11 a.m.

THE BASICS

JAWS Fall CAMP 2011
When:  September 23-25,2011

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resort * One Resort Drive * Asheville, N.C. 28806

Reservation number:  828-285-2661 (Don’t forget to the tell the reservation desk you are with JAWS to receive the special conference rate.)

Room Rates for JAWS:

Double  $106 per night

King  $112 per night

King Executive Suite   $145 per night

Loft Suite  $175 per night

Registration fees:

$265 Includes Friday dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, breakfast and dinner on Sunday.

Bonus session on Friday or Sunday:  $50