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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 general public and 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)
August 31, 2012
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