SITE: John Seigenthaler Center • 1207 18th Avenue South • Nashville, Tennessee 37212 • 615/727-1401

HOTEL: Embassy Suites Nashville at Vanderiblt • 1811 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 • 615/320-8899

Thursday, April 29, 2010

6:30 p.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttle leaves on first of two trips to John Seigenthaler Center (615/727-1401)

6:45 p.m.

Reception Classroom, Diversity Institute

7:15 p.m.

Dinner Conference Room, Diversity Institute

8:00 p.m.

Welcome

Doug Lyons, seminar director, senior editorial writer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale,

8:10 p.m.

Innovating Freedom: The Survival of the Flexible in the Digital Age
Speaker: Dr. Sybril Bennett, Executive Director of the New Century Journalism Program and
Associate Professor of Journalism at Belmont University, Nashville

9:15 p.m.

Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

Friday, April 30, 2010

Complimentary continental or cooked-to-order breakfast at Embassy Suites Hotel

8:00 a.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttle leaves on first of two trips to John Seigenthaler Center

8:30 a.m.

Welcome Conference Room, Diversity Institute

Jack Marsh, vice president, diversity programs, Freedom Forum
Val Hoeppner, manager of multimedia education, Diversity Institute

8:45 a.m.

The Changing world of opinion writing
Speaker: John Seigenthaler, chair emeritus, The Tennessean, and founder of First Amendment Center

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Opinion writing: Why and to what purpose
Speaker: Tommy Denton, retired editorial page editor, past NCEW and NCEW Foundation president

11:00 a.m.

Nuts and bolts of opinion writing
Speaker: Linda Campbell, editorial writer/columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

11:30 a.m.

Finding your voice
Speaker: Ricardo Pimentel, syndicated columnist and editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noon

Group photo

12:15 p.m.

Lunch Diversity Institute Student Lounge

1:00 p.m.

Simulated editorial board meetings in small groups

Leaders: Linda Campbell, editorial writer/columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Tommy Denton, retired editorial page editor, past NCEW and NCEW Foundation president
Doug Lyons, seminar director, senior editorial writer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale,
1997 graduate of Minority Writers Seminar

Ricardo Pimentel, nationally syndicated columnist and editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

2:00 p.m.

Writing session Newsroom

4:00 p.m.

Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

Afternoon and evening free: dinner on your own

Saturday, May 1, 2010

8:00 a.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttle leaves on first of two trips to John Seigenthaler Center

8:30 a.m.

Small group critique session with leaders

9:45 a.m.

Adapting opinion for other media Conference Room
Moderator: Rick Horowitz, syndicated columnist and Emmy-winning TV commentator
Linda Campbell, editorial writer/columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Dwight Lewis, editorial page editor/columnist, The Tennessean in Nashville
Ricardo Pimentel, nationally syndicated columnist and editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

11:00 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

Simulated editorial board meetings in small groups with leaders

Noon

Lunch Diversity Institute Student Lounge

12:30 p.m.

Writing session Newsroom

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Your Choices. Your Voices Conference Room
Speaker: Rick Horowitz, syndicated columnist and Emmy-winning TV commentator based in Milwaukee 

4:00 p.m.

Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

6:00 p.m.

Gather at complimentary Managers Reception Atrium, Embassy Suites Vanderbilt

6:30 p.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttles leaves for first of two trips to Jack's

7:00 p.m.

Dinner Jack's Bar-B-Cue, 416 Broadway

8:00 p.m.

Is First Amendment under siege?
Speaker: Gene Policinski, vice president/executive director, First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University

9:30 p.m.

Embassy Suites Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Complimentary continental or cooked-to-order breakfast at Embassy Suites Hotel

8:30 a.m.

Group critique session with leaders Titan Room, Embassy Suites Hotel

10:00 a.m.

Evaluation of seminar

11:00 a.m.

Dismissal

Front row: Dwight Worley, Sharayah Sherrod, Joan Armour, Veronica Villafane, Josefina Villicaña Casati; Second row: Ricardo Pimentel, WanJira Banfield, Ivy Farguheson, Frank McCoy, Angeline J. Taylor, Péralte C. Paul; Third row: Tommy Denton, Linda Campbell, Kathryn Whitbourne, Karina Flores-Hurley, Doug Lyons, Rick Horowitz.