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Last updated: May 2009





Conference schedule

FRIDAY MAY 22    
                 
8:00-8:45   REGISTRATION OPEN Plaza Hallway
                 
8:45-9:00   INTRODUCTIONS/WELCOME Georgia Ballroom A
                 
9:00-10:00   OPENING KEYNOTE - TONY BURMAN
                 
10:00-10:15   COFFEE BREAK
                 
10:15-11:45   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley   Offsite location
    Storytelling for T.V.
Marsha Barber, Ryerson University

Workshop
 

Burning Chrome:
Journalism beyond Twitter, Facebook and Google

Saleem Khan
Alfred Hermida

To repeat Sunday
Workshop


  Secrets and FOI's
Catherine Tully, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, B.C.

Workshop
  COMPUTER-ASSISTED
REPORTING Workshop

Park Your C.A.R.
Off-site all day

9:00-4:00
All day workshop at
Langara College
                 
11:45-1:15   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
    Laying Down (With) the Law
David Sutherland, David F. Sutherland and Associates

Workshop
 

Stenographers to Power:
What Government Com-
munications are Doing to the Media

Denise Rudnicki

Workshop

 

Chapter Book Investigative Journalism
Sean Holman

Workshop

   
       
       
       
       
                 
1:15-2:45   CAJ/CIDA FELLOWSHIP LUNCH Plaza A Ballroom
                 
2:45-4:15   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
   

The Future of Journalism
Kirk LaPointe
Alfred Hermida
Melissa Lampman
Marsha Barber

Panel

 

Storyville
Tom Hawthorn

Workshop

 

How to Handle Stress
Robert Frank
Jeremy Hainsworth

Workshop

   
       
       
       
       
       
                 
4:15-4:30   Coffee Break Sponsored by CBC News
                 
4:30-6:00   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
   

Covering Disaster
Mike Howard

To repeat Saturday

Workshop

 

Citizen Journalism
Alan Bass
Kirk Lapointe
Michael Tippett
Kara Andrade

Panel

  Chapter Book Investigative Journalism
Sean Holman

Workshop
   
         
         
         
         
                 
7:00 p.m.  

Evening social St Regis Hotel Pub 602 Dunsmuir St.

                 
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2008
                 
9:00-10:30   Cypress   Georgia A   Georgia B   Stanley
    Real-time Breaking News
Therese Bottomly, Portland Oregonian
To be repeated in P.M.
 

Covering Disaster
Mike Howard

Workshop


Repeated from Friday

  Comedy Writing for TV and magazines

Ken Hegan

Workshop
 

Swine Flu

Kirk LaPointe
Roy Wadia
Fred Vallance-Jones
David McKie



Panel

       
       
       
       
       
       
                 
10:30-10:45   COFFEE BREAK
                 
10:45-12:15   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
   

Freelancing
Frances Bula
Sean Holman
Pamela Post
Robin Escrock
Maureen Matthews

Panel

 

Covering the Olympics
Stephanie Levitz
Mike Kileen
Jeff Lee
Renee Smith-Valade

Panel

  Trauma Panel - Aftershocks From Around the World- And Around the Corner
Robert Frank
Arthur Kent
Dr. Patrice Keats
Ethan Baron
Professor Meg Moritz

Sponsored by CBC News
   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                 
12:30-2:00   Khaled Abu Toameh -The Jerusalem Post - LUNCH KEYNOTE SPEAKER Plaza A Ballroom Sponsored by CBC News
                 
2:00-3:30   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
   

Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Kim Bolan
Marsha Barber
Heather Robinson

Panel

  Life After the Newsroom-Transitioning out of Journalism
Colin Smith
Jody Paterson
Denise Rudnicki

Panel
  Revealing the Unreported
War

Arthur Kent
Dene Moore
Stephanie Levitz

Panel

   
       
       
       
       
       
       
                 
3:30-3:45   Coffee Break Sponsored by Suite101.com
                 
3:45-5:15   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
    Real-time Breaking News
Therese Bottomly, Portland Oregonian

Repeated from A.M.

Workshop
  Under Attack: The Perils of Reporting on Sikh Extremism in Vancouver
Kim Bolan
Terry Milewski
Terry Gould

Panel

Sponsored by CBC News
 

The Shocking Truth About
Tasers

Jim Bronskill
Frederic Zalac
Sandra Bartlett

Panel

   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
               
6:00-7:00   CASH BAR - RECEPTION PRIOR TO CAJ AWARDS GALA Plaza Hallway
                 
7:00-9:30   CAJ AWARDS GALA EVENING DINNER (Black tie optional) Plaza A&B
                 
9:30-11:00   Post-banquet social - Smiley O'Neal's - 921 Pender St.
                 
SUNDAY MAY 24
 
9:30-11:00   Cypress   Grouse   Stanley    
   

Time to Go Pro?
Alan Bass
Deb Jones

Panel

 

The Co-Pro proposition:
Merging Mediums for
Greater Impact

Robert Cribb
David McKie
Susanne Reber

Panel

  Burning Chrome:
Journalism beyond Twitter, Facebook and Google

Saleem Khan
Alfred Hermida

Repeated from Friday
Workshop
   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     
11:00-11:15   Coffee Break
                 
11:30 AM - 1:00   Kefale Mammo Keynote - SUNDAY LUNCH KEYNOTE Grouse
                 
1:15-2:00   CAJ Annual General Meeting - location TBD