Agenda
9 a.m.—Welcome and Introductions
Vince Stehle, Executive Director, Media Impact Funders
David Rousseau, Vice President and Executive Director, Media & Technology, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
9:15 a.m.—Returning to Public Media’s Roots
A conversation with NPR’s founding architect and one of today’s leading public radio reporters on how public media has served us for the last 50 years and where it will take us in the future.
Bill Siemering, President, Developing Radio Partners
Korva Coleman, Newscaster, NPR
9:45 a.m.—Policy Visions, Platform Realities
How have the founding policy visions for public broadcasting translated into current cross-platform efforts to serve all Americans with news, education and insight?
Korva Coleman, Newscaster, NPR (moderator)
Michael Copps, former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Thomas Hjelm, Chief Digital Officer, NPR
10:30 a.m.—Spectrum Auction: The First $2 Billion
With federal cuts looming, the spectrum auction may breathe life into local news and the public sphere. What are the plans for the first $2 billion? How much of it will go to public media?
Tim Isgitt, Managing Director, Humanity United
Patrick Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Public Television Stations
10:50 a.m.—Networking Break
11:20 a.m.—Tech Support: Google’s Foray Into Protecting the Public
How can major technology companies—with active engagement of citizens and nonprofit organizations everywhere—help to protect civil and human rights?
Korva Coleman, Newscaster, NPR (moderator)
Malika Saada Saar, Senior Counsel, Civil and Human Rights, Public Policy and Government Relations, Google
11:50 a.m.—Digital Diaspora Family Reunion
How can public media help to illuminate the historic value of lived experiences?
Thomas Allen Harris, Director/Producer and Founder/President, Chimpanzee Productions
12:10 p.m.—Networking Lunch
1:15 a.m.—Learning from Hearken
What is public-powered journalism? Learn how this new model generates audience engagement that builds trust, leads to original, influential journalism.
Jennifer Brandel, CEO & Co-Founder, Hearken
1:30 p.m.—A Portrait in Film
A documentary short about the Domestic Workers Alliance, commissioned by the Atlantic Philanthropies.
1:40 p.m.—Kickstarting Support: Amplifying the Impact of Documentary Film Funders
Learn how the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter is working with philanthropy to make funding dollars go further.
Jon Leland, Director of Strategy & Insights, Kickstarter
2 p.m.—Cutting Through the Noise: Ensuring Quality Dialogue in a Culture of Polarization
In these divisive times, new programs and media projects are emerging to connect listeners and viewers across the aisle. We’ll hear from program hosts who span the political spectrum.
Joshua Johnson, Host of 1A, WAMU
Jaime-Alexis Fowler, Deputy Director, Common Sense News
Charlie Sykes, Co-host, Indivisible
2:50 p.m.—Networking Break
3:15 p.m.—Communicating Science in an Age of Doubt
What does it take to effectively convey complex scientific topics— and to defend evidence-based communication against science denialism?
Elizabeth Christopherson, President, Rita Allen Foundation (moderator)
Tim Jorgensen, Associate Professor, Radiation Medicine & Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program at Georgetown University
Brian Southwell, Program Director, Science in the Public Sphere, RTI International
4 p.m.—Media Impact Festival
Learn about inventive impact strategies in current and forthcoming films selected for the AFI DOCS Impact Lab.
Heidi Nel, Principal, The Raben Group
Pete Nicks, Director, The Force
Trish Adlesic, Director, I Am Evidence
Samantha Wright, Director of Impact, Exposure Labs
