The New York Press Club Foundation Conference on Journalism, Saturday, September 7


The New York Press Club Foundation will be hosting its annual journalism conference on Saturday, September 7 at the NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South. Doors open at 8:30 a.m for breakfast; Conference begins at 9 a.m. Tickets are on sale now.

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Guest speakers will include journalists from CNN, CBS, NY1, BuzzFeed, The New York Times, the Financial Times, and more.

Attendees are invited to join us for a morning of seven panels followed by lunch and the Keynote Address by Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times investigative reporter Russell Buettner. Buettner, along with two colleagues, won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Writing for “an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges.”  Russ Buettner will be interviewed by Azi Paybarah of The New York Times.

The morning’s panels are:

Plenary panel: The Media’s Responsibility in 2020 with panel moderator Ethan Harp of CNN, Ruby Cramer of Buzzfeed, Michael Calderone of Politico, Harry Siegel of  The Daily Beast, and Zack Fink of NY1

Turning Your Reporting Into A Book with moderator Jennifer Williams-Alvarez of Financial Times’ Agenda, and panelists David Enrich of The New York Times, Julie Davis of The New York Times, and freelance journalist Abigail Pesta

Workin’ It: Making it as a Freelancer with moderator Debra Caruso Marrone, President of DJC Communications, freelance journalist Hannah Bae, author and freelance journalist Joseph Finora, and freelance journalist Amanda FitzSimons

Making Data a Routine Part of Your Beat with moderator David Cruz of Norwood News, Irina Ivanova of CBS, Alana Pipe of the Financial Times, and Will Bredderman of Crain’s NY

Local News: Anybody Have a Watchdog In This Fight? with moderator Philip O’Brien, David Cruz of Norwood News, Jere Hester of The City, Joel Siegel of NY1 News, and Maya Kaufman of Patch

My Next Move: Career Advancement Advice with moderator Ross Barkan, Andrew LaVallee of The New York Times, Jim Roberts of Cheddar, Elijah Wolfson of TIME, and Wendy Pollack of The Information

NY Press Club Award Winners: How They Did It with moderator Brigid Bergin of WNYC, and panelists Ari Feldman of the Forward, and Thomas Maier of Newsday 

At lunch, the President’s Award will be presented to Rich Lamb of WCBS NewsRadio 880. The Peter O.E. Bekker Scholarship Awards will be presented to Columbia University journalism students Sarah Spoon and Leo DeLuca.

We hope you’ll join us for this incredible day of journalism education and networking.

Click here for the complete program. See you (and your friends and colleagues) there!

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