Breakfast
The McCain/Feingold legislation has changed the money game for 2004. This session looks at why the “ground war” may take on new import, the role of so-called “527” committees and how money influences not only campaign strategy but candidate agendas.
Panelists:
Derek Willis, writer and data specialist, The Center for Public Integrity (invited)
David Magleby, Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University
Number Crunching Made Easy
Suffer from math anxiety? Many of this year’s campaign stories, from the role of money in politics, to job growth and budget deficits, involve conflicting statistics. How do you help viewers sort it all out? A math guide for journalists, plus video examples of making it work on television.
Presenter: Stephen Doig, Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
Featured Speaker: Carol Marin, NBC5, Chicago
The Who, What and Where of Online Research
The afternoon session will be at a Northwestern University facility that includes computer workstations and online access. Experts in computer assisted reporting techniques will provide a briefing on how to research money and politics online.
Researching Your Home State Race
You’ll spend the rest of the afternoon researching your home state races, with access to online database sources and guidance from experts on how to research the money story back home. The goal is for each workshop participant to have the outline and preliminary research completed for a series of stories to take with you back to your station.
Discussion and feedback, plus hear how others are approaching their “take home” stories.
Breakfast
How Does All This Translate to Television?
This session will focus on storytelling techniques and how to make your “take home” money and politics stories work on television.
A Review of Other Economic Stories to Watch in ‘04
Discussion and video examples of other money related story possibilities that are worth tracking in the 2004 campaign.
Where have all the pensions gone?
Health care benefits for retirees
Whatever happened to labor clout?
Too many boomers
Wrap-up Discussion
Adjourn