NABJ-NAHJ Convention Schedule Now Available

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#NABJNAHJ20 VIRTUAL CONVENTION SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS & TRAINING

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 (Full schedule here.)

• 2020 NABJ-NAHJ Convention General Managers Leadership Academy
• Bearing Witness While Black by Allissa V. Richardson | Authors Showcase
• ¿Quien tu eres? Tips and Resources for Building Your Digital Footprint
• Digging Into Data for Beginners
• Verizon Media Half-Day Workshop – Digital News & Storytelling | Powered by Verizon Media
• Making the Leap From Journalism to Public Relations
• Entrepreneurship for the Next Normal | Powered by Visa
• Supreme Models by Marcellas Reynolds | Authors Showcase
• Investigative and Accountability Journalism
• Racism in the Press Box: How to Win as a Minority Journalist Covering Major Sporting Events
• Coverage During COVID-19: Managing Through a Pandemic
• SEO for Dummies: Step-by-Step Search Visibility | Innovation Bubble
• Thirst for Yours: How Brands Can Approach Purpose | Powered by Sprite
• Professional Development Luncheon | Powered by the Walton Family Foundation
• Show Me Your Data!
• Survival of the Hippest: A Broadcaster’s Guide to Surviving the Pandemic Set to the Explicit Songs of the Summer
• Navigating the Evolving PR Landscape to Find the Right Role for You
• Disinformation in 2020: How COVID-19 and the Murder of George Floyd are Being Used as a Tool of Online Voter Suppression
• Science and Data: Examining Health Disparities in the COVID-19 Era | Powered by American Medical Association
• Reclaiming our Newsrooms: Reporting While Black and Latinx | Powered by Twitter
• How to Pitch Your Book and Get Published | Authors Showcase
• 2020 NABJ-NAHJ Convention General Managers Leadership Academy
• NBC University: Writing Feature TV News Reports | Powered by NBCUniversal | INVITATION-ONLY
• Media Network Leaders’ Virtual Fireside Chat Series| Powered by ESPN / ABC / ABC Owned Television Stations| Innovation Bubble
• Break Into Business Journalism
• Breaking Into (and Moving Up in) Sports Journalism
• Rebellion, Revolution & Rebuilding: Why Diversity in Media is Critical to the Historical Framing of the Language of Our Protest Narrative
• 60 Minutes| Powered by CBS
• Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism by Wanda Smalls Lloyd | Authors Showcase
• The Future of Research: Using Text Analytics to Decode Viewer Verbatims | Innovation Bubble
• How to Start a Career in Podcasting
• Getting Into the Game of Covering Esports
• Structural Racism and Maternal Health: How Can We Save Lives and Ensure Healthy Moms and Babies?| Powered by The Commonwealth Fund
• Say I’m Dead by E. Dolores Johnson | Authors Showcase
• Video Strategy 101: Create Compelling Digital Stories That Find an Audience | Innovation Bubble
• Google News Lab Election Training | Powered by Google | Innovation Bubble
• TweetUp | Powered by Twitter
• Opening Ceremony
• Welcome Reception | Powered by Walt Disney World

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 (Full schedule here.)

