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Canadian Association of Journalists National Conference 2015 caj #caj15 Canadian Association of Journalists National Conference 2015 June 5-7 • Atlantica Hotel Halifax, Nova Scotia Weeknights 10 CBC Radio Canada, English Communications 250 Front Street West P.O. Box 500, Station “A” Toronto, ON M5W 1E6 TheNational_ProgramAd_8.5x11 Print Production 416-205-3781 A PPROVA L S Colours Client: The National Built @ 100% scale: Print Production ______________ Creative Director _____________ Art Director: Alan Chan Trim: 8.5”w x 11”h Date: May 1, 2015 Bleed: 9.5”w x 12”h Spot Colours: Art Director _________________ Copywriter _________________ Res @ file size: 300 dpi None Client _____________________ Account Team ______________ 1 caj From the president From the co-chairs elcome to #CAJ15, we are pleased very journalist at #CAJ15 seems to that you have been able to join have a connection to Halifax. For Wus as we mark a return to Halifax Edelegates and speakers who live and after an absence of nine years. work in the city, the link is obvious. But The 2006 conference was the second I some of our furthest-flung attendees had the fortune to attend and my first as a were born here, or still have family here, member of the national board of directors, or spent summers nearby as long ago as so this city and the CAJ always hold a they can remember. You don’t have to special spot in my conference experiences. ask too many colleagues about j-school When I look back, I’m struck by how much before you find a King’s University College our industry has changed since 2006. Hugo Rodrigues Nick Taylor-Vaisey alum who learned the craft in this town. Social media was just breaking into Everybody remembers their time on popular consciousness and there were few journalists who were using it as a tool to reach, communicate and engage with their audiences. the east coast with fondness. There’s a One of the keynote speakers that year was David Asper, whose magnetism about the place. CanWest Global was then the largest print-media company in No matter the connection, much Canada, with a network of television stations to boot. The Global has changed in Halifax—and every name lives on, but the newspapers and television stations one under other nook and cranny in the journal- that corporate banner now find themselves under several others ism world—in the nine years between – with recent moves bringing another substantive change to the this weekend and the last time the CAJ’s ownership landscape. national conference landed in Halifax. Anyone working in the industry these past nine years could You all knew that already. Change has quickly enumerate the changes they’ve lived through, starting with Paul Schneidereit consumed our industry almost to the the number of colleagues they had in their newsrooms versus today point of cliché. It’s the only thing that’s constant anymore. and the tools they’re using to commit acts of journalism on a daily This conference introduces you to a roster of leading journal- basis – or, today, on a minute-by-minute basis. ists who make it their business to understand flux. We’ll hear about Yet, with all this change, good journalism in Canada and beyond digital engagement and audience metrics, new platforms that reject perseveres. newsprint, lucrative revenue sources in the crowd, stories hiding in Witness the astounding lineup of journalists in the pages fol- spreadsheets, empowered local journalists abroad, and the secrets of lowing this one and the top-notch sessions, workshops and panels the deep web. We may not know what the future holds, but we can they will be a part of throughout these two days. From showing off prepare for whatever’s next with the help of some of our brightest and training us in the tools of our trade, to discussing some of the colleagues. biggest events inside and outside the journalism ballpark in 2014 and Of course, we’re all guided by the same principles, and we’ve a healthy dose of journalistic navel-gazing, we’re proud to have been able to pull together another fantastic event. gathered in a city of storied journalists. Halifax was home to one of If you haven’t already, take a moment to review the finalists for Canada’s earliest journalism champions. It’s been 180 years since the 2014 CAJ Awards program. All show our continuing ability to famed Nova Scotia journalist Joseph Howe struck a telling blow for embrace change – either in how we do our work or in the changes freedom of the press in this country by winning a libel trial after that are driven by its impact. being charged by authorities for exposing corruption in the colonial My profuse thanks to the #CAJ15 organizing committee, ably government. Defending himself, Howe’s impassioned plea to the jury, shepherded by Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Paul