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Convention
Saturday,
June 24, 2000
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
116th St & Broadway (Manhattan)
Current lineup, subject to change.
Panels are free for those attending the gala dinner.
Otherwise, just $5 a session or $10 for the entire day (pay at
the door). Attire for day is casual; dinner is dressy semi-formal.
| 9
am |
Registration
/ Networking
Breakfast
(coffee, tea & pastries will
be served during breakfast and replenished throughout the
day) |
| 10
am-Noon |
Opening
Panel
View From The Top: Senior South Asian Journalists Tell
Their Story
Featuring (among others):
Peter
Bhatia, executive editor, The Oregonian (future president,
American Society of Newspaper Editors); Rekha
Basu, columnist, Des Moines Register;
Satya
Das, columnist, Edmonton Journal; Sukanya
Krishnan, reporter, WCBS-TV; Fred
de Sam Lazaro, correspondent, Newshour with Jim Lehrer;
Amitabh Pal, editor, Progressive
Media Project; Vibhuti Patel,
letters editor, Newsweek; Manjunath
Pendakur, dean, School of Information & Media
Studies, Univ of Western Ontario; plus others from new media
& magazines. Moderated by Deepti Hajela, newswoman,
Associated Press. |
| Noon-1
pm |
| Lunch
on your own / Networking |
| 1-2:30
pm:
choose one |
A.
Business Beat: Breaking Into & Thriving in the Financial
Press
Featuring
(among others) Subrata
Chakravarty, former asst. managing editor, Forbes;
Nikhil Deogun, M&A reporter,
The Wall Street Journal; Stephanie
Mehta, writer, Fortune;
Raju Narisetti, news editor,
The Wall Street Journal;
Michael
Noer, editor, Forbes. Moderated by Mukul
Pandya, editor, Knowledge@Wharton
B. Becoming American: South Asians & Political
Life
A
panel on race, politics and the South Asian experience.
Featuring Mala Desai, exec. dir., Northern Queens Health
Coalition; Ann Morning, expert on South Asian immigration
and racial classification at Princeton University;
Vijay
Prashad, author, The Karma of Brown Folk; Hameem
Shah, president, Pakistani American Civic Association
of Staten Island; Abu Taher, executive editor, Bangla
Patrika; Vanitha Venugopal, director of housing, Queens
Borough President's Office.
Moderated by Jyoti Thottam,
reporter, Time Digital. |
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2:30-4 pm:
choose one
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A.
Desi Dot-com-ers: Web Stories
A
panel discussing South Asian success in high-tech.
Featuring Dinesh
Ahluwalia, founder, Indiaserver.com; Radha Basu,
CEO, Support.com; Kazi A.F.S. Hasan, president, ITM
Group;
Om Malik, H&Q Venture Capital; Parry Singh,
CEO, EthnicGrocer.com; Vivek Wadhwa, CEO, Relativity.com;
and others. Moderated by Hari
Sreenivasan, anchor, CNET TV.com.
B.
Books, Books, Books: Authors & Experts Tell All
A panel discussing the ins and outs of
the publishing business. Featuring authors Deborah
Baker; Amitav Ghosh;
Ravi Hutheesing;
Mira
Kamdar;
Shashi Tharoor;and Anna
Ghosh, literary agent; Beena
Kamlani, editor, Viking. Moderated by Nina
Mehta, book critic.
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4-5 pm:
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Screening: "Desi: South Asians in New York"
Watch the landmark PBS/WNET documentary on South Asian in
New York City. Meet Shebana Coelho,
co-producer of the program. |
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5-6:30
pm
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Free
time/Networking
Get ready for Reception & Dinner @ 6:30 pm
(see column on your right) |
Want
to be a sponsor?
Great opportunity to support SAJA
Become a member of SAJA!
Map
& directions to Columbia
Parking
Info
Plenty of parking one block over at the corner of 114th St &
Amsterdam (open 24 hours). Prices (including tax):
up to 1 hour: $8.50; upto 2 hours: $9.50; upto 12 hours: $12.50;
upto 24 hours: $20.
Get
your dinner tickets today!
$50 for tickets purchased by June 22.
$60 for tickets still available at the door.
Reserved tables of 10 are $500.00 each (includes name in
program).
Limited
student tickets at $35 on all dates (student ID must be brought
to event).
TO
PAY VIA CREDIT CARD: Click
here (www.ersvp.com/reply/saja)
Or
call 212-201-7784 to pay via phone.
TO PAY VIA CHECK: Send
a check for the appropriate amount, listing each guest's name,
e-mail address & phone number to SAJA, c/o Prof. Sreenath
Sreenivasan, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10025. Make check payable
to "South Asian Journalists Association" & postmark
it by the correct date.
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Annual
Dinner & Awards
Saturday, June 24, 2000
Columbia University Lerner Hall
115th St & Broadway (Manhattan)
$50
for dinner tickets purchased by June
22.
$60 for tickets still available at the door.
Reserved tables of 10 are $500.00 each (includes name in
program).
Limited
student tickets at $35 on all dates
6:30-7:30
pm
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Registration & cocktails
Everyone in Subcontinental clothes or accessories gets raffle
ticket
- Cocktail
hour (appetizers & cash bar; see menu below)
- Silent
auction (autographed books, dinner tix, et al)
- "20
Years of South Asian America" - a photo exhibition by Jay
Mandal/On Assignment
7:30-10 pm
- Welcome:
Deepti Hajela, convention chair and Associated Press
newswoman
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Our
Emcee: Anupy Singla of Bloomberg News
Chicago, who returns this year to run the show. |
 
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Keynote speech by Peter Kann &
Karen Elliott House
(publisher of WSJ and president, Dow Jones International,
respectively, and Pulitzer Prize winners in International Reporting)
| Kann
& House receive the SAJA Journalism Leader Award from
Peter Bhatia (executive
editor of The Oregonian and
future president of The American Society of Newspaper
Editors) |
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- SAJA
Journalism Awards Presentation
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Tribute to late Ron Patel,
Sunday Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Live
auction by master auctioneer Arthur Horowitz
- Dinner
& Dessert (see menu below)
10-midnight
DJ-inspired Dancing
DJ Masti spins the latest South Asian & Western tunes
and classic hits
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Attire
Dinner is dressy semi-formal. Subcontinental attire encouraged,
but not mandatory. Raffle drawing for everyone in desi clothing
(sarees, nehru jackets, salwar kameez and so on). A western jacket
& tie for men and equivalent clothing for women will be fine,
too. Bring your dancing shoes! Day-time panel is casual (even
shorts and t-shirts are fine)
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The
Menu
Catering by Maharaja Restaurant, Manhattan
Appetizers: samosa, chicken kebab, aloo bonda
Buffet dishes: tandoori chicken, chicken masala, lamb mughlai,
avial, saag paneer, daal makhni, peas pulao, naan, raita, papadam
Dessert: rasmalai, gaajar ka halwa
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Weather Forecast
Check up-to-date
forecast
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Parking
Info
There's plenty of parking one block over at the corner of 114th
St & Amsterdam (open 24 hours). Prices (including
tax): up to 1 hour: $8.50; upto 2 hours: $9.50; upto 12 hours:
$12.50; upto 24 hours: $20.
Want to be a sponsor?
Great opportunity to support SAJA
Become a member of SAJA!
Roone
Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
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Columbia
University's Lerner Hall/Roone Arledge Auditorium (115th
St & Broadway in Manhattan) |
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