Reynolds Week 2012: Agenda, Professors
REYNOLDS BUSINESS JOURNALISM WEEK AGENDA “Business Journalism Professors Seminar”
Jan. 2-5, 2012, Phoenix, Ariz.
MONDAY — Jan. 2
8 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Combined groups) - First Amendment Forum
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions (Combined groups) - Forum, Andrew Leckey
9 a.m. “Today’s Business Journalists as Investigators” (Combined groups) - Forum, Diana B. Henriques
10:15-10:30 a.m. Break – Computer Lab Open for all breaks during the week (RM 352)
10:30 a.m. “Deciding What to Teach” - RM 355, Chris Roush
NOON Lunch and book signing with Diana B. Henriques (Combined groups) - Forum
1:30 p.m. “Organizing Your Class” - RM 355, Roush
2:30 p.m. Case Study: “Syllabus Writing” - RM 355, Roush
3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. “Resources and Keeping Students Interested” - RM 355, Roush
5-5:20 p.m. Group photos (Combined groups) - Forum
5:20 p.m. Dinner – Southwestern buffet (Combined groups) - Forum
TUESDAY—Jan. 3
8 a.m. Continental breakfast (Combined groups) - Forum
8:30 a.m. “Mission Possible: Assignments that Build Skills” - RM 355, Pam Luecke
9:45 a.m. “Preparing Students for Business Journalism’s Future” - RM 355, Randy Smith
10:45-11:00 a.m. Break
11 a.m. “Reflections on a Rookie Year” - RM 355, Alan Deutschman
NOON Awards Luncheon with Jim Steele (Combined groups) - Forum, “Reynolds Center’s 2011 Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism”
Panel Discussion and Presentation of Awards
(Reynolds Chairs will meet at 1:30 in the Reynolds Conference RM #306F.)
1:30 p.m. “Teaching the Effective Use of Data in Business Coverage” - RM 352, Steve Doig
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. “Injecting Multimedia into Your Business Journalism Class” - RM 355, Mark Tatge
5 p.m. Adjourn
EVENING FREE
WEDNESDAY —Jan. 4
8 a.m. Continental breakfast (Combined groups) - Forum
8:30 a.m. “Financial Statements I” -RM 355, Jimmy Gentry
10:45-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. “Financial Statements I” (continued) and “Securities and Exchange Commission Filings” - RM 355, Gentry
NOON Garden Lunch Buffet with Robin J. Phillips (Combined groups) - Forum, “Getting LinkedIn: Exploring LinkedIn, a social/career tool that is filled with
useful data for business journalists”
1:30 p.m. “Financial Statements II” – RM 355, Gentry
3-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. “Financial Statements II” (continued) and “Tools for Analysis: Common Size” - RM 355, Gentry
5-5:30 p.m. Cronkite Building Tour (Combined groups) - Outside RM 302 (Leadership Suite) in front of elevators, Associate Dean Kristin Gilger
5:30 p.m. Dinner conversation on marketing your business journalism program - Forum, Leckey
THURSDAY—Jan. 5
8 a.m. Continental breakfast (Combined groups) - RM 444
8:30 a.m. “What Editors Expect” - RM 444, Panel: Linda Austin, Ilana Lowery, Kathy Tulumello and Jodi Schneider
9:45-10 a.m. Break
10 a.m. “Preparing for the Job Market” - RM 444, Jodi Schneider
11:30 a.m. Certificate Presentation (Combined groups) - RM 444
NOON Box Lunch/Adjourn (Combined groups), RM 444
OPTIONAL: Cracking Private Companies Workshop
Where: Pulliam Room, 10th floor, Republic Media building, 200 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix (next to the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel)
Instructor: Jodi Schneider, team leader for Congress for Bloomberg News
AGENDA: Cracking Private Companies
12:45-1 p.m. Registration
1-1:10 p.m. Welcome and introductions
1:10-1:30 p.m. How are private companies structured and how they’re different from public companies
1:30-2:30 p.m. What’s public about private companies
2:30-3 p.m. Case study/small-group discussion: Where would you find the info?
3-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:15 p.m. Re-imagining the private-company profile
4:15-4:45 p.m. Case study/small-group discussion: Some examples (multimedia) of good biz profiles – pick out what makes them good and present to the group
4:45-5 p.m. Class discussion: Five takeaways you can use starting tomorrow to cover private companies better