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The panels are listed alphabetically by title - for chronological listings, click on any Schedule link.
For detailed information about panel participants, see the Participants page.
Some time and room assignments may change when the final version of the program is printed,
but most are now confirmed.
Arts reporting:
This two-part panel discussion promises to be as enlightening as the arts
themselves .The first half will examine various approaches
to covering the arts and the role of the arts reporter in influencing
popular culture (including: does it or not?) and providing context. The
second part will look, more pragmatically, at how arts reporting
is changing to meet the realities of 21st century media. It will look at
reporting for electronic media, the impact of the shrinking news hole and dealing with
conflict of interest. Seasoned and amateur arts journalists and anyone
interested in the arts will find this stimulating and helpful.
Featuring:Sandra Abma, Regional Arts Reporter, CBC Radio (Ottawa); Doug Fischer,
Arts Editor, The Ottawa Citizen; Mark Frutkin, Freelance arts
journalist Amazon.com; Alan Stanbridge, Assistant Professor, Visual and
Performing Arts (Arts Management), University of Toronto. Moderator:
James Hale Freelance arts reporter, Canadian correspondent for Down Beat
magazine
Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. / Tudor Room
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Avoiding Enron-style disasters in
Canada: what journalists can do: Even people who don't normally follow business stories are riveted by
reports of thousands of individuals losing their life savings because of a
company bent on misleading investors, as we've seen with the Enron
Corporation saga. The world of business doesn't have to be confusing or
complicated - often, companies just want to appear that way, hoping we
leave them alone. Scratch the surface, and there are good stories to be
had. This panel will look at the way that Canadian journalists cover
companies and corporate disclosure, and whether there is an adequate level
of disclosure in Canada today.
With John Carchrae, Ontario Securities Commission's chief accountant;
National Post business reporter Derek DeCloet; Brian Gibson,
Senior Vice-President, Active Equities at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan;
and Bloomberg News' Canadian
bureau chief Erik Schatzker. Moderated by Rita Celli of CBC Television in
Ottawa, with an introduction by Bloomberg News reporter Theresa Ebden.
Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. / Gatineau Room
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Computer-assisted reporting panels:
(There are also workshops on topics of CAR interest.)
These panels will take place Saturday at the conference hotel:
How to succeed in the 21st century newsroom: Top media managers and a leading journalism educator talk
about why CAR is a crucial job skill in the 21st century. Sharon
Burnside, Head of Training and Personnel, Toronto Star; Kirk LaPointe,
Senior Vice-President, CTV News; Mary McGuire, Professor, Carleton
University School of Journalism; Jim Poling, City Editor for The Hamilton
Spectator. Moderator: David Akin, Contributing Writer,
The Globe and Mail; National Business and Technology Correspondent, CTV News.
Saturday, 2:15 p.m.. to 3:45 p.m.. / Tudor Room
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The fight for data: A panel of top CAR professionals will talk about
the seemingly endless struggles to persuade government bureaucrats to part
with data. Featuring David McKie of CBC Radio News in Ottawa and Fred
Vallance-Jones of the Hamilton Spectator. Moderated by Bill Doskoch of
Bell Globemedia Interactive.
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.. / Gatineau Room
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Converging media: Giant media conglomerates have rushed to embrace convergence as the next
big thing, but what will it mean for working journalists? Will it save
jobs and lead to greater personal satisfaction, or is it just another way
for greedy media barons to reap bigger profits by squeezing greater
productivity out of overworked reporters and editors. Multi-media managers
temp journalists with the prospect of better resources for gathering
stories that will be cross promoted to reach larger audiences, while media
unions warn of the dangers of stress and burnout from the increased
workload. And then there are the ethical issues. Can newspaper TV
columnists still respect themselves in the morning after a night of
writing about networks owned by their corporate masters? Can business
reporters provide balanced coverage when their networks and newspapers are
controlled by companies they report on?
We'll hear from a senior editor, a
union leader and a well known columnist. Featuring: Arnold Amber,
Director, The Newspaper Guild Canada; Sylvia Stead, Executive Editor, The
Globe and Mail and Antonia Zerbisias, Television Columnist, The Toronto
Star. Moderator: Catherine McKercher, Associate Professor, Carleton
University School of Journalism.
Saturday, 11:00 to 12:30 p.m.. / Drawing Room
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Covering the front lines: What is it really like to cover a war? How does
it feel to survive an ambush in which fellow journalists are killed?
What's the maximum risk you should take to get a story? Is competition the
same when you're far from home base and under threat? With Levon Sevunts,
Montreal Gazette; Mike Blanchfield, Ottawa Citizen; Manon Globensky, Radio-Canada and Dateline NBC
reporter Bob McKeown.
