30TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE AND MENTORING PROJECT JAWS: WOMEN MAKING NEWS FOR 30 YEARS October 9-11, 2015 Grouse Mountain Lodge, Whitefish, Montana Twitter hashtag for CAMP: #JAWS15 JAWS’ MISSION JAWS supports the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and works toward a more accurate portrayal of the whole society. this weekend. Here are a few tips for get- Letter from President ting the most out of CAMP whether you Linda Kramer Jenning are a newbie or a returning regular: • “You had me at hello.” Introduce your- Welcome to Montana, self. Don’t be shy. and thank you for join- • “I’ll have what she’s having.” Dive into ing in the 30th anni- the program and consider going out- versary celebration of side your comfort zone to try some- Journalism and Women thing new. • “Nobody puts baby in the corner.” Symposium. Your voice is important. Speak up and speak out. A group of visionary women first con- • “Mama always said life was like a box vened three decades ago around con- of chocolates. You never know what cerns about practicing journalism while you’re gonna get.” Be open to whatev- female. Much has improved since then, er may happen at CAMP. including the breakthrough careers of many JAWS members. However, both JAWS is a volunteer-driven organization. statistics and the anecdotes shared each It is the gift of your time, talent and trea- day on our national listserv highlight the sure that keeps JAWS going forward and continuing need for an organization that determines what programs and services “supports the professional empowerment we offer members. Nowhere is that more and personal growth of women in jour- true than here at CAMP. Many thanks to nalism and works toward a more accu- the Board of Directors and great CAMP rate portrayal of the whole society.” team, led by chairwomen Gina Setser and Emily Shenk, and to every person who As president, I’ve watched our member- helped them put together this weekend’s ship grow as more women hear about outstanding programming. JAWS and join for the professional net- working and training, the personal sup- Operations director Roxanne Foster, port and the vibrant virtual newsroom of event planner Chris Vachon, develop- our listserv. We expanded our mentoring ment director Kat Rowlands and the rest program to keep up with our growth, of the staff members on the CAMP team making it possible at any time of the all deserve as many hugs and thanks as year and in any corner of the country you can shower on them for their hard to connect with another JAWS member work. in a mentoring relationship. Veteran members mentor newbies, but often the Let us also thank our 13 fellows. They tables turn and younger journalists men- bring so much energy and enthusiasm to tor veterans seeking skills and guidance CAMP, and we benefit from their partici- on how to thrive in a fast-changing and pation as much as we hope they benefit churning profession. We also expanded by being here. our regional groups to offer services to members where they live: Our goal is Before you turn the page, I have one to grow those regional opportunities by very special shoutout. Wherever you are offering more training and resources. We sitting right now, pump your fist, clap revved up our Diversity Committee, and your hands, dance and give praise to the this weekend, led by Jill Geisler and Mary founding mothers and past presidents of Curtis, we will work on how to turn talk JAWS. We are fortunate to have many of about diversity into action. them here with us to celebrate JAWS 30th anniversary. And we wouldn’t be here You have a lot of options to choose from without them. JAWS BOARD MEMBERS 2014-15 Sandra Fish Susy Schultz Amy Resnick Sheila Solomon Angela Greiling President-Elect Vice President Treasurer Secretary Keane Justine Griffin Judy Miller Pam Moreland Donna Myrow Merrill Perlman Hilary Powell Liz Seegert Gina Setser Erin Siegal Kira Zalan McIntyre ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS In memoriam Jill Geisler, Diana Henriques, Aminda ‘Mindy’ Geneva Overholser, Lisa Stone, Dori Maynard, Loyola University author, New York Marqués Gonzalez, former dean, USC BlogHer CEO, Maynard Institute Chicago Times Miami Herald Annenberg SheKnows Media A proud sponsor of JAWS CAMP supports efforts to improve newsroom culture. Blueprints for transformation and new digital CULTURE-BASED tools are not enough for your newsroom. We STRATEGY propose a culture-based strategy for innovation in news bit.ly/innovatenews People working in emerging areas of focus in SUMMITS FOR news such as product management or data LEADERS science benefit from peer-learning. We facilitate summits for thought leaders bit.ly/APIsummits There is much news about ideas in the industry PRACTICAL and little time to read it. We gather the best INSIGHTS links and distill ideas for