The
following schedules provide daily overviews
of LGBT Media Summit and National Convention
programming
and events. Click
on the bold dates for complete event descriptions
and speakers listings.
Also, please note that convening over 650 journalists and media professionals from all over the country for a weekend-long conference is much like herding cats. People have unexpected deadlines, frantic schedule changes thanks to late-breaking news, and without fail, someone will be shipped to a remote village in Africa for a story moments before they are scheduled to speak.
Long-story-short,
please bookmark this site and visit often, because
what you see here will be
updated obsessively until we meet in San Diego.
Thursday,
August 30, 2007
Complete Schedule
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LGBT
Media Summit Event
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Reception/Networking
Event |
Media Summit
Welcome Breakfast
9:00AM-10:00AM
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Kick
off
the
day
and
join
us
for
coffee,
pastries
and
a
meet-and-greet
with
Summit
attendees
and
speakers.
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Media Summit
Breakout Sessions
10:15AM-11:30AM
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- The Right Approach: Covering LGBT Conservatives
- Surfing Tips: Avoiding Online Riptides
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Media Summit
Breakout Sessions
11:45AM-1:00PM
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- Mainstream
Media & The LGBT Press: Co-Opting
or Cooperation?
- Cross
Currents? LGBT Media & LGBT PR
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Media Summit
Lunch Plenary
1:15PM-2:30PM
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40
Years of The Advocate
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Media Summit
Breakout Session
2:45PM-4:00PM
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Gay Panic: LGBT Media Merger Mania
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Media Summit
Closing Reception
4:00PM-5:30PM
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The official closing event of our 4th Annual LGBT Media Summit. |
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Chapter
Meet & Greet
5:30PM-6:15PM
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Visit
with members
of your
home
chapter and find out who made the trip to San Diego. |
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Newcomers'
Reception
6:15PM-7:00PM
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Not
to be
missed
if this
is your
first
(or fifth
or 14th!)
NLGJA
National
Convention. |
Welcoming
Reception
7:00PM-8:30PM
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Join
us for
the official
kick-off party
for "Breaking Stories, Breaking
Waves."” |
Friday,
August 31,
2007
Complete Schedule
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Plenary/General
Session |
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Breakout
Session |
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Reception/Networking
Event |
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Morning Plenary
9:30AM–10:45AM
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(Still Not) At Ease: Don't Ask, Don't Tell in 2007
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Breakout Sessions
11:00AM–12:15PM
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- Gay Away From the City
- Milk & Cookies: Talk With LGBT Parents & Would-Be
Parents
- Lip Service on Campus: Are J-Schools Ignoring LGBT Issues?
- Talkin'
About
My, er, Your Generation
- Under the Radar: Uncovering Hidden Medical Stories
- The Worst Words: Where Do We Draw the Line?
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Lunch Plenary
12:30PM–2:00PM
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Tattle-Tales: The
Dirt
on Hollywood Dish
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Breakout Sessions
2:15PM–3:30PM
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- Ahead of the Curve: Negotiating Your Personal Services Contract
- Gay Airwaves, Mainstream Audience
- The Cost of Objectivity
- OUT in Front: NLGJA's Excellence in Journalism Award Winners in Print/Online
- Covering
Children
- Putting
in a Good Word: How to Make Yourself Indispensable, No
Matter Who You're Writing For
- Gadgets & Gays:
Tools Every Homo Journo Needs
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Breakout Sessions
3:45PM–5:00PM
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- It
Comes Naturally: Sex Writing for Fun & Profit
- Hey, Fellow
- OUT in Front: NLGJA's Excellence in Journalism Award Winners in Broadcast
- Breaking
News, Making Families: Legal and Practical Issues for
Covering LGBT Families
- Hacks vs. Flacks: Peace in Our Time
- Ready for the Close-Up
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Diversity Reception
5:15PM–6:30PM |
Our annual
salute
to the
value
of diversity in our organization and industry. NLGJA honors
the goals
of inclusion
that unite us
all. |
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Women's Cocktail
Reception & Networking
Dinner
7:00PM–9:00PM
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We'll
applaud
the hard
work
of the women of NLGJA and spotlight their invaluable contributions
to the
organization. |
San Diego
Night Out
9:00PM–12:00AM |
From
Horton
Plaza
to Hillcrest,
NLGJA
will
hit the
town
for a
night
of great
friends
and the
kind
of laid-back
cool
only
SoCal
can offer. |
Saturday,
September 1,
2007
Complete Schedule
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Plenary/General
Session |
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Breakout
Session |
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Reception/Networking
Event |
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Morning
Plenary
9:30AM–10:45AM
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Double
Discrimination:
LGBT Immigrants
in the
U.S.
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Breakout
Sessions
11:00AM–12:15PM
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- Women
in the
Round
- The Creative Minds Behind Perfect Pages
- Breaking
Down
Barriers:
Making
Media
Accessible
- Book ’em: Getting Published
- Will
Gays
Matter
in ’08?
- The Art of the Interview
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Networking
Lunch
12:30PM–1:45PM
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Taking
Names,
Making
Contacts:
Expo Hall
Brown Bag
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General
Session
2:00PM–3:15PM
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Making
Headlines:
A Conversation
With Larry
Kramer
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Authors
Café
3:30PM-5:00PM
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Hear
some of
NLGJA’s
authors
read from
their own
work and
talk about
upcoming
projects.
An annual
bestseller!
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Closing
Plenary
5:15PM–6:15PM |
Good
Transitions:
Writing the
Whole Person
into Your
Story |
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Silent
Auction
6:45PM–8:45PM
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You
never know
what you’ll
find at our
Not-So-Silent
Auction.
The money
raised goes
to supporting
NLGJA programs
year-round. |
Convention
Nightcap
9:00PM–10:30PM |
Take
a minute
to grab one
more drink
with your
fellow NLGJA-ers
before heading
out for one
more night
in San Diego. |
Sunday,
September 2,
2007
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Reception/Networking
Event |
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Closing
Networking
Breakfast
9:30AM–11:00AM
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Last
call for
power networking
until
NLGJA's
2008 National
Convention
& 5th Annual
LGBT Media
Summit,
to be held
in Washington,
DC!
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