Day 1: September 15, 2016 - Featured Talks & Main Program

Arrival & Check-In

8:30 am - 9:15 am

Greenberg Theater, American University
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016

Welcome to Story Movements

9:15 am - 9:45 am

Caty Borum Chattoo & Brigid Maher, CMSI Co-Directors
Jennifer Humke, MacArthur Foundation, Senior Program Officer for Journalism and Media

Represent: Changing Dominant Narratives

9:45 am - 11:45 am

Katie Galloway (The Return)
Mary Crowley (Vera Institute of Justice)
Jonathan Skurnik (Youth & Gender Media Project)
Farihah Zaman & Bryce Renninger (Field of Vision)
Facilitator: Maria Teresa Kumar (Voto Latino)

Lunch Break

11:45 am - 12:30 pm

Expose: Spotlighting Injustice

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Curt Guyette (ACLU Michigan)
Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute)
Ezekiel Edwards (ACLU)
Facilitator: Joaquin Alvarado (The Center for Investigative Reporting)

Break

2:05 pm - 2:20 pm

Empathize: Connecting Emotionally, Debunking the Other

2:20 pm - 3:55 pm

Jenny Nicholson (SPENT)
Jaehee Cho & Atit Kothari (Injustice)
Suhad Babaa (Just Vision)
Facilitator: Byron Hurt (God Bless the Child Productions)

Participate: Empowering Community

3:55 pm - 5:20 pm

Portia Cobb (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Film, Video, Animation & New Genres)
Teresa Chin (Youth Radio)
Cole Goins (Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting)
Facilitator: Sangita Shresthova (Civic Paths)

Story Movements Reception

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

American University Washington College of Law
Claudio Grossman Hall, YT01-02
4300 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Reception

* From the Greenberg Theater, walk out the front door and turn left to walk up Wisconsin Avenue, NW. Take a left on Nebraska Ave NW and the law school is located on the opposite side of the street after the traffic circle. There will be guides to help.

Day 2: September 16, 2016 - Create-Athon

Breakfast, Registration, and Issue Assignments

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Claudio Grossman Hall
Washington College of Law, American University
4300 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016

Introductions and Welcome

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Adnaan Wasey, Executive Producer, POV Digital

Story focus

9:30 am - 9:40 am

Discussion

9:40 am - 9:50 am

What is the story focus? Begin to outline the story specifics

9:50 am - 10:30 am

How do you connect the story with the media format or formats?

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Who needs to experience this story? Who is your audience?

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Rehearsal & pulling it together

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Participant Break

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm

Pitches

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm

Open Discussion

12:45 pm - 1:00 pm

Big Story Movements Wrap-up

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Lunch and Final Day Informal Reception

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm