Workshop Agenda
Agenda for the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Getting it Right: Reporting on Youth Violence."
Friday December 9, 2011
8:30 - 9:00am Welcome and Overview
Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Arlene Notoro Morgan, Associate Dean for Prizes & Programs, Columbia Journalism
School
Joe Pyle, President, Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation
Cathy Weiss, Executive Director, Stoneleigh Foundation
9:00 - 9:30am Participant Roundtable
Journalist participants will have one minute for introductions and brief mention
of their areas of interest concerning youth violence
9:30 - 9:45am Break
9:45 - 11:15am Opening Plenary
Understanding Youth Violence: A Public Health Perspective
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., Pediatrician, Center for Injury Research and
Prevention, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
John A. Rich, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair of Health Management and
Policy, Drexel University School of Public Health; Director, Center for Nonviolence &
Social Justice
Emily Rothman, Sc.D., Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Gary Slutkin, M.D., Founder, CeaseFire; Research Professor, University of Illinois
Chicago School of Public Health
11:15 – 11:30am Break
11:30 – 12:30pm Conversation: Everett Gillison, Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, City of Philadelphia
12:30 – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15 - 2:30pm Plenary: Youth Violence Prevention: Policy and Practice On-the-Ground in Philadelphia
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Marla Davis Bellamy, J.D., M.G.A., Executive Director, Philadelphia CeaseFire;
Center for Bioethics, Urban Health and Policy, Temple University School of Medicine
Sandy Bloom, M.D., Associate Professor, Drexel University School of Public Health;
Co-Director, Center for Nonviolence & Social Change
Jamira Burley, Fellow, Student Peace Alliance; Student Leadership Coordinator, School
District of Philadelphia; Appointee, Philadelphia Youth Commission
2:15 – 2:30pm Break
2:30 – 3:30pm Presentation: The Gun Factor: Access, Tracking and Investigation
James Grimaldi, Staff Writer, The Washington Post
3:30 – 4:00pm Break
4:00 - 5:00pm Speed Networking: Developing Sources, Developing Stories
Representatives from violence prevention policy, education, advocacy and direct
service organizations will participate in a structured networking session to discuss
their work, story ideas and what reporters need to know when covering youth violence
Facilitator: Kate Black, Associate Director for Programs, Dart Center
5:00 - 6:00pm Community Reception
6:00 – 6:30pm Buffet Dinner
6:30pm Doors Open
6:45 – 9:15pm Film Screening: “The Interrupters” and Q&A
Special Guests: David and Falacca Fattah, House of Umoja, Philadelphia
Saturday, December 10, 2011
8:30 – 9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15am Research Briefing: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presenter: Robert Anda, M.D., Senior Scientific Consultant, U.S. Centers for
Disease Control, Fayetteville, GA
10:15 – 10:30am Break
10:30 – 11:45am Plenary: High Impact Local Reporting on Youth Violence
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
Susan Snyder, Staff Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Kristen Graham, Staff Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
11:45 – 12:30pm Lunch
12:30 – 1:45pm Plenary: Visual storytelling on youth violence
Moderator: James Estrin, Photographer, Lens Blog Curator, The New York Times
Donna DeCesare, Photographer, “Destiny’s Children”; Associate Professor,
University of Texas, Austin
Carlos Javier Ortiz, Photographer, “Too Young to Die”, Chicago
Hank Willis Thomas, Photographer, Conceptual Artist, Oakland
1:45 - 2:00pm Break
2:00 – 3:00pm Workshop: We are not alone -- No Estamos Solos: Reporting on Youth Violence
Stephen Franklin, Ethnic News Director, Community Media Workshop, Chicago
3:00 – 3:15pm Break
3:15 – 4:00pm Story Clinics
Reporting on Schools with Susan Snyder and Kristen Graham
Visual Storytelling with James Estrin and Carlos Javier Ortiz
Reporting Cross Culturally with Stephen Franklin