Chips Quinn Summer 2005 Orientation
05.18.05
Thursday, May 19
| 4:30 p.m. | Reception |
| 5:15 p.m. | Welcome John C. Quinn, founder, Chips Quinn Scholars Program |
| 5:30 p.m. | Welcome from the Freedom Forum Mary Kay Blake, senior vice president/partnerships and initiatives, Freedom Forum |
| 5:45 p.m. | Welcome from a program alum Maria Montoya, features reporter, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans |
| 6 p.m. | Dinner |
| 6:30 p.m. | Introduction of the class Karen Catone, director, Chips Quinn Scholars Program, Freedom Forum |
| 7:50 p.m. | Writing assignment Kate Kennedy, director/partnerships & initiatives, Freedom Forum |
| 8 p.m. | Newsmania, news trivia game from the Newseum |
Friday, May 20
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Newseum's Pulitzer Prize photo exhibit Ken Crawford, coordinating producer, Newseum |
| 9:15 a.m. | First five graphs Catalina Camia, Washington assignment editor, USA TODAY Laura Rehrmann, Washington editor, Gannett News Service |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | A fresh look at the First Amendment John Seigenthaler, founder, First Amendment Center, and advisory trustee, Freedom Forum |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch Are you ready for the challenge? Reggie Stuart, corporate recruiting consultant, Knight Ridder |
| 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | the.News Dan Werner, president, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions |
| 3 p.m. | Class photo |
| 3:30 p.m. | Small group sessions with writing coaches Dwight Cunningham Colleen Fitzpatrick Mary Ann Hogan Pearl Stewart Dick Thien Jack Marsh |
| 5:00 p.m. | Writing assignment |
| 5:15 p.m. | Dinner |
| 6 p.m. | Caesar Andrews, editor, Gannett News Service |
| 7:00 p.m. | Freedom Sings, a musical celebration of the First Amendment |
Saturday, May 21
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Tour of chipsquinn.org Kate Kennedy, director, partnerships & initiatives, Freedom Forum |
| 9:00 a.m. | Can I quote you on that? Kristen Go, assistant city editor, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix |
| 9-10:30 a.m. | Photographers' session Mike Tsukamoto, photo editor, USA TODAY |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 p.m. | Developing story ideas Manny Lopez, (moderator), editorial writer, The Detroit News Maria Montoya, reporter, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans Sue Stock, retail reporter, The News & Observer, Raleigh. N.C. |
| 11:15 a.m. | Rules of the room Mary Kay Blake, senior vice president/partnerships and initiatives, Freedom Forum |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 12:40 p.m. | How it began John C. Quinn, program founder |
| 1:30 p.m. | A conversation about our differences Keith Woods, dean of the faculty, The Poynter Institute |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Establishing goals for your internship Dwight Cunningham Colleen Fitzpatrick Mary Ann Hogan Pearl Stewart Dick Thien Jack Marsh |
| 4:45 p.m. | Writing assignment |
| 5:00 p.m. | Tour of Washington, D.C. |
Sunday, May 22
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:30 a.m. | Talking to your editor/peers Jack Marsh (moderator), executive director, Al Neuharth Media Center Kristen Go, assistant city editor, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Rhina Guidos, assistant city editor, The News-Journal, Wilmington, Del. Seth Prince, copy editor, The Oregonian, Portland Tanika White, fashion reporter, The Sun, Baltimore |
| 11:00 a.m. | Uncle Merv's wit and wisdom Merv Aubespin, media consultant and retired associate editor of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. |
| Noon | Writing assignment |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Benediction and farewell Kristen Go, assistant city editor, The Arizona Republic John C. Quinn |