APSE’s summer conference will be held June 26-28 at the Marriott Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown. Click on the link below to register for the conference or to make hotel reservations.

The APSE rate is $169 per night and is effective through Monday, June 2.

Click here for the registration page, which also includes a link to the hotel for reservations.

Here is a look at the conference schedule.

Wednesday, June 25

SPORTS EVENTS IN THE TWIN CITIES
For early arrivals, there are two events in the Twin Cities area today: Minnesota Twins vs. Seattle Mariners, 6:40 p.m. at Target Field, and the MLS Minnesota United vs. Houston Dynamos, 7:30 p.m. at Allianz Field in Saint Paul.

Thursday, June 26

OFFICERS MEETING
10 a.m.
Where: Boardroom

REGISTRATION
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC foyer

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
1 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC
Presiding: Dan Spears, APSE president 

GENERAL SESSION
3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC
How to be a Dynamic Leader for Dynamic Reporters
How do we improve our reporter management, especially in a remote age? How to develop strong relationships, either remotely or in-person? We have stopped looking backward; it’s all about the future. Our feedback and constructive criticism in the editing process has evolved. It sometimes looks and feels as though we’re “coming down” on reporters, even though we’re not. Who has a good editing relationship with their remote reporters and how did it get that way?
Moderator: Perryn Keys, The Buffalo News
Panelists: Mike Sherman, Gannett Center for Community Journalism; Jason Murray, Washington Post; Amie Just, Lincoln Journal-Star

GENERAL SESSION
4:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC
Career Development and Feedback
Sponsor: The Athletic
Moderator: Lisa Wilson, The Athletic

WELCOME RECEPTION
7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Where: Day Block Brewing 
Sponsor: ESPN
Day Block is located four blocks from the hotel at 1103 Washington Avenue South and is a 10-minute walk.

Friday, June 27

REGISTRATION
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC foyer

COFFEE TALK AND PASTRY STATION
8 a.m.
Location: Salon ABC
Sponsors: MLB, MLS and Professional Bull Riders

GENERAL SESSION
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. 
How to do remote coverage the right way 
Where: Salon ABC
Being there is half the fun, but due to budget restraints or other factors we cannot always be at every event. So how do we make the most of it? This panel will address best practices, how to make decisions on when (and when not) to travel and some ways remote coverage can be superior to covering a game or event in person.
Moderator: Tommy Deas, Gannett Center for Community Journalism
Panelists: Ryan Kostecka, Minneapolis Star Tribune; John Shipley, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Tony Tsoukalas, Tide Illustrated

WORKSHOP 1 
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Workshop 1 repeats from 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Where: Gallery
Bringing data journalism to the sports section
Sports is absolutely drowning in data, and there is a large and hungry audience for sports content. Alongside that, there’s a large and growing open-source sports analytics community that data journalists should be a part of. In this hands-on class, MaryJo Webster, the data editor at The Minnesota Star Tribune, will take you through examples of ways to do sophisticated analysis and how to visualize it to add context to teams, leagues and sports.
Moderator: Mary Jo Webster, The Minnesota Star Tribune

WORKSHOP 2 
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Workshop 2 repeats from 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Where: Strategy
Keeping momentum in the evolution of HS sports coverage 
Moderator: Tony Maluso, Community Sports Editor, Baltimore Sun Media Group
Panelists: Nick Williams, The Minnesota Star Tribune; Anna Snyder, The Tuscaloosa News; Jeff Perkins, San Antonio Express-News; Courtney Jacobs, The Cape Cod Times

WORKSHOP 3
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Workshop 3 repeats from 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Where: Logic
Reporting with accuracy and respect on LGBTQ+ issues in sports
LGBTQ+ participation in organized sports is under the harshest of spotlights, and reporting on the subject goes far beyond a team’s win and loss record. Our panel will use your present (and future) story ideas to provide guidance for coverage that takes into account that these stories go far beyond the sports pages and will affect people from the smallest daily newspaper to the biggest online outlet.
Moderator: Erik Hall, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.
Panelists: Cassidy Hettesheimer, The Minnesota Star Tribune; Christina Kahrl, The San Francisco Chronicle.

RED SMITH LUNCHEON
12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC
Presentation of the Jack Berninger Award for service to APSE
Presenting the Red Smith Award: George Solomon, former sports editor of the Washington Post and winner of the Red Smith Award in 2003.
Honoree: Thomas Boswell, Washington Post
Sponsor: The Washington Post

WORKSHOPS
Workshops 1, 2 and 3 repeat from 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

GENERAL SESSION
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.
Who still tells the stories of college sports? 
Where: Salon ABC
With the college sports sphere spinning at this rate, one thing is becoming clear: College sports reporting is at its toughest moment, and it could get tougher. How do we bridge the gap? Sports information departments, athletic directors, NIL arms and agents all want a say in what’s happening, boxing out media along the way.
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: Ainslie Lee, Gannett Center for Community Journalism; Malcolm Moran, Sports Capital Journalism Program; 

ASSOCIATED PRESS RECEPTION
5:30 p.m-7 p.m.
Where: Outdoor Courtyard
Sponsor: The Associated Press

Saturday, June 28

COFFEE TALK AND PASTRY STATION
8 a.m.
Location: Salon ABC
Sponsors: MLB, MLS and Professional Bull Riders

REGISTRATION
8 a.m.-noon
Where: Salon ABC foyer

GENERAL SESSION
8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. 
Event coverage and how to monetize it
Where: Salon ABC
Moderator: John Bednarowski, Marietta Daily Journal
Panelists: Gary Potosky, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Tommy Deas, Gannett Center for Community Journalism

GENERAL SESSION
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Covering the first rough draft of HER-story
Where: Salon ABC
Sponsor: APSE Foundation
With even more options for women’s sports coverage at a college and professional level — but not more staff to do it, and skeptical colleagues lurking over every page view — where is the road to a successful coverage plan? In short: how can we get eyeballs on our women’s sports coverage and then keep them there?
Moderator:  TBD
Panelists: Monica Crawford, Ph.D. student, University of Minnesota; Joe Anderson, Minnesota Frost (PWHL) media and community relations manager (tentative); Billie Jean King Award winner?

LUNCH BREAK 
Registrants are on their own for lunch before the program resumes at 1 p.m.

GENERAL SESSION
1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. 
How We Did It: Examining our best work in 2024
Where: Salon ABC
How was the best sports event coverage planned and executed in 2024? How were creative story ideas formed and developed? What made the winning entries in the 2024 APSE Contest stand out most? We answer these questions and more as we gather some 2024 winners to discuss their best work. 
Moderator: Paul Barrett

Panelists: Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times; Tisha Thompson, ESPN; Bill Oram, The Oregonian; Jane Allison Havsy, the Daily Record (Rockaway, N.J.); Anna Snyder, The Tuscaloosa News; Nick Coppola, Las Cruces Sun-News.

CLOSING GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
2:45 p.m.
Where: Gallery 
Presiding: Paul Barrett, APSE incoming president

AWARDS DINNER
Reception
6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC foyer
Sponsors: NASCAR and the NHL

Awards Dinner and Banquet  
7 p.m.
Where: Salon ABC
Sponsor: Perfect Game
Presiding: Perryn Keys, APSE second vice president

Closing Reception
9:30 p.m.-11 p.m.
Where: Outdoor Courtyard
Sponsors: NASCAR and the NHL