Convention-at-a-Glance
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Registration is now open for SAJA's 14th Annual Convention and Job Fair on June 20-21 in New York City.
Advance registration ends on June 15, 2008. After that date, you may register on site.
Thursday
6 p.m. - Brick Lane event at Columbia, sponsored by Sony Pictures Classics
- 6-6:45 p.m. - Reception, sponsored by Nair & Co.
- 7 p.m. - Screening (movie will start promptly)
- Screening to be followed by a Q&A with SAJA Board member Aseem Chhabra, Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron and Brick Lane star Tannishtha Chatterjee.
Friday (CUNY campus)
9 a.m. - Registration and breakfast
10 a.m. - Opening keynote with Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal
11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. - Superworkshops on Narrative Writing, Photojournalism, Videojournalism for the Web, and Broadcast Bootcamp (*you must select these options when you register)
12-5 p.m. - Job Fair
1-4 p.m. - Resume & clip critiques
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Salon for Students: The Washington Post's Amar Bakshi
- Workshop: Writing Broadcast News with Merv Block
- Workshop: Making the Argument: Opinion-Writing
1:15-2 p.m.
- Lunch
- Recruiter Panel
2:15-3:45 p.m.
- Workshop: Long-form writing with Amitava Kumar
- Panel: Documentary Filmmaking
4:30-5:30 p.m. - SAJA Members Meeting
6:30-9:30 p.m. - Opening Reception: A Conversation with New York Times Vice Chairman Michael Golden and Managing Editor John Geddes
The New York Times Building
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting for members of Buddy program, at reception
Saturday (Columbia campus)
9 a.m. - Registration and breakfast
10-11 a.m. - Plenary: Decision '08: Reporters in the Trenches
12-5 p.m. - Job Fair
1-4 p.m. - Resume, clip, & tape critiques
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Salon: Photographer J. Adam Huggins
- Panel: Pakistan in Peril
- Workshop: Radio and podcasting for print reporters
- Salon: ESPN's Kevin Negandhi
1:15-2 p.m.
- Lunch
- Recruiter Panel
2:15-3:45 p.m.
- Salon: Aisha Sultan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Workshop: The Editor's Take
- Panel: Blogging to Augment Your Reporting
4-5:30 p.m.
- Panel: Covering the Economy in a Time of Crisis
- Salon Q&A: Reena Ninan of Fox News
- Workshop: Freelance From Pitch to Print
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Hour
7:30-10 p.m. - Annual SAJA Awards and Scholarship Dinner, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
Sunday (Mint at 150 E. 50th St.):
11 a.m. -2 p.m. - Brunch with comedians Dhaya Lakshminarayan and Dan Nainan and singer Jason Joseph