Blogger Summit Agenda
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Saturday, March 15
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (at CAP) 9:00 – 9:30 Welcome, Logistics, More Intros (Main Room)
9:30 – 11:00 Building a State/issue Blog (Main Room) - Laura Packard, moderator
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Building Coalitions and Moving an Agenda (Main Room) - Adam Green, moderator
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:10 Session 1
- Blogging as a Business (Main Room) - Julie Fanselow
- Empowering Readers (Room 11 Large) - Adam Green
- FOIA Requests and Election Complaints (Room Conf E) - Jeff Morley and Wendy Morris, CIM
2:15 – 3:00 Session 2
- Research Tools and Other Resources (Main Room) - Media Matters, Sunlight Foundation, CAP, You!
- Citizen Journalism (Room 11 Large) - Wendy Norris & CIM
- Podcasting and Blog Radio (Room Conf E) - Kenneth Quinnell
3:05 – 3:45 Session 3
- Bridging the Blogosphere Divides (Main Room) - LN Rock
- Tech Tools - Blogging Platforms, etc. (Room 11 Large) - Jason Rosenbaum and Nirmal Mankani
3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:00 Holding the Media Accountable (Main Room)
5:00 – 5:15 Wrap-up
6:30 – 8:00 Dinner (James Hoban – 1 Dupont Circle, enter on New Hampshire)
8:00 - 11:00 Party (James Hoban – open to friends of participants)
Sunday, March 16
9:00 – 10:00 Hotel check-out; Breakfast at CAP
10:00 – 10:30 Intro to Media Training (Main Room) – Joel Silberman - Sign Up for Media Training
10:30 – 11:30
- Iraq (Main Room) - Brian Katulis, CAP
- Media and McCain (Room 11 Large) – Cliff Schecter
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:30
- Healthcare (Main Room) – Ezra Klein
- Working w/Campaigns (Room 11 Large) – Tracy Russo
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30
- Economy (Room 11 Large) – Andrew Jakabovics, CAP
- Energy (Main Room) – Dan Weiss, CAP
2:30 – 3:30 Meet the Hill Comm Staff & Regional Breakouts (Main Room)
3:30 – 4:30 Wrap-up and Next Steps
Evening activity for those staying – Townhouse starting at 5pm – 18th and R St
