JAWS CAMP 2025 Keynote Speaker: Sally Buzbee

Sally Buzbee (Photo courtesy of Reuters)

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Join us this year for JAWS CAMP 2025! JAWS’ 40th Anniversary Conference and Mentoring Program (CAMP) will be held September 5-7, 2025 at The Royal Sonesta Hotel in Washington, DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood.

We are excited to announce this year’s first keynote speaker, Reuters U.S.-Canada Editor Sally Buzbee!

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Sally Buzbee is the U.S.-Canada editor for Reuters, overseeing coverage of the Trump administration and general news across the U.S. and Canada. She was the first woman to serve as executive editor of The Washington Post and also previously served as executive editor of The Associated Press. She began her career as a reporter in Kansas City, California and Washington, DC and spent five years in the Middle East overseeing AP’s coverage of the Iraq war. She has two grown daughters.

What happens at CAMP? This will be JAWS’ 40th CAMP. While the format and size have varied over the years, the goal has not: to bring women journalists together from different specialties, beats, demographics and geographies to share with, learn from and empower each other. There will be structured presentations and workshops, planned social events and free time for unstructured relationship-building and city exploration.

The CAMP Site Selection Committee chose Washington D.C. based on feedback from members urging a balance between an urban setting allowing easier travel with access to a get-away-from-it-all vibe. The committee also took into account the venue’s capacity, support for conferences, cost and central location.