Note: Below is the line-up from 2024, the schedule for the 2025 institute will be released in early 2025. Expect a similar set of time slots with new speakers and topics.
All sessions will be in the Journalism Building on the campus of the University of Georgia which is a 12-15 minute walk from the hotels and downtown area. Weekday parking on campus is … dicey. There is a pay lot at the Tate Student Center, which is about 300 yards from the building. On Saturday and Sunday, the N09 lot, at the corner of Hooper Street and East Campus Drive, will be open and unmonitored.
The Peyton Anderson Forum (PAF), which is located right off the front lawn of the college, will host the main sessions and those listed as Breakout 1. Breakout 2 sessions will be held just down the hall in room 239A.
| Friday, May 31 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Coffee and mingling |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:30 a.m. | University 101 – Charles Davis, Dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Covering Climate – Kathleen Biggins, Founder and President of C-Change Conversations |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Dealing with politics in the classroom – Joe Watson, Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break and navigate to breakouts |
| 2:15 p.m. | Breakout 1: Creating teaching portfolios – Lori Johnston, Director, Cox Institute Journalism Writing Lab, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
| 2:15 p.m. | Breakout 2: Legal issues facing student journalists – Frank LoMonte, Senior Counsel, CNN |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Course building and problem solving – Katy Culver, Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin |
| 4:45 p.m. | Break |
| 5:00 p.m. | Paying student athletes – Nicole Kraft, Ohio State University, Carlo Finlay, Carmical Sports Media Institute, University of Georgia, Caitlyn Stroh-Page, Senior Sports Editor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| 6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| Saturday, June 1 | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Day 1 Takeaways |
| 9:00 a.m. | The promise and peril of Artificial Intelligence – Al Tompkins, former Senior Faculty for Broadcast and Online at The Poynter Institute |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | AI and ethics in news – Amanda Barrett, Vice President for News, Standards and Inclusion at the Associated Press, and Katy Culver |
| 11:45 a.m. | AI in the local newsroom – Colin Benedict, Vice President VP of News for Morgan Murphy Media |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Navigating the human side of teaching – Deb Wenger, Associate Dean, School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi |
| 2:30p.m. | Break and navigate to breakouts |
| 2:45 p.m. | Breakout 1: Academic-newsroom partnerships – Amanda Bright, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
| 2:45 p.m. | Breakout 2: Covering politics – Greg Bluestein, Political reporter, author and podcaster, Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| 4:00 p.m. | Project management – Mark E. Johnson, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| Sunday, June 2 | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Day 2 Takeaways |
| 9 a.m. | Solutions Journalism – Lyn Millner, Florida Gulf Coast University |
| 10:00 a.m | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Wild Journalism – Kanina Holmes, Executive Producer, CBC Yukon |
| 11:15 a.m. | 10 actionable items – Katy Culver and Mark E. Johnson |
| 11:45 a.m. | Farewells |