2025 Schedule

All sessions will be held at the Pyle Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, a 12-15 minute walk from the hotels and centrally located downtown. Street parking is available near the Pyle Center and the State Street Campus Parking Garage on Frances Street is a five-minute walk away.

Room 325/26 will host the main sessions and those listed in Breakout 1. Breakout 2 will be in Room 327, and Breakout 3 in Room 332. Both breakout rooms are just down the hall from 325/26.

Tentative schedule, subject to change.

Thursday, June 5
4:30 p.m.Welcome reception in the AT&T Lounge at the Pyle Center
6:30 p.m.Adjourn
Friday, June 6
8:30 a.m. Coffee and mingling
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:15 a.m.Storytelling Exercise – Kajsa Dalrymple
9:45 a.m.Lessons Learned in Year 1 – Mariano Castillo and Flora Charner, Professors of Practice in Journalism, Texas A&M University
10:45 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m.Rural Journalism – Jason Begay, Associate Professor, University of Montana School of Journalism
12:00 p.m.Lunch
12:30 p.m. All Things Artificial Intelligence
3:00 p.m. Break and navigate to breakouts focused on your career stage
3:15 p.m. Breakout 1, Room 325/26: 0-5 years of teaching
3:15 p.m. Breakout 2, Room 327: 6-10 years of teaching
3:15 p.m. Breakout 3, Room 332: 11+ years of teaching
4:00 p.m.Rebuilding Trust in Communities Hesitant to Believe News Media – Kyndell Harkness, Minnesota Star Tribune Head of Culture and Community, and Sue Robinson, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication
5:00 p.m.Adjourn
Saturday, June 7
8:45 a.m.Day 1 Takeaways
9:00 a.m.“Don’t Bore Me” – Al Tompkins, former Senior Faculty for Broadcast and Online at The Poynter Institute
10:30 a.m.Break
10:45 a.m.Covering Trauma – Lisa Krantz, Assistant Professor, University of Montana School of Journalism, with former student, Owen Ziliak, Staff Photographer, Wisconsin State Journal
12:00 p.m.Lunch
1:30 p.m.Legal Issues in Journalism – Frank LoMonte, Legal Counsel at CNN
2:30 p.m.Break and navigate to breakouts
2:45 p.m.Breakout 1, Room 325/36: Sports Journalism – Nicole Kraft, Professor of Journalism Practice, The Ohio State University
2:45 p.m.Breakout 2, Room 327: Visual Storytelling for Every Class – Mark E. Johnson, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
2:45 p.m.Breakout 3, Room 332: Feed-forward and Feedback – Todd Lundberg, Associate Director, Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring, University of Wisconsin-Madison Political reporter
3:45 p.m.Break
4:00 p.m.Solving Your Teaching Problems – Katy Culver, Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
5:00 p.m.Adjourn
Sunday, June 8
8:45 a.m.Day 2 Takeaways
9 a.m.Inclusion in the Classroom – Emma Cabrera, Project Manager of the UW-Madison Deliberation Dinners
10:00 a.mBreak
10:15 a.m.What Students Need to Know About Being Independent – Alex Garcia, Director/Founder, Three Story Media
11:15 a.m. 10 actionable items – Katy Culver and Mark E. Johnson
11:45 a.m.Farewells