BU – New England Newsrooms Meeting

New England Newsrooms Meeting January 25, 2024

AGENDA

9-9:30 a.m.	COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
9:30-9:45 a.m.	INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Brian McGrory, former editor, The Boston Globe Chair, Journalism Department, Boston University
9:45-10:30 a.m.	A Conversation with Sewell Chan: What Can We Learn from The Texas Tribune Experience in Nonprofit Journalism?Sewell Chan, editor-in-chief, The Texas Tribune Charles Sennott, founder, GroundTruth Project and Report for America, acting publisher, MV Times.
10:30-10:45 a.m.	BREAK
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	REVENUE GENERATION How to Identify and Cultivate Major Gift Prospects – 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Troy Finn, senior advisor, Starrs Aligned Fundraising leader and strategist with more than 20 years’ experience raising money with nonprofits of all sizes The State of Play for Legal Advertising – 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University journalism professor Ginny Buckingham, president, Marblehead Current, and former vice president, corporate affairs, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
12:15-1 p.m.	LUNCH AND CONVERSATION
1-2:30 p.m.	WAYS TO DO MORE WITH LESS Content That Connects: Driving Reader Engagement and Sustaining Growth – 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Barbara Roessner, founding editor, The New Bedford Light What You Need to Know about AI – 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Michelle Johnson, professor emerita, Boston University Co-publishing and Collaboration – 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. David Dahl, editor, The Maine Monitor
2:30-2:45 p.m.	BREAK
2:45-3:30 p.m.	FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO TO NOT GET SUED Jon Albano, partner, Morgan Lewis Expert in media litigation
3:30-4 p.m.	WRAP UP, NEXT STEPS Brian McGrory