This morning, Jennifer Hull and I appeared on Fox News Rising in Charlotte to promote the COMM 360 experience starting August 30, 2012 at Queens University of Charlotte. Watch the video on the FoxCharlotte website.
If you’re interested in joining us for the events, here is the full schedule:
Joining us for Charlotte and the Convention on August 30 and 31, 2012?
Here’s the planned schedule:
Items in red are open to the public and likely to be full. Please arrive early.
All events will be held in Ketner Auditorium (Sykes Buidling) on the Queens Campus.
| August 30, 2012 | |||
| REGISTRATION | 8:30 AM | ||
| Welcome & Introduction | 9:00 AM | Welcome | Mac McArthur/Jennifer Hull |
| Session 1 | 9:15 AM | Charlotte History | Tom Hanchett |
| Session 2 | 10:30 AM | PANEL: The Communicative Power of Events | Leanne Pupchek, Mohammed el-Nawawy, Bob Whalen, Kim Gregory (moderator) |
| Session 3 | 11:15 AM | Political Conventions: Then & Now | Mark Kelso |
| LUNCH BREAK | 12:15 PM | ||
| Session 4 | 1:30 PM | Social Media changes Journalism | Jason Silverstein |
| Concurrent sessions 1 | 3:00 PM | TECHniques: Using Pinterest | Mac McArthur/Jennifer Hull |
| Concurrent sessions 1 | 3:00 PM | TECHniques: Developing a nose for news | Rebecca Anderson/Molly Hedrick |
| Concurrent sessions 1 | 3:00 PM | TECHniques: Editing Video | Jim Neale |
| Session 5 | 4:00 PM | Protesting Politics | Maggie Commins |
| DINNER BREAK | 5:00 PM | ||
| Session 6 | 6:30 PM | PANEL: Carolina Stories Project | Alexis Carreiro (moderator) |
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August 31, 2012 |
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| REGISTRATION | 8:30 AM | ||
| Opening of day | 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Reminders | Mac McArthur/Jennifer Hull |
| Concurrent sessions 2 | 9:15 AM | TECHniques: Following DNC on 2nd screens | Reena Arora |
| Concurrent sessions 2 | 9:15 AM | TECHniques: Photojournalism | Jim Neale |
| Concurrent sessions 2 | 9:15 AM | TECHniques: Interviewing | Bob Page |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: DNCC Communication Center | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: ABC News | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: Daily Show | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: QCityMetro | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: The Charlotte Observer | |
| Concurrent sessions 3 | 10:15 AM | Know your placement: PPL of DNC | |
| Session 7 | 11:00 AM | PANEL: Race, Faith and Social Justice | Diane Mowery, Daina Nathaniel, Norris Frederick, Zachary White (moderator) |
| LUNCH BREAK | 12:00 PM | ||
| Session 8 | 1:15 PM | Charlotte and the Convention Pecha Kucha |
Erin DeBell, Jim Shoff, Mike Wirth, Kristen Bostedo-Conway, Mac McArthur, Jennifer Bratyanski, Jessica Braswell |
| Session 8 (con’t) | 2:15 PM | Convention Security | Clarence Birkhead |
| Session 9 | 3:00 PM | PANEL: Media Makers Covering the Convention |
Alexis Carreiro (moderator) |
| Session 10 | 4:15 PM | Digital Citizenship | Eric Freedman & Alexis Carreiro |
| EVENT CONCLUDES | 5:00 PM |
John A. McArthur, Ph.D. 
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