SPJ 2015 Western Regional Conference has ended

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SPJ 2015 Western Regional Conference

12:30pm PDT

Registration / Check-in The Impact Hub

1:00pm PDT

Data Mining A to Z: How to Develop Data-Driven Stories The Impact HubJennifer LaFleur • Serdar Tumgoren Data Security for Journalists The Impact HubCyrus Farivar • Micah Lee • Patrick O'Doherty Data Visualization for Dummies The Impact HubWilson Hsieh • Jewel Loree • Alex Salkever

4:30pm PDT

Regional Leaders' Meeting The Impact Hub

5:30pm PDT

Welcome Reception The Impact Hub

8:00am PDT

Continental Breakfast Hotel Whitcomb (Ghirardelli) Registration / Check-in Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)

8:45am PDT

Mark of Excellence Awards Breakfast Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)Mark Scarp

9:00am PDT

Publishing Platforms Hotel Whitcomb (Lombard)Liz Enochs • Mark Armstrong • Peter Beller • Catherine Hollander Diversity In Media Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Rose Aguilar • Kwan Booth • Pueng Vongs

10:15am PDT

Science Writing and Covering Controversy: Vaccines, Ebola and Neuroscience Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)Liza Gross • Lisa Aliferis • Erika Check Hayden • Amina Khan • Greg Miller Secrets of the Internet Archive Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Roger Macdonald What You Need to Know About Video Hotel Whitcomb (Lombard)Sachi Cunningham • Vicky Nguyen • Adithya Sambamurthy • Dena Takruri

11:15am PDT

Coffee Break Hotel Whitcomb (Ghirardelli)

11:40am PDT

Journalist as Entrepreneur Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)Liz Gannes • Tanja Aitamurto • Burt Herman • Ryan Singel How Climate Confidential Broke the Mold Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Josie Garthwaite • Mary Catherine O'Connor • Amy Westervelt Data Security for Reporters Hotel Whitcomb (Ghirardelli)Eva Galperin • Morgan Marquis-Boire • Quinn Norton • Trevor Timm

12:40pm PDT

Keynote: Conversation Between Two Top Women Leaders Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)Audrey Cooper • Holly Kernan

2:15pm PDT

Pitch Slam! Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)Julie Caine • Hannah Levintova • Adam Rogers • Katherine Ann Rowlands • Michael Stoll • Maria Streshinsky Tech Reporting Hotel Whitcomb (Ghirardelli)Connie Guglielmo • Tom Simonite Digital storytelling Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Kim Bui • David Cohn • Victor Hernandez

3:30pm PDT

Community Engagement: Why It Matters Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)San Francisco Public Press • Lydia Chavez • Frances Dinkelspiel • Martin Reynolds Freedom of Information: What You Need to Know Hotel Whitcomb (Ghirardelli)Thomas Peele • Ryan Gabrielson • Caitlin Henry • Mark Rumold Sound and the Web: Podcasts, Tools, and Adventures in Audio Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Kaizar Campwala • Ben Manilla • Anil Panguluri • Bob Salladay • Anne Wootton

4:45pm PDT

Why Journalists Should Care About Custom Content Hotel Whitcomb (Ghirardelli)Bill Snyder • Dan Fost • Stephanie Losee • Monica Mehta • Leslie O'Neill Comedy News: Curing Your News Hangover Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Keli Dailey Investigative Reporting: Beyond the Traditional Newsroom Hotel Whitcomb (Ballroom)Tim Redmond • Michael Stoll • Bernice Yeung What Should Journalists Know About Coding? - CANCELED Hotel Whitcomb (Fisherman's Wharf)Michael Grant • Frank Mina

5:45pm PDT

Closing Mixer Hotel Whitcomb (Mezzanine)