• Newsmaker Plenary: U.S. Presidential Forum
• 2020 NABJ-NAHJ Convention General Managers Leadership Academy
• Why SEO is Important for Every Content Creator
• The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton AND Beyond Bourbon Street by Nikesha Elise Williams | Authors Showcase
• Getting Down to (Sports Journalism) Business
• Podcasting for Reach
• Restricting Cities: How Preemption Threatens Health in Communities of Color| Powered by the American Heart Association
• The Importance of Impactful Content Storytelling | Powered by ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Brands
• Innovation in the Midst of Disruption| Powered by ESPN| Innovation Bubble
• Exploring the Voices Behind “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” | Powered by Comedy Central and ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Brands
• ¡Excelente! Investigative Reporter Starter Kit
• Lies Uncovered: The Truth About the Arthur Dozier Reform School for Boys by Duane Fernandez | Authors Showcase
• Love Life and the Lede: How to Navigate the Business and Your Personal Life (Part 2)
• Tools and Strategies for Uncovering Voter Suppression Ahead of the 2020 Elections
• NABJ Visual Task Force Presents Multimedia Tools, Tips and Techniques | Innovation Bubble 
• COVID-19: A Tale of Two Americas Luncheon Session | Powered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Students of Color, COVID-19, and the Widening Achievement Gap Luncheon | Powered by The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• How Disney Adapts Storytelling Even During Times of Disruption | Powered by The Walt Disney Company
• The New Age of TV Hosting and Social Media with Kamie Crawford and Rachel Lindsay | Powered by MTV and ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Brands
• Up Close While Far Apart: Reporting in a Socially Distant World
• Periodismo de Soluciones en Tiempo de Pandemia
• Convictions of Faith by R.S. Basi | Authors Showcase
• Staying on Beat: Protecting Your Mental Health While Covering the Tragedies of COVID-19
• 2020 NABJ-NAHJ Convention General Managers Leadership Academy 
• NBC University: Visual Storytelling During Breaking News | Powered by NBCUniversal | INVITATION-ONLY
• Let’s Write Our First Web Scraper: Getting Data from Websites Without Knowing How to Code| Innovation Bubble
• Using Data, FOIA and Public Records to Report on COVID-19 in Communities of Color
• Workshop | Powered by TEGNA Foundation
• Trauma y Resiliencia Son de un Pájaro las Dos Alas
• Lessons Learned About Account Hijacking from Reality TV Stars (EN)
• Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Legend and Cultural Heroine by Merlisa Lawrence Corbett | Authors Showcase
• Boost Your Enterprise Reporting
• Using Google Earth for Storytelling with the Google News Lab | Powered by Google | Innovation Bubble
• The Color of COVID-19: What to Know About Diverse Communities’ Financial Pain & How to Cope | Powered by AARP
• When Racism and Objectivity Collide — What Does Objectivity Really Mean?
• Using Your Voice to Cover Issues That Matter on Instagram (in English and Spanish)
• Producers Workshop | Powered by CNN | INVITATION-ONLY
• Reporters Workshop | Powered by CNN | INVITATION-ONLY
• Lecciones Sobre Secuestro de Cuentas de Estrellas de Reality TV (ES)
• Colaboraciones Periodísticas Entre América Latina y Estados Unidos: Proyecto Centinela-COVID-19
• Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin | Authors Showcase
• Cracks in the Rainbow Ceiling: The Future of LGBTQ+ Candidates
• The Reality of Relationship TV: Purpose, Passion, Partnership| Powered by WEtv
• Google News Lab Data Visualization Training | Powered by Google | Innovation Bubble
• Pay Equity: Getting What You Deserve
• Show Me the Money: How to Make Six Figures or More as a Publicist
• NBC University Townhall with Craig Melvin & Jose Diaz Balart | Powered by NBCUniversal
• Tech in a Minute | Innovation Bubble
• An Evening with the Boston Globe | Powered by the Boston Globe
• Verizon Media Immersive | Powered by Verizon Media
• Gannett VIP Recruiting Reception | Powered by GANNETT
• Reception | Powered by the Spotify
• Is Education the Path to Social Justice? | Powered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) 
• Experience America’s Hispanic Superbrand| Powered by Univision
• Stream Black Better | Powered by UMC – The First Streaming Service for Black TV and Film 
• NBCU Student Lounge | Powered by NBCUniversal
• Houston 2021 Party

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 (Full schedule here.)

