
Theresa Lang Student Center, The New School, Second Floor
55 West 13th Street
8:30am: Registration/Breakfast
9:20am: Welcome:
Natasha Lennard (The New School)
9:30am: The Nation and Movements:
Katrina vanden Heuvel
10am – 11:15am: Tips of the Trade: Reporting with a Conscience
Luis Feliz Leon (Labor Notes)
Allegra Kirkland (Teen Vogue)
Clarissa Leon (Documented)
Liza Featherstone (Jacobin)
Moderated by Bhaskar Sunkara
11:15am: Break
11:30am – 12:00pm: VIDEO: Notes of a Serial FOIA Requester:
Ken Klippenstein
12:00pm – 1:30: Lunch
12:30pm – 1:30: Information Sessions
Talk Informally to:
Samantha Schuyler & Elsie Carson-Holt (Nation Editorial Internships)
Julian Epp (StudentNation writing opportunities)
Reps from independent publications including The Drift, Dissent, Jacobin & Mother Jones
1:30pm – 2:25pm:
Media Since the Millennium:
Richard Kim (THE CITY) & Betsy Reed (The Guardian) in conversation.
Moderated by Lizzy Ratner
2:30pm – 3:40pm:
1. In-Person: Breakout Sessions facilitated by Samantha Schuyler, Alana Pockros, Jack Mirkinson, Saliha Bayrak, Sophie Hurwitz, Regina Mahone, Julian Epp, Ludwig Hurtado, Kevin Lozano & Eleanor Buchanan
3:40pm: Break
3:50pm – 4:45pm:
The Hollow Half: Memoir, Memory & History
Lara-Nour Walton in conversation with Sarah Aziza
4:50pm – 5:50pm:
Bad Laws, Bad People & How to Report on Them:
Elie Mystal & Christina Greer
5:50pm: Closing
Peter Rothberg
6:00pm – 8:00: Reception!
This conference has been made possible by the great generosity of the Puffin Foundation.
*Schedule subject to change