NOTABLE LOCATIONS
Convention Office: Gallivan
Registration area: Pre-Function Area
Winning Sections Display: Capital Ballroom C
Thursday AP hospitality suite: Salt Lake Tribune building balcony
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday AP hospitality suite: Capital Ballroom C
Mall of Ideas: Pre-Function area
WEATHER UPDATE: The latest forecast calls for sunny skies and mild temperatures all week, with highs in the upper-80s and lows around 60. There is virtually no humidity in Utah. A sweater or light sweatshirt should be all that’s required in the evening.
AIRPORT: A cab ride from the airport to the hotel costs about $20. If you are on a tight budget, we will pick you up. Call Anastasi, below.
QUESTIONS: Call Convention Host and APSE 2nd Vice President Michael Anastasi on his cell phone: 801-673-0025.
Registration
3:15-4:45 p.m. Olympus A
Executive Committee meeting
Presiding: Garry D. Howard, APSE president, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
5 p.m.-6 p.m. Capital Ballroom C
AP Newcomers Reception
6 p.m.-9 p.m. Olympus Ballroom
Opening Night Reception
Sponsor: ESPN.com
10 p.m.-midnight Capital Ballroom C
AP Hospitality Suite
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-Function Area
Registration
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-Function Area
Mall of Ideas
7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Pre-Function Area
Continental breakfast. (Families and guests are welcome at all breakfasts).
Sponsor: YahooSports
9 a.m.-10 a.m. Sundance
Family Orientation
Presiding: Julie Anastasi, wife of Salt Lake Tribune managing editor Michael Anastasi. For information on the day social program for families, click here (note that some of the information for the evening schedule has been changed, so refer to this schedule for that). For questions, call Julie on her cell phone, 801-870-2687.
8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Capital Ballroom A&B
Opening general membership meeting
Presiding: APSE president Garry D. Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
10:30 a.m.-noon Capital Ballroom A&B
General Session: State of the Union
A new study finds that many news executives sense change for the better in their newsroom cultures today. And, financially, Gannett reported a 50 percent jump in its first quarter profits, and several other companies got off to solid starts this year. Nevertheless, fewer than half of those executives surveyed by the Pew Center this spring said they are confident their operations will survive another 10 years without significant new sources of revenue. Nearly a third said their operations are at risk in five years or less. We explore the future of the news business with four of the nation’s top experts — two leading editors, a top Gannett publisher and one of America’s foremost media industry analysts.
Moderator: Tim Franklin, National Sports Journalism Center, Indiana University
Panelists: Rick Edmonds, media business analyst, Poynter Institute; Marty Kaiser, editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Ted Power, president and publisher, Reno Gazette-Journal; David Shribman, editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Olympus Ballroom
Keynote luncheon
Presiding: Garry D. Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Speaker: Dave Checketts, CEO of Real Salt Lake and St. Louis Blues; sports entrepreneur
Sponsor: Deseret News
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Amethyst 1
Workshop: Improving Your Web Site
How do you get readers addicted to you Web site? An exchange of ideas will point you to what you can do to turn your site into THE destination for sports fans in your market.
Moderator: Mike Sherman, The Oklahoman
Panelists: Donna Eyring, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Lauren Gustus, Reno Gazette-Journal; John Hassan, ESPN.com
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Amethyst 2
Workshop: How to Write the Perfect Game Story
Game accounts should tell a story — and bring readers something they didn’t know or didn’t see. It should be authoritative and analytical, and it should be fun to read. The story should be a descriptive, active account of the game based on behind-the-scenes reporting, not just a play-by-play supported by mundane postgame quotes. This is not exactly a new concept, but it’s one that many papers have gotten away from and should return to.
Moderator: Garry D. Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panelists: Bill Price, New York Daily News; Mike Wise, Washington Post
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Sundance
Workshop: Watchdog Journalism
How to obtain important documents and aggressively pursue stories that make a difference in the lives of your readers
Moderator: Glen Crevier, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Panelists: Rachel George, StarNews, Wilmington, N.C.; Jodi Upton, USA Today
3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Amethyst 1
Workshop: Improving Your Web Site
How do you get readers addicted to you Web site? An exchange of ideas will point you to what you can do to turn your site into THE destination for sports fans in your market.
Moderator: Mike Sherman, The Oklahoman
Panelists: Donna Eyring, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Lauren Gustus, Reno Gazette-Journal; John Hassan, ESPN.com
3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Amethyst 2
Workshop: How to Write the Perfect Game Story
Game accounts should tell a story — and bring readers something they didn’t know or didn’t see. It should be authoritative and analytical, and it should be fun to read. The story should be a descriptive, active account of the game based on behind-the-scenes reporting, not just a play-by-play supported by mundane postgame quotes. This is not exactly a new concept, but it’s one that many papers have gotten away from and should return to.
Moderator: Garry D. Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panelists: Bill Price, New York Daily News; Mike Wise, Washington Post
3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Sundance
Workshop: Watchdog Journalism
How to obtain important documents and aggressively pursue stories that make a difference in the lives of your readers
Moderator: Glen Crevier, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Panelists: Rachel George, StarNews, Wilmington, N.C.; and Jodi Upton, USA Today
5 p.m.: NBA Draft. Sit with Utah Jazz executives as they follow the NBA Draft and relay their 1st-round selection to their representative in New York. The Jazz, by virtue of a 2004 deal with the Knicks, own the No. 9 pick.
6 p.m.: Temple Square tours and Mormon Tabernacle Choir rehearsal. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is hosting a reception and providing tours of Temple Square, the worldwide spiritual home of members of their faith. Included will be the Mormon Tabernacle. Following, at approximately 8 p.m., APSE members and their guests will attend a rehearsal of the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
10 p.m.-midnight Salt Lake Tribune Building
AP Hospitality Suite. The Tribune is located just across the street from EnergySolutions Arena and down the street from Temple Square, an easy walk. The seventh-floor balcony overlooks the Valley of the Great Salt Lake and is a pretty cool place to hang out on a summer night. In addition to beverages, there will be light food.
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-Function Area
Registration
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-Function Area
Mall of Ideas
8 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Capital Ballroom A&B
All region meetings
7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Pre-Function Area
Continental breakfast
Sponsor: Indiana University
8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Capital Ballroom A&B
General session: Social Media
Engage your readers: More than ever, we’ve got an opportunity to understand our audience and connect with it, thanks to social media like Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and other applications.. We’ll talk about ways to build community and to reach out to readers through social media and other means. Many of our readers are loyal and appreciate the opportunity to connect; the challenge is how to do that without overstepping the bounds of journalism – or your own time constraints.
Moderator: Tom Jolly, New York Times
Panelists: Rob King, ESPN.com; Tim Stephens, Orlando Sentinel
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Amethyst 1
Workshop: Small newspaper caucus
Moderators: Toby Carrig, Antelope Valley Press; Mary Byrne, The Associated Press
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Amethyst 2
Workshop: Effective blogging
Blogging has become an essential job requirement for most sports journalists – and increasingly for the sports editor, too. Learn what multimedia tools should be in your toolbag and other effective blogging tips, including how to build an audience using advanced social media and SEO techniques
Leader: Tim Stephens, Orlando Sentinel
Panelists: Matt Humphrey, Orlando Sentinel; Lee Nessel, Florida Today
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Sundance
Workshop: Management Doctors
Need a cure for your management ills? Call on the management doctors (you don’t even need a healthcare plan!). This session brainstorms prickly management situations that we face every day and comes up with a group cure.
Leaders: Holly Lawton, Kansas City Star; Jerry Micco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Noon- 1:45 p.m. Olympus Ballroom
Red Smith Award Luncheon
Presiding: Garry D. Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Recipient: Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
Presenter: Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press
Sponsor: The New York Times
2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Capital Ballroom A&B
General Session: The BCS: How It Should Work
The original intent of the Bowl Championship Series was to help college football determine an undisputed champion year in and year out, ending an almost annual swirl of controversy, anger and bitterness from many fans, coaches and players whose teams were left out of the process. Although the BCS has largely worked in determining a champion, the controversy, anger and bitterness hasn’t gone away. Three distinguished panelists –— speak to why and how the BCS system can and should be improved.
Moderator: Michael Anastasi, Salt Lake Tribune
Panelists: Tom Holmoe, athletic director of Brigham Young University; Craig Thompson, commissioner of the Mountain West Conference; Kyle Whittingham, head coach of the University of Utah
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Amethyst 1
Workshop: Balancing Preps for Print and Web
Getting ready for that big high school football special section? Thinking ahead for coverage of upcoming state championships? Looking for some ideas on how to make prep coverage attract readers and Web site hits? Join three editors as they discuss what has worked for them and their award-winning sections. They will talk about coverage of high schools for print and online, special sections and big-event coverage and about their experiences in the Web world, from videos to blogs. They will offer tips for big and small papers on coordinating coverage of high school events given today’s resources.
Moderator: Toby Carrig, Antelope Valley Press
Panelists: Darnell, Dickson, Daily Herald (Provo, Utah); Robert Gagliardi, WyoSports (Cheyenne); Paul Skrbina, Chicago Tribune; Danyelle White, Salt Lake Tribune
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Amethyst 2
Workshop: Effective blogging
Blogging has become an essential job requirement for most sports journalists – and increasingly for the sports editor, too. Learn what multimedia tools should be in your toolbag and other effective blogging tips, including how to build an audience using advanced social media and SEO techniques
Moderator: Tim Stephens, Orlando Sentinel
Panelists: Matt Humphrey, Orlando Sentinel; Lee Nessel, Florida Today
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundance
Workshop: Management Doctors
Need a cure for your management ills? Call on the management doctors (you don’t even need a healthcare plan!). This session brainstorms prickly management situations that we face every day and comes up with a group cure.
Moderators: Holly Lawton, Kansas City Star; Jerry Micco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Evening schedule
7 p.m.: Major League Soccer game at Rio Tinto Stadium. Trains leave Gallivan Plaza at 5:12 p.m., 5:27 p.m., 5:42 p.m. It’s a 30-minute ride to the Sandy Expo Station, and then about a 15-minute walk to the stadium. The 5:27 train is your best bet if you can’t make the 5:12. The train ride costs $4 round trip and tickets can be purchased at the station anytime on Friday. You’ll save yourself some time buying the ticket earlier in the day. APSE is being hosted by Major League Soccer. Light snacks will be served by in a hospitality tent before the game with ballpark-type food provided at halftime. (You also may buy yourself food at the stadium. There’s a good variety.) Tickets to the game between defending champion Real Salt Lake and San Jose are provided. A crowd of about 16,000 is presently expected. MLS Commissioner Don Garber, who will have just returned from South Africa for this event, will address editors and their families at halftime.
6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. This is the on-your-own alternate activity. Gaming Express Buses take you to to Wendover, Nev., about a two-hour drive. Buses return at 1 a.m., 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. It’s a nice trip. Once inside the casinos, you’ll feel like you’re in Vegas. Bus cost is $15.
10 p.m.-midnight Capital Ballroom C
AP Hospitality Suite
8 a.m.-noon Pre-Function Area
Late registration
8:30 a.m.-noon Pre-Function Area
Mall of Ideas
8:30 to 9:15 a.m. Continental breakfast
Sponsor: APSE
8:30 a.m.
APSE 5K run
9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Capital Ballroom A&B
General Session: Best Ideas of 2009
Call it copying, borrowing, adapting or say that impersonation is the sincerest form of flattery, but make sure you bring a notepad as we look at the best ideas of 2009. Great ideas are the lifeblood of great sections, and this is your chance to see what other people are doing and learn how it can help you and your section
Moderators: Josh Barnett, Philadelphia Daily News; Paul Skrbina, Chicago Tribune
11 a.m.-Noon Capital Ballroom A&B
Closing general membership meeting
Presiding: Incoming APSE president Phil Kaplan, Knoxville News
12:30 to 5:15 p.m. (includes travel time)
Excursion to Snowbird Resort
Snowbird is a world-class skiing and summer Alpine resort. APSE is providing a bus for members. There will be a modest transportation charge. At the resort, there are a variety of activities such as a zipline, bungee jumping and an Alpine slide. There’s even a kids’ fishing pond. Not to be missed is a journey to the top of 11,000-foot Hidden Peak via an ariel tram. The views are spectacular, and you can take a ski lift down the mountain instead of the tram. There are various food options at the resort. You can choose to do any of the activities (details about cost will be provided at the convention), or you can simply hang out.
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Pre-Function Area
Cocktail reception
Sponsor: YahooSports
7 p.m.-10 p.m. Capital Ballroom A&B
Awards Banquet
Sponsor: Salt Lake Tribune
Presiding: Outgoing president Garry D. Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and incoming president Phil Kaplan, Knoxville News Sentinel
Welcome: Nancy Conway, Editor, Salt Lake Tribune
10 p.m.-midnight Capital Ballroom C
Closing reception
Sponsor: The Associated Press
