Schedule

Friday, July 29, 2022

Reception 7-10 pm
Town Hall Brewery at Seven Corners
1430 South Washington Avenue in Minneapolis
You do not need to be registered for the conference to attend. Come and catch up with everyone.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota (West Bank)
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

8:30-9 Coffee and donuts

9-10:30 Opening and keynote with Yunghi Kim, “The passion to persist and persevere”
Photojournalism often requires guts, guile, good instincts, discipline and commitment.  For 39 years, Kim has trusted her instincts and charted her own path. That risk-taking has guided her on intimate stories to find a hidden hook or angle. Looking beyond the self to empower others has also lead her efforts in publicizing copyright awareness. Her goal is to capture intimacy and emotion, providing a view of humanity that has an impact on the viewer.
(Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)

11-12:15 Workshop Sessions

• Police on Trial: Making a documentary during a pandemic, Mark Vancleave and Mike Shum
  Cinematographer Mark Vancleave and director/cinematographer Mike Shum share their experience filming a nearly two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department through a global pandemic and some of the Twin Cities’ most fraught moments.
  (Roy Wilkens Room, Room 215)

• Finding the spark of joy in your portfolio, Deb Pastner
  How to edit your work to reflect you and your passion.
  (Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)

12:15-1:15 Lunch with the group

1:30-2:45 PM Workshop Sessions

• Recognizing the imprint of trauma and building a well-being practice for journalists, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (virtual), lead by Katherine Porterfield, PhD. This 75-minute session will offer a biopsychosocial model for understanding the impact of trauma and related stresses in journalism, as well as strategies for enhancing individual well being and building resilient teams. The training will include time for Q&A and discussion.
  (Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)
• Selecting and Sequencing Photographs, Mike Davis
  Selecting and sequencing photographs is an art form in itself that can be challenging to achieve, especially with your own photos. Mike will present a tried and true approach he developed in a variety of settings. Applying his approach will make your photographs sing.
  (Roy Wilkens Room, Room 215)

3-4 PM Finding YOUR voice, Chad Nelson
Using voice and vision to tell great stories in your community.
(Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)

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Negotiation: Balancing the value equation, Nate Ryan
Figuring out pricing for projects is not straightforward, but thinking about it as an equation to balance between you and your client can help.
(Roy Wilkens Room, Room 215)

4:15-5:45 PM Keynote with Jessica Phelps (virtual)
(Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)

6pm dinner with small groups

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota (West Bank)
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

8:30-9 am Coffee and donuts

9-10:15 Morning keynote with Brandon Bell (virtual): “The Most of It”
Striving for and developing a mindset that strives to make the most out of every moment and opportunity in the field.
(Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)

10:30-Noon Workshop sessions

• Taking The Mystery Out of Applying For Grants, Mike Davis
  Applying for grants can seem like a daunting endeavor. There are so many and it can seem like a mystery as to what they’re looking for. Mike will demystify grant applications and offer an approach you can use in determining which grants to apply to and how best to prepare your submissions.
  (Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)
• Producing Under Pressure, Aaron Lavinsky
  When Star Tribune photojournalist Aaron Lavinsky got a text that a verdict was reached in the trial of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged in the murder of George Floyd, he had just finished a shift photographing the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic at North Memorial’s Intensive Care Unit. Hear from Lavinsky about his approach and see images from his coverage of the two biggest stories of his career, COVID-19 and the racial reckoning, which converged in the Twin Cities. 
  (Roy Wilkens Room, Room 215)

Noon-12:30 pm Share your work in small groups
(Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)

12:30-1 pm Conference wrap up
(Josie R. Johnson Community Room, Room 180)