SITE: John Seigenthaler Center • 1207 18th Avenue South • Nashville, Tennessee 37212 • 615/727-1401

HOTEL: Embassy Suites Nashville at Vanderiblt • 1811 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 • 615/320-8899

Thursday, April 14, 2011

6:30 p.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttle leaves on first of two trips to John Seigenthaler Center (615/727-1401)

6:45 p.m.

Reception Classroom, Diversity Institute

7:15 p.m.

Dinner Conference Room, Diversity Institute

8:00 p.m.

Welcome

Neil Heinen, editorial director, WISC-TV and Madison Magazine, Madison, Wisconsin, president of NCEW Foundation and NCEW past president

8:10 p.m.

State of the Seminar and introduction of speaker

Chuck Stokes, editorial/public affairs director, WXYZ -TV Channel 7, Detroit, past NCEW, NCEW Foundation president

8:30 p.m.

Mindset is the game: That's my opinion

Speaker: Dr. Sybril Bennett, associate professor of journalism, Belmont University, Nashville

9:45 p.m.

Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

Friday, April 14, 2011

Complimentary continental or cooked-to-order breakfast at Embassy Suites Hotel

8:00 a.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttle leaves on first of two trips to John Seigenthaler Center

8:30 a.m.

Welcome Conference Room, Diversity Institute

Tommy Denton, seminar director, retired editorial page editor, past NCEW, NCEW Foundation president

8:45 a.m.

Opinion writing: Why and to what purpose

Speaker: Tommy Denton

9:30 a.m.

Nuts and bolts of opinion writing

Speaker: Linda Campbell, editorial writer/columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

10:15 a.m.

Group photo

10:30 a.m.

Finding your voice

Speaker: Ricardo Pimentel, syndicated columnist and editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

11:15 a.m.

Simulated editorial board meetings in small groups

Leaders: Linda Campbell, editorial writer/columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Vanessa Gallman, editorial page editor, Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky, past NCEW, NCEW Foundation president
Ricardo Pimentel, nationally syndicated columnist and editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Chuck Stokes, editorial/public affairs director, WXYZ-TV Channel 7, Detroit, past NCEW, NCEW Foundation president

12:15 p.m.

Lunch Diversity Institute Student Lounge

1:00 p.m.

Opinion writing then and now

Speaker: John Seigenthaler, chair emeritus, The Tennessean, and founder of First Amendment Center

2:00 p.m.

Writing session Newsroom

4:30 p.m.

Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

Afternoon and evening free: Dinner on your own

Saturday, April 16, 2011

8:00 a.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttle leaves on first of two trips to John Seigenthaler Center

8:30 a.m.

Small group critique session with leaders

9:45 a.m.

Expanding your voice

Speaker: Rick Horowitz, syndicated columnist and Emmy-winning TV commentator

11:00 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

Roundtable: High-quality opinion: What works, what doesn't Classroom

Moderator: Rick Horowitz, syndicated columnist and Emmy-winning TV commentator

Linda Campbell, editorial writer/columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Vanessa Gallman, editorial page editor, Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky, past president, NCEW, NCEW Foundation

Dwight Lewis, editorial page editor/columnist, The Tennessean in Nashville

Ricardo Pimentel, nationally syndicated columnist and editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Chuck Stokes, editorial/public affairs director, WXYZ-TV Channel 7, Detroit, past NCEW, NCEW Foundation president

12:15 p.m.

Lunch Diversity Institute Student Lounge

12:45 p.m.

Simulated editorial board meetings in small groups with leaders

1:30 p.m.

Writing session Newsroom

4:00 p.m.

Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

6:00 p.m.

Gather at complimentary Managers Reception Atrium, Embassy Suites Vanderbilt

6:30 p.m.

Embassy Suites Hotel shuttles leaves for first of two trips

7:00 p.m.

Dinner Conference Room, Diversity Institute

8:00 p.m.

The First Amendment

Speaker: Gene Policinski, vice president/executive director, First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University

9:15 p.m.

Embassy Suites Shuttle picks up participants for return to Embassy Suites Hotel

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Complimentary continental or cooked-to-order breakfast at Embassy Suites Hotel

8:30 a.m.

Group critique session with leaders Titan Room, Embassy Suites Hotel

10:00 a.m.

Evaluation of seminar

11:30 a.m.

Dismissal