Tue 8 AM
Tue 10 AM
How to use bad and limited LGBTQ+ data responsibly
10-11:15am Memorial
Don’t believe the hype: How to stay grounded amid the latest tech bandwagon and encourage your colleagues to do the same
10-11:15am Johnson
Listening to learn & learning to listen
10-11:15am Ski-U-Mah
Using positive psychology to grow into your next role
10-11:15am Heritage
Communicate, don’t (just) infuriate: Strengthening how journalism converses with the world
10-11:15am Thomas Swain
Tue 11:45 AM
Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Translating between technical and editorial workers in journalism
11:45am-1pm Memorial
Ending the horse race: What value can we find in election results reporting?
11:45am-1pm Johnson
How can we better measure the news industry?
11:45am-1pm Ski-U-Mah
For the first time, we gave our editors numeric goals (“No, they aren’t quotas.”). Here’s how that went.
11:45am-1pm Heritage
Securing your work in a hybrid office environment
11:45am-1pm Thomas Swain
Tue 1 PM
Tue 2:30 PM
Untangle complex systems by thinking in objects
2:30-3:45pm Memorial
The fine line on AI: Exploring uses and boundaries
2:30-3:45pm Johnson
“Your data is racist…”: What does equitable data journalism look like when the data itself is biased?
2:30-3:45pm Heritage
How can smaller newsrooms set themselves up for success in data-driven reporting?
2:30-3:45pm Thomas Swain
Tue 4:15 PM
What the @#%J do journalists do about Twitter (and other social media)?
4:15-5:30pm Memorial
Reader research on a budget: A product & audience guide to kicking off continuous discovery in a small newsroom
4:15-5:30pm Johnson
Queer tech
4:15-5:30pm Heritage
Too much change, too fast: How can we avoid innovation burnout in newsrooms?
4:15-5:30pm Thomas Swain
Tue 5:30 PM
Tue 7 PM
Mississippi River walking tour
7pm Memorial (meet up to leave)
Creativity for creativity’s sake: Lightning talks!
7-7:50pm Johnson
Game night!
7-8:50pm Memorial
Book club/swap (aka the SRCCON Little Free Library)
7-8:50pm Memorial
U of M Golden Gophers women’s hockey vs. St. Cloud State
7pm Memorial (meet up to leave)
Printmaking for the masses: A how-to on making stamps
7-7:50pm Memorial
Pay me what I’m worth: Salary negotiation workshop
7-7:50pm Ski-U-Mah
Yoga & meditation session
7-7:50pm Thomas Swain