you each day into a morning newsletter, Need to Know bit.ly/getapi For more information on our research, tools and insights to advance journalism, visit americanpressinstitute.org THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FABULOUS FELLOWS! Journalism and Women Symposium offers fellowships each year to bring more women journalists to the Conference and Mentoring Project to learn new skills, be inspired by our members, and share in networking and mentoring. We benefit as an organization from the enthusiasm and energy these fellowship recipients bring to the conference. Journalism and Women Symposium accepts applications for fellowships to the annual JAWS CAMP on June 1. For more information, contact [email protected]. EMERGING FELLOWS Our Emerging Fellows are young women in the early years of their careers seeking strategies and support to build future success in journalism. Madi Alexander is a gradu- Kirstin Garriss is the Senior ate student at the University Nightside and Maryland of Missouri. Her main inter- State House reporter at ests include politics, femi- WHAG-TV, the NBC affiliate nism, the Middle East and in Hagerstown, Md. She is a investigative journalism. fill-in anchor and producer. Deirdre Bannon is a Boston- Lisa Maria Garza is a re- based freelance journalist porter for Reuters based passionate about reporting in Dallas, covering general on social justice issues, and news in Texas and the Mid- working on photojournalism western United States. skills. Bethany Barnes is a reporter Casey Hynes is a freelance at the Las Vegas Review-Jour- journalist who recently nal, where she covers the city returned to the U.S. after of North Las Vegas while pur- living in Asia for four and a suing investigative projects. half years. Nicole Chavez is a mobile/ Camila Osorio is a Colom- breaking news reporter at bian journalist based in New the Austin American-States- York City. She is a reporter man, where she writes about for the Latin America News public safety and creates Dispatch. multimedia content. Cassie Cope is a political Melissa Batchelor Warnke reporter covering state gov- is a journalist, poet, editor ernment for The State news- at The Morning News and paper in Columbia, S.C. assistant interviews editor at The Rumpus. ENTREPRENEURIAL FELLOW The goal of the Entrepreneurial Fellowship is to help a woman journalist move forward with an innovative journalism project. Claritza Jiménez ~ @claritzajimenez Claritza is a television news producer and video journalist. She pro- duces international news as part of the Latin America team at As- sociated Press Television News (APTN) in Washington, D.C. Some of the biggest stories she has worked on include the shift in U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations and the election of Pope Francis. Claritza, who is a native Spanish speaker, started her journalism career at the CBS stations in Chicago and Dallas. She was awarded an Investigative Journalism Fellowship at American University’s School of Communication, where she earned a Master of Arts in journalism. Claritza would like to see more women and peo- ple of color quoted as expert sources in news reporting, and she will work on developing a digital product to facilitate that. DIVERSITY FELL OW Sponsored by the Financial Times The goal of this fellowship is to recognize a journalist from a community tradi- tionally underrepresented in the media, and whose work supports diversity. Charisse Gibson ~ @okaycharisse A proud New Orleans native, Charisse Gibson is the Morning An- chor at KSLA News 12 This Morning in Shreveport, La. When not on the anchor desk, she is reporting for her “Family First” franchise, telling the life stories of notable African-Americans in northwest Louisiana. Charisse is a proud graduate of Southern University A&M College, the largest HBCU system in the nation, and a mem- ber of the National Association of Black Journalists. NEXT STEPS FELLOW This fellowship recognizes veteran journalists who are JAWS members by bring- ing at least one to CAMP to participate in hands-on technical and social media workshops, individual mentoring and informal brainstorming to figure out next steps and learn about new opportunities in the rapidly changing media landscape. E.J. Graff E.J. entered journalism in the 1980s, contributing to the then-mar- ginalized gay and feminist press. During the 1990s, she began reporting about LGBT life for the mainstream, and so helped pi- oneer the gender and sexuality “beat.” Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Advocate, The New Republic and Slate. E.J. has published two books. E.J. served as the senior researcher and associate director at the Schuster Institute at Brandeis University, where she wrote pieces on such subjects as work- place sexual harassment of teens and fraud and corruption in international adop- tion.