Reinventing Journalism and Yourself

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.        Social Networking, Social Media: What Every Journalist and Educator Should Know
                                  Panelists: Sandeep Junnarkar, Dan Gillmor and Suzanne Yada 
                                  Moderator:  Geanne Rosenberg 

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.        Social Networking, Social Media: Facilitating the Pro-Am Approach to Journalism and
                                  Building Social Communities
                                  Panelists:  Persephone Miel, Marcela Garcia and Dan Kennedy
                                  Moderator:  Leonard Witt

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.        Social Networking, Social Media: Raising Money, Changing Journalism Business Models
                                  Panelists: Doc Searls, Lisa Williams and Harold Lewis
                                  Moderator:  Josh Benton
                                  

7:00 – 9:30 p.m.        Social Networking Dinner – The Totally Unconference Buffet Dinner. 
                                  Share the networks and intellectual power of your table hosts and other conferees.
                                  No speakers -- just table conversation with people whose interests are similar to yours.  When you  
                                  register, be sure to list your top three choices of dinner tables. Of course, since this is a buffet with no
                                  disruption from the wait staff, feel free to roam around.

                                  Table Topics:                                 
                                  - Using Social Media and Social Networking to spread News Literacy Throughout Academia
                                    Table Host: Geanne Rosenberg

                                  - Academia's Role in Expanding Grassroots Media     Table Host:  Dan Gillmor  

                                  - Let's Do Some Research and Then Talk   Table Host: Josh Benton

                                  - Business Models for Public Media and Non-Profit Funding    Table Host: Doc Searls

                                  - Training Journalists and Journalism Students to Be Entrepreneurs  Table Host:  Sandeep Junnarkar

                                  - Academia's Role in Producing Innovative Journalism Business Models  Table Host:  Leonard Witt

                                  - Hyperlocal Journalism, What It REALLY Means and How to Practice It -  Table Host:  Lisa Williams

                                  - Students Role in Reinventing Journalism  Table Host:  Suzanne Yada

                                  - Citizen and Participatory Journalism's Impact on the Information Environment 
                                     Table Host: Persephone Miel

                                  - Start Up News:  Spit, Grit and Imagination   Table Host:  Ellen Miller

                                  - Be the Media -- How Journalists, Students and Educations Can Reinvent Themselves
                                     Table Host:  David Mathison

                                  - Breaking"Free":  News in the age of Wikipedia, Twitter and the Unpaid Crowd  
                                     Table Host:  Andrew Lih

                                  - Using Social Media in Ethnic Press    Table Host:  Marcela Garcia

                                    Buffet Menu: Ravioli, Chicken, Eggplant Parmesan, Salad, Bread and Dessert.  
                                    Plus coffee, tea and decaf. Cash bar

                                   This dinner is underwritten by the Journalism Department at Baruch College in New York City.