Ferguson revisited sponsored by MJEA and St. Louis Press Club, Sept. 29

Five students per school will be invited to attend a conference on the Ferguson aftermath.

“Ferguson:  Reporting in Chaos, Finding Context”  

Date:  Thursday, Sept. 29

Place:  St. Louis Public Radio-KWMU studios, 3651 Olive St., Community Room, 1st Floor

Time:  8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Agenda:

  • 8:30-9 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
  • 9-9:30 a.m.  Welcome and St. Louis Post-Dispatch video of 2014 protests (part of Pulitzer Prize materials) presented by David Carson, PD Photographer
  • 9:30-10:30 a.m. Panel of Reporters,  Moderator– Gloria Ross, president, Okara Publications
  • 10:30-10:40 a.m.  break
  • 10:40-11:30 a.m.  Panel of Community Leaders,  Moderator– Linda Lockhart, KWMU Outreach Specialist
  • Noon   Luncheon, Discussion (need to confirm Cristina Coleman, KSDK anchor)
  • Optional:  Studio tours after lunch, writing contest

Parking garage across the street

Contact Mitch Eden, MJEA president if interested.