Student Reporting SEJ2008

NEWSROOM:  Bent Mountain Room, near the business center on the South side of the Hotel Roanoke conference center.   Hours will be posted.   

EQUIPMENT:  Students should bring:

• laptops (we will have a few)
• digital cameras,
• regular ipod headphones with standard 1/8 inch jacks (to check sound levels) 
• thumb drive
• reporters note pad 
  

PERSONNEL AND ASSIGNMENTS

Dale Willman - Editor    (newsroom Friday C1, Saturday C4)
Sarah Vig  - Assignment Editor   (newsroom Friday C2, Saturday C3)    FB1, C1, C4

Kyle Burnette   -- C3d, C4d
Chris Cox -- C2c, C4e, SL 
Angela DeSoto -- C1b, C2a, C3b
Maureen Halsema -- C1h, C2g,
* Quenten Penn Hollar  -- FB2,   
Deana Hirt -- C1e, C3e
* Adam Lafon  -- C1g,
Sarah Lichtman --  C1d, C2d
* Courtney Mitchell -- 
William Parker -- C2e, C4a
Jacquelyn Pontious  -- C1a, SB1   
Derek Ragland -- C1f, C3g
* Koryn Stevens -- 

Assignment Overview 

• FB - Friday Breakfast (three assignments) -- 7:30 - 8:45
• C1...  Concurrent Sessions 1  - 10:45 - 12:00  --  (a - h) 
• C2 ... Concurrent Sessions 2 - 2:45 - 4:00 pm  -- (a - h)   
• SB - Saturday Breakfast (one) 
• C3 ... Concurrent Sessions 3 - 9:00 - 10:15 am -- (a - h)
• C4 ... Concurrent Sessions 4 - 10:45 - 12:00  -- (a - h)    
• SL - Saturday lunch (1 assignment) 
• Sun1 - Sunday breakfast
• Sun2 - Sunday breakouts (a, b and c) 
• Sun3 - Book Slam 

Download Hotel.Roanoke.floor.plan.pdf

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

FRIDAY

Friday Breakfast Sessions  (BB 1 - 4):  7:30 - 8:45 a.m.

• 1. Making the Science Sing:  Location: Crystal Ballroom E   Sarah Vig
• 2. Covering Tragedies and Disasters: Location: Crystal Ballroom A and B           Quentin
• 3. How to Be Your Own FOIA Lawyer Location: Crystal Ballroom C
• 4. Newsmaker breakfast with Congressman Rick Boucher Location: Crystal Ballroom D   (Doesnt need coverage) 

Opening Plenary

• Old King Coal: What's His Role in America's Energy Future?  (To be videotaped ? )

Concurrent Sessions 1
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

A) COAL Jackie   Almost Level: Mountaintop Removal Overview Location: Buck Mountain Room

B) ENERGY Angie De Soto Must We Grow?   Location: Crystal Ballroom A

C) THE CLIMATE  Sarah Vig Climate Change and Agriculture -Location: Crystal Ballroom E

D) THE WATER    Sarah Lichtman Can This Bay Be Saved? Location: Crystal Ballroom B

E) THE LAND  Deana  Joy Ride or Ecocide? ORVs on Public Lands Location: Crystal Ballroom C

F) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Derek Ragland Location: Crystal Ballroom D

G) THE NATION Adam Lafon  Broken Bridges, Straight Pipes: 

H) THE CRAFT Maureen Halsema. Environment Reporters of the 21st Century Location: Washington Lecture Hall

Concurrent Sessions 2 2:45 - 4:00 p.m.

A) COAL -Carbon Sequestration: Silver Bullet or Black Hole?Angie De Soto  Location: Buck Mountain Room

B) ENERGY Energy 101: A Primer for Reporters Location: Quentin Crystal Ballroom A

C) THE CLIMATE  Close Quarters:  -- Chris Cox  Location: Crystal Ballroom E

D) THE WATER Hydropower: Past, Present & Future    Sarah  Location: Crystal Ballroom B

E) THE LAND Biodiversity, People, and the Planet: An Appalachian Lesson Will Parker  Location: Crystal Ballroom C

F) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH "Where There's Smoke..." : Job Hazards as Forerunners of Public Hazards  -- Location: Crystal Ballroom D

G) THE NATION:  Maureen Halsema  Environmental Policy, Public Opinion, and the Election Location: Mill Mountain Room

H) THE CRAFT The Freelance Pitch-Slam Location: Washington Lecture Hall 

SATURDAY

Saturday Breakfast Plenary: Environmental Justice and the Poor  Jackie   Location: Roanoke Ballroom

Concurrent Sessions 3 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.

A) COAL  Coal Around the Globe Location: Buck Mountain Room

B) ENERGY - Angie De Soto  Beyond Corn: Making Biofuels from Grass, Trash and Algae Location: Crystal Ballroom A

C) THE CLIMATE Rough Road Ahead: Preparing for Climate Change Location: Crystal Ballroom E

D) THE WATER Are the Oceans Already Lost?  Kyle  Location: Crystal Ballroom B

E) THE LAND Are Suburbs the Next Slums?  Deana   Location: Crystal Ballroom C

F) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH The Rollercoaster World of Toxicology Location: Crystal Ballroom D

G) THE NATION  Derek Ragland Diversity and Environmental Journalism Location: Mill Mountain Room

H) THE CRAFT Getting the Goods: Using Court Records for Environmental Investigations Location: Washington Lecture Hall

Concurrent Sessions 4  10:45 a.m. - Noon

A) COAL Beyond Coal: Strategies for Appalachian Reclamation and Renewal Will Parker Location: Buck Mountain Room

B) ENERGY Take Two: Nuclear Power Reconsidered  Location: Crystal Ballroom A

C) THE CLIMATE Climate Change Litigation: The Flood in the Courts  Location: Crystal Ballroom E

D) THE WATER  Kyle   Location: Crystal Ballroom B

E) THE LAND Animal Business: Wildlife Trafficking and International Law --Chris Cox  Location: Crystal Ballroom C

F) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Does Environment Trump Genetics? Teasing Out the Factors Affecting Women's Health Location: Crystal Ballroom D

G) THE NATION The Clean Air Act's Unfinished Business Sarah Vig  Location: Mill Mountain Room

H) THE CRAFT Not-So-Idle Chatter: How Blogging and Social Media Can Build Your Career
Location: Washington Lecture Hall

Saturday Lunch and Plenary Session: Election 2008 and the Environment
Noon - 2:15 p.m. -- C'hris Cox
Location: Roanoke Ballroom 

SUNDAY

Sunday  Breakfast   7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
DISCUSSION with Wendell Berry
Location: Shenandoah

Sunday  Author Sessions 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

a) Finding a Sense of Place: Appalachia in Literature and Journalism  Sarah Vig
Location: Pocahontas
b) Exploring the Horizons: Natural History and Travel Writing
Location: Appalachian
c) Writing About Science and the Environment
Location: Shenandoah

Sunday Book Publisher Pitch-Slam 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Location: Shenandoah

Final Readings and Farewell
Noon - 12:30 p.m.  Location: Shenandoah 

Comments

[Beth Parke]

Thanks Dale and everyone involved in the reporting project! Your efforts mean a lot to the SEJ community, far and wide. Thanks again.