• Assess, Adapt and Accelerate: Managing Your Financial Journey in the New Normal | Breakfast | Powered by Wells Fargo
• 2020 NABJ-NAHJ Convention General Managers Leadership Academy
• Session 1 – MMR Reporting Learnings in Times of COVID Coverage | Powered by FOX and Session 2 – The World Has Changed & My Work Has With It | Powered by FOX
• How to Engage Communities Meaningfully in Your Elections Coverage | Powered by Democracy Fund
• Freelancing 101: Getting Started and Finding Support
• Women Producing History
• Unarmed and Killed by Law Enforcement: Reporting on Unarmed Shootings in the Digital Age
• Under Pressure: Real Life in Real Time with Breaking News
• Blacktrekking: My Journey Living in Latin America by Stephanie Claytor | Authors Showcase
• Workin’ Full Time, Teachin’ Part Time – College Adjunct Teaching Tips
• Face of the Franchise: The Journey to the Top in Sports Television
• How to Find A Job In a Pandemic: Tips to Keep Your Career on Track
• Amplifying Your Voice, Defining Your Passion | Powered by Vox Media
• Falling Bedrooms by Dr. Donna Clovis | Authors Showcase
• Livestreaming, News & The Future of Storytelling | Powered by ABC/ABC Owned Television Stations | Innovation Bubble
• Protecting your Twitter Account from Being Hijacked
• Survival of the Hippest – A Broadcaster’s Guide to Surviving the Pandemic, Set to the Explicit Songs of the Summer
• Trauma on the Job: Are Journalists Taking Care of Their Mental Health?
• Freelance Doesn’t Mean Free: How Independent Journalists Can Maximize Financial Gains
• How to Know When It’s Time to Bounce
• Making Money Make Sense: Why Business News is Vital to Your Audience | Powered by CNBC | INVITATION-ONLY
• Rock Your Stories: Locating, Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Google Tools | Innovation Bubble
• Daughter of the Boycott by Karen Gray Houston AND Self Made by A’Lelia Bundles | Authors Showcase
• Sports Task Force Mentoring Workshop | Powered by ESPN
• How to Cover the 2020 Elections Using CrowdTangle (English) | Powered by Facebook AND Cómo Cubrir Las Elecciones de 2020 con CrowdTangle (en español) | Powered by Facebook
• Create Journalism That’s Useful to the Communities We’re Covering
• Leadership Lessons for Managing a Newsroom in a Post-pandemic/Truth Age
• NABJ Political Task Force Presents: Lift Ev’ry Voice: Reporting on Minority Communities Beyond 2020
• Are You Having a Journalism Midlife Crisis?
• Effective Leadership in the Age of Downsizing
• Effectively Using Mobile Device Tools in Visual Journalism Reporting
• Navigating the Sports Media Landscape | Powered by Turner Sports and Bleacher Report
• The Other Madisons by Bettye Kearse | Authors Showcase
• AI in Journalism | Innovation Bubble
• World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji – A Panel with Team Onyx and Lisa Hennessy | Powered by Amazon Studios
• How Business Reporters Cover Inequality: From COVID-19 to Unrest | Powered by Bloomberg
• Virginia’s Breakthrough Reforms to Small-Dollar Loans | Powered by The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Protegiendo tu Cuenta de Twitter de ser Secuestrada
• Building Confidence While Navigating Office Politics
• Adapting an Investigative Mindset in Your Day-to-Day Reporting
• Public Relations in Beast Mode: Understanding Strategic Planning and Crisis Communications
• W. E. B. DuBois Plenary | Progress Before, Progress After: The Criminal Justice System and COVID-19 | Powered by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• Where Do We Go From Here: What’s Our Collective Strategy to Overcome Social Injustice? | Powered by Toyota
• Conversation with the Cast of The Boys | Powered by Amazon Studios
• Sports Task Force Scholarship Jam | Powered by TBD

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 (Full schedule here.)

• NABJ Business Meeting
• NABJ Board of Directors Meeting
• Visual Task Force Photo Auction
• Coping with Trauma and Resilience as Journalists
• Region I, II, III, IV Caucus Meetings
• Cybersecurity Office Hours
• Sports Task Force Meeting
• Freelancers Task Force Meeting
• Young Black Journalists Task Force Meeting
• Media-Related Task Force Meeting
• Political Journalism Task Force Meeting
• Global Task Force Meeting
• LGBTQ Task Force Meeting
• Broadcast Journalism Task Force Meeting
• Visual Task Force Meeting

SPECIAL & BONUS CONTENT (MORE TO BE ADDED)

• Inside the Weather Panel
• Group Therapy
• Student Projects Broadcast & The NABJ Monitor (Broadcasting/publishing from August 5-8)
• JSHOP: High School Journalism Workshop | Powered by the Knight Foundation (Digital training from August 2-6)
• Toyota’s Salute to Journalists
• Chance the Rapper & Social Justice
• Celebrate Your Work: Member Showcase