Journalism Interactive Conference

Journalism Interactive Conference The 2017 J/i Conference will take place Oct. 20-21, 2016 in College Park, Md., hosted by the Univer The lead sponsor for 2017 is the Knight Foundation.

The annual Journalism Interactive conference is designed to help educators learn new teaching methods and explore best practices for digital news technologies. J/i 2017 (Oct. 20-21) will feature hands-on training and dialogue about teaching immersive video storytelling and fact-based journalism in the age of social media. A key focus will be how educators are responding to the rapid spread of "fake news." Hosted by UMD's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, the conference is jointly organized and sponsored by journalism schools at the Universities of Florida and Missouri. Read more at the event website, http://journalisminteractive.com.

"Audience Engagement" panel with speakers Mary Bowerman (USA Today), Shefali Kulkarni (BBC North America), Dennis Powell...
10/21/2017

"Audience Engagement" panel with speakers Mary Bowerman (USA Today), Shefali Kulkarni (BBC North America), Dennis Powell (ABC News) and moderator Karin Assmann (UMD).

"Teaching Lessons From Electionland" with panelists Rachel Glickhouse (ProPublica), Michelle Ferrier (Ohio University) a...
10/21/2017

"Teaching Lessons From Electionland" with panelists Rachel Glickhouse (ProPublica), Michelle Ferrier (Ohio University) and Amy Simons (University of Missouri).

"Facebook Live: What We Need To Know" with Moderator Debora Wenger of University of Mississippi and Dr. Frederic Kendric...
10/21/2017

"Facebook Live: What We Need To Know" with Moderator Debora Wenger of University of Mississippi and Dr. Frederic Kendrick of Howard University, Alejandro Manrique of Cox Media Group, and Aaron Gilchrist of NBC4 Washington DC.

"Researching Misinformation" Panel: moderator Sarah Oates of UMD, Ethan Porter of George Washington Univ, Leslie Caughel...
10/21/2017

"Researching Misinformation" Panel: moderator Sarah Oates of UMD, Ethan Porter of George Washington Univ, Leslie Caughell of Virginia Wesleyan Univ., Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia of Indiana University Network Science Institute, and Leticia Bode of Georgetown University.

The entire amazing panel from taking questions after an informative series of mini-sessions.
10/20/2017

The entire amazing panel from taking questions after an informative series of mini-sessions.

University of Maryland's Leslie Walker with John Keefe from Quartz and Joseph Price ("Voice integration is the shortest ...
10/20/2017

University of Maryland's Leslie Walker with John Keefe from Quartz and Joseph Price ("Voice integration is the shortest distance between thought and action.") from the Washington Post discuss "Automation in Journalism."

"Trust isn't one thing. It's the sum total of what people think of a publisher. It's both affective and cognitive." - To...
10/20/2017

"Trust isn't one thing. It's the sum total of what people think of a publisher. It's both affective and cognitive." - Tom Rosenstiel, executive director, American Press Institute, with co-panelists Molly deAguiar of CUNY, Andrew Haeg of GroundSource and Julia Haslanger of Hearken.

"As journalists we have missed out on every piece of technology in the last 25 years. 360 place-based storytelling is no...
10/20/2017

"As journalists we have missed out on every piece of technology in the last 25 years. 360 place-based storytelling is not going away. Let's not get left behind again." - Steve Johnson of Boundless who spoke in the "Virtual Reality Journalism" session with University of North Carolina professor Steven King and freelance producer Claudia Prat.

UMD Journalism professor Dr. Linda Steiner discusses "Media Literacy in the Age of Disinformation" with Jevin West of U....
10/20/2017

UMD Journalism professor Dr. Linda Steiner discusses "Media Literacy in the Age of Disinformation" with Jevin West of U. of Washington, Alan Miller of the News Literacy Project, and Dan Russell of Google ("When in doubt, search it out- even when you think you know!").

PolitiFact founder and Duke University Professor Bill Adair and PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan in a discussion on...
10/20/2017

PolitiFact founder and Duke University Professor Bill Adair and PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan in a discussion on "Evolution and Challenges of The Fact-Checking Movement." Adair reports that although fact-checking is caught up in the partisan divide in our country, real-time fact-checking technology for live events is being developed.

Very engaging debate on "Journalism Under Siege" (and yes, the term "fake news" came up in the first five minutes) with ...
10/20/2017

Very engaging debate on "Journalism Under Siege" (and yes, the term "fake news" came up in the first five minutes) with brilliant journalists Washington Post media consultant Margaret Sullivan, Kevin Merida, ESPN Senior VP and Editor-in-Chief of the Undefeated, Julianna Goldman, CBS News, and moderator Dana Priest, Knight Chair on Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Maryland.

About to kick off this morning's Journalism Interactive conference!
10/20/2017

About to kick off this morning's Journalism Interactive conference!

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