Schneidereit, with unend- “to leave an unshackled press as a legacy to your children,” resonates the organizers Messages for ing assistance from Terra Tailleur, Russell Gragg, Anne Calder, Ruth as strongly today as it did in 1835. Davenport, Carl Meyer, Sean Holman, Jessy Akerley, Kat Eschner and With a nod to the past and an eye to the future, we gather. Again, the CAJ board. welcome to Halifax. Change is the only constant in the history of journalism and how we practise it. I hope this conference has given you an opportunity to — Paul Schneidereit and Nick Taylor-Vaisey pause and reflect on it, prepare for it and continue to embrace it. Conference co-chairs — Hugo Rodrigues, CAJ president 2 caj Understanding audiences Friday 8:15 a.m. - Guild Hall James Robinson, New York Times director of analytics James is the director of analytics innovation at the New York Times, where he helps discover new ways to leverage audience insights as part of the company’s digital transformation. James has spent over seven years in a variety of analytics roles at the Times, first leading the web analytics team during the implementation of its digital subscription model and then pioneering the use of audience insights in the newsroom as the company’s first director of news analytics. A native New Yorker, James received his master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He speaks frequently on media analytics and has taught at NYU and Columbia’s School of Journalism. Susanne Reber, Center for Investigative Reporting director of digital media Susanne is co-founder of Reveal a Peabody Award winning public radio program and podcast showcasing investigative stories. She has led many of CIR’s reporting projects in audio, video, and multimedia. Prior to joining CIR in 2012, Reber formed and led NPR’s first Investigations Unit, which received multiple George Foster Peabody Awards, a Polk award, a Robert F. Kennedy award and others during her tenure. Prior to moving to the US, Reber spent 23 years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Andrew Cochran, CBC News and Centres head of strategy Andrew is the project leader for the implementation of the CBC local services plan, part of CBC/Radio-Canada’s Strategy 2020. He has responsibility for strategy involving CBC pen Plenary Speakers News and Centres on all platforms, plus CBC News’ interests in new products, real estate O projects and regulatory issues. Prior to joining CBC, Andrew served for nine years as part- time faculty at Dalhousie University and founded and led regional production company – Cochran Communications Inc./Cochran Interactive Inc. – to become an international integrated rights management business, producing and licensing originally-developed on multiple platforms. He has Gemini Award and two Awards of Excellence. 3 caj Friday 12:30 p.m. - Guild Hall Chika Oduah, journalist and photographer Chika is an independent journalist and photographer based in Abuja, Nigeria. She works as a television news producer for Al Jazeera English and reports for the Associated Press and GlobalPost. Chika has reported from Africa, the United States and Central America. A blogger for the Huffington Post’s world news edition in collaboration with the Berggruen Institute on Governance, her multimedia reporting has been published by the New York Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, The Guardian, and Religion News Service, among others. Chika is a frequent commentator on African current affairs. Saturday 12:45 p.m. - Guild Hall Seymour Hersh, investigative journalist speakers eynote K A renowned investigative journalist, Sy’s work in 1969 on the Mai Lai massacre was a rude awakening for some who supported the war at all costs. Hersh’s award-winning pieces joined a few others in that era in marking one of the first times war reporting worked outside the embed and the censors that had defined news from the front in the world wars. The American public was, for arguably the first time in history, reading, hearing and watching unfettered and damning coverage of the conflict and its horrors. Hersh will, in the style only he can, dominate the conference stage to kick off the second and final afternoon of sessions at the conference. Please check with session organizers for more details on LIVEBLOG availability. Get ready for #CAJ2016, Edmonton We’re celebrating the CAJ’s 38th year by taking our national conference to the Prairies. The last time we spent a weekend in Edmonton was May 23-25, 2008. Ed Stelmach has just won a majority for the PCs in a March provincial election. Barack Obama was still only a candidate for president. And, though we didn’t know it, the world’s financial markets had only months to go before a meltdown that is stil being felt today.
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