Sevunts survived a terrifying Taliban
ambush that claimed the lives of three other journalists during his
assignment in Afghanistan in October. Blanchfield and Globensky covered the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
He reported from Washington, Boston, New York, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, the
United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan; she from Washington, Pakistan and Afghanistan. McKeown,
a former CBC TV fifth estate correspondent, has reported from more than sixty countries. He won an Emmy Award
for his CBS News Gulf War coverage.
Saturday, 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.. / Quebec Suite
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Crisis plans for newsrooms - expecting the unexpected: Whether it’s a major event like September 11th or a local tragedy that rocks your community, your newsroom will have to kick into gear.
But how do you respond with speed to deploy your best resources? Can you plan ahead for an unexpected crisis? How do you map the critical path for events you know will happen?
How can you, as a reporter, find new ways to tell the story hour after hour, day after day? These three panelists have extensive experience planning and organizing news coverage for major events.
They’ll take you behind the scenes to discuss crisis plans for newsrooms, how to make the most of your resources and how not to neglect the day to day news that still must be covered.
Discussion participants will include Lynn McAuley, Managing Editor, Ottawa Citizen, who organized that paper's 9/11 coverage;
Bob McKeown, of Dateline NBC and NBC News (formerly of CBC's fifth estate and CBO Morning)
and Christopher Waddell, Associate Professor, Carleton University Journalism School, who has been both Parliamentary Bureau Chief and Executive Producer of News Specials for CBC TV.
The moderator will be Diane Benson, CAJ National Capital Chapter president, Carleton University Journalism School lecturer and for many years news director
of CHEZ-FM in Ottawa.
Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. / Quebec Suite
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Expression or suppression?: Izzy just a colorful media mogul, or Izzy really 1984's Big Brother in
disguise, intent on imposing his ideas on the thinking of every Canadian
while ruthlessly crushing any hint of dissent. The introduction by
CanWest Global of national editorials in its Southam newspapers and the
National Post have prompted one of the hottest debates in Canadian
journalism in recent years. The Asper clan claims that it's nothing more
than a different take on the traditional prerogative of a newspaper
proprietor to determine the editorial stance of his papers. But critics,
and they are legion, point to columns spiked or censored and paint a more
sinister picture.
Accusations of repression of dissent, assault on free
speech and abuse of corporate ownership fill the air. Firing back, the
Aspers and their defenders portray the critics as a cabal of elitists in
Toronto who feel their control of the media threatened by an independent
voice from Winnipeg. We'll hear it all from both sides of this over-heated
debate.
Featuring: Arnold Amber, Director, The Newspaper Guild Canada;
Matthew Fraser, Ryerson professor and National Post columnist; Raymond
Heard, former Vice-President of News and Current Affairs for Global TV and
Stephen Kimber, Director of the School of Journalism, University of King's
College, Halifax. Moderator - Stephen Bindman, former Southam News legal
affairs correspondent
Saturday, 2:15 p.m.. to 5:30 p.m.. / Drawing Room
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Foreign reporting: How to avoid coming back with a predictable story of
doom and gloom. Palagummi Sainath is an award winning journalist, whose book
Everybody Loves a Good Drought takes a critical look at the way reporters
cover international stories. He is the subject of a film, A Tribe of His Own: The Journalism of P. Sainath,
by former CBC
producer Joe Moulins, which will be screened at the session. Moulins and
Saineth will lead a discussion on what you need to know before heading
overseas on an assignment.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. / Gatineau Room
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Globalization: The march towards a global economy appears to be unstoppable. Should we
care? And more important, are journalists doing their jobs in terms of
informing readers and viewers what globalization will mean to their lives?
Or are we so enthralled by the spectacle of mass demonstrations that we
never quite get around to exploring the issues behind the banners?
A prominent anti-globalization activist and two leading journalists will discuss these
questions. Featuring: Maude Barlow, Voluntary Chairperson, Council of
Canadians; Keith Boag, Ottawa Bureau Chief, CBC Television News and Jim
Travers, National Affairs columnist, The Toronto Star. Moderator: Arthur
Lewis, former reporter/producer, CBC Television News in Ottawa
Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. / Quebec Suite
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How spin doctors operate: Come meet three sultans of political
spin. They are veterans of election war rooms and partisan brawls on and
off Parliament Hill. Quick now; who suggested somebody should tell
Stockwell Day the TV cartoon show The Flintstones is not a documentary?
Who now is getting his ass kicked in Canadian politics? Find out what
makes the spin meisters tick, talk and gloat - on and off the record.
