CONFERENCE AGENDA
Saturday, February 8, 2020
| 11:30-12noon | Registration | Spinnaker Lobby | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 PM | LUNCH | Lunch will be available until 1:30pm. | Spinnaker | |
| 12:30 – 1:10 PM | OPENING SESSION | Youth Advisors Welcome | Spinnaker | |
| 1:10 – 1:15 PM | COMMUNITY GROUNDING | Breathing Excercise | Paulina Rojas, Coachella Unincorporated | Spinnaker |
| 1:15 – 2:30 PM | GUEST SPEAKER | Keynote Address & Q&A | Elizabeth Campos, Digital Editor – NBC Bay Area | Spinnaker |
| 2:30 – 2:45 PM | BREAK | Check into your Hotel Room | ||
| WORKSHOPS (Choose one) | ||||
| 2:45 – 4:00 PM | PODCASTING | This workshop will dive into how Blake and Delency got their start in podcasting, how they’ve grown both Hella Black’s brand and audience. Attendees will leave with the understanding of how they can start, develop, and monetize a podcast of their own. | Delency Parham and Blake Simons, Hella Black Podcast | Spinnaker |
| 2:45 – 4:00 PM | VISUAL STORIES: GRAPHIC JOURNALISM & ILLUSTRATION | Learn different techniques and theories of telling visual, immersive stories through illustration and comics journalism, and experiment by creating and workshopping a short interview piece. | Andy Warner, Illustrator (Managing Editor for The Nib) | Chart |
| 2:45 – 4:00 PM | SHORT FORM VIDEO | The workshop will cover tools, tips, and tricks to make videos quickly with everyday equipment. | Isaac Gonzalez and Maria Hernandez, Access Local TV (Sacramento) | Compass |
SATURDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES
4pm: Meet at Plank for the group picture
4:30-6pm: Bowling and Dinner at Plank
6pm- 9pm: 3 Options (San Francisco by ferry, movies or stay at arcade)
Sunday, February 9, 2020
| 9:00 – 9:25 AM | BREAKFAST | Spinnaker | ||
| 9:25 – 9:30 AM | COMMUNITY GROUNDING | Breathing Excercise | Paulina Rojas, Coachella Unincorporated | Spinnaker |
| 9:30 – 10:15 AM | MEET THE MAKERS: YOUTH PANEL | Youth journalists Share Their Work | Halima Musa, Melissa Franco, Olivia Teforlack, Rachel Livinal, Zofia Trexler | Spinnaker |
| 10:15 – 10:45 AM | BREAK | Check out of hotel | ||
| WORKSHOPS (Choose one) | ||||
| 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | FLIPPING THE LENS: A Photography workshop | Attendees will use photography as a tool to reflect around one’s personal and social landscape in the field of photojournalism. | Christina Chomut, AjA Project | Chart Room |
| 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | LET’S TALK ABOUT NARRATIVE | What can scary stories tell us about narrative podcasts and radio? Come ready to learn, interact, and interview each other as we find stories, build scenes and develop arches. | Annie Nguyen, Snap Judgement | Spinnaker 1 |
| 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | MY EARS ARE FOR INTERVIEWING | Listening during an interview is just as important as what questions you’re asking. Learn tips about body language that Erika has come to rely on for capturing emotional and authentic tape. | Erika Aguilar, KQED | Compass |
| 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | ADULT SESSION // BRAINSTORM | Adult Leaders only: Brainstorm ideas for communication, collaboration and support for the network in 2020. | Rebecca Martin, Lauren Rascoe, Nancy DeVille, YR Media | Spinnaker 2 |
| 12:00 – 12:30 PM | LUNCH | Spinnaker | ||
| 12:30 – 12:35 PM | COMMUNITY GROUNDING | Stretching Excercise | Paulina Rojas, Coachella Unincorporated | Spinnaker |
| 12:35 – 1:50 PM | GUEST SPEAKER | Keynote Address & Q&A | Jeff Valenzuela, Photographer – AjA Project | Spinnaker |
| 1:50 – 2:00 PM | BREAK | |||
| AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS (Choose one) | ||||
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | THE BREAKDOWN OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Are there things that happen in your community that bother youand you think are worth uncovering? Attendees will learn how to think like an investigative journalist. Come ready to learn how to unpack your concerns with precision and accountability! | Martin Reynolds, The Maynard Institute | Chart Room |
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | GRAPHIC DESIGN 101: CANVA TRAINING | Learn how to use graphics to get your stories out to your community and attract a new audience. This workshop will explore how to use design software Canva for campaigns and graphic design to enhance your storytelling. | Kody Stoebig, The kNOw | Spinnaker 1 |
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | TELLING STORIES ON INSTAGRAM | In this Instagram Storytelling workshop, you will learn how to convert print stories into Instagram Stories, and how to cover events using Instagram Stories. This workshop will challenge you to think visually, outline your Stories, maximize audience reach, and more. All you need for this workshop is a smartphone and the Instagram app. | Crystal Niebla, VoiceWaves | Compass Room |
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | ADULT SESSION // FUNDRAISING | Adults Leaders only | Jodi Ravel, CARESTAR Foundation | Spinnaker 2 |
| 3:15 – 3:30 PM | BREAK | |||
| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | SNACK // CLOSING // AWARDS // EVALUATIONS AND DEPARTURES | Spinnaker |