What makes them want to crawl in or out of a hole. Or, in one panelist's
words, to "defend the indefensible."
Warren Kinsella, McMillan Binch; Tim Powers, Senior Consultant, Summa
Strategies Canada Inc. and Jim Armour, Senior Consultant, Hawk Communications Inc.
have manipulated the message and the messenger with skill and wit,
for, respectively the Liberals, the Canadian Alliance and Reform.
Saturday, 4:00 p.m.. to 5:30 p.m.. / Renaissance Room
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Journalism in developing democracies: The slow road to freedom.
Ryerson journalism professor Marsha Barber discusses the phases
journalists go through when their nations change from totalitarian regimes
to emerging democracies. Barber has trained journalists and conducted
research in Cambodia.
Sunday, 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. / Quebec Room
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Life after journalism: If the deadline pressure, uncertain hours, strain on family life, low pay
(joke, sort of), or any other issues are making you think of exploring
opportunities outside of journalism this is a chance to get the inside
scoop from "the dark side". A panel of three former successful journalists
will help you understand what it takes to make the jump.
Merilyn Read
honed her skills as a journalist before starting her own award winning
production company. Bringing the Tom Green Show to MTV was one of her
recent projects. Marsha Barber, a former senior producer at CBC, is now
happily passing on her wisdom to future journalists. And after
years of breaking stories as a newspaper reporter, Stephen Heckbert has
chosen a career that gives him steadier hours to spend time with his kids.
The panelists will tell us how and why they made the move and answer your
questions.
Marsha Barber, Professor, Ryerson University;
Stephen Heckbert, VP Communications, EDS Canada; Merilyn Read, Owner, MTR
Productions Moderator: Colin Trethewey, technology reporter, The NewRO TV,
Ottawa.
Saturday, 2:15 p.m.. to 3:45 p.m.. / Renaissance Room
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Politics and money: Money makes the world go round and
nowhere is that sometimes truer than in politics. Find out how to get the
bottom of where political leaders are getting their money, who is
lobbying them and whether they are in financial conflicts of interest -
whether it be your local city councillor or a federal government
minister.
Featuring: Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, whose
duties includes responsibility for the financial reporting requirements of
the Canada Elections Act. Jock Ferguson, former investigative reporter
with the Globe and Mail, the fifth estate, 60 Minutes and the BBC and
Channel Four in England. Ferguson, a Michener and IRE award winner as
well as a CAJ founder, is now with Kroll Inc, the world's leading firm of
corporate investigators and forensic accountants. Aaron Freeman, a
researcher with Democracy Watch in Ottawa and the "Money and Influence" columnist for The Hill Times.
The discussion will be lead by Elizabeth Thompson, Montreal Gazette Parliament Hill bureau.
Saturday, 2:15 p.m.. to 3:45 p.m.. / Gatineau Room
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and journalists: Journalists who witness tragedy, violence, and human misery - whether it's a traffic accident
or war - may just put their feelings behind them and move on to the next story. The journalistic
culture behooves news people to appear dispassionate. Yet, psychologists argue that no journalist,
photographer or editor is immune to the impact of intense traumatic events.
Sometimes they react months later in ways which can be surprising and seemingly unrelated to the traumatic experience.
The panel will examine how psychological impact may take its toll and how one Canadian-based international
organization is trying to remove the stigma, get journalists talking about PTSD and help each other.
Panelists: Dr. Anthony Feinstein, University of Toronto psychiatry professor who has studied PTSD on war correspondents;
Frema Engel, a Montreal clinical expert in journalism and trauma; and, Robert Frank, Executive Director, Newscoverage Unlimited.
Moderator: Carleton University School of Journalism professor Janice Neil.
Saturday, 4:00 p.m.. to 5:30 p.m.. / Quebec Suite
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The relevance of religion: More and more Canadians say they are interested
in spirituality and faith issues. The events of last September 11th have underlined the importance of
journalists knowing about issues in faith and religious communities. How will
the media meet these challenges? Will reporting on religion and spirituality
gain new respect in the media? Or will coverage still be left to a handful of
beat reporters who do insightful and challenging work that rarely makes the
headlines or the top of the newscast?
Panelists: Bob Harvey, religion editor of the Ottawa Citizen; Sheema Khan,
board chairperson of the Council on American-Islamic Relations - CANADA; Kirk
Lapointe, Senior Vice-President, CTV News and Gordon Legge, former religion
editor of the Calgary Herald who is now Director of the Centre for Faith and
the Media in Calgary.
Saturday, 4:00 p.m.. to 5:30 p.m.. / Tudor Room
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