Program Schedule At-A-Glance | NLGJA Coming Home Convention

LGBT Media Summit | Thursday, September 3

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Convention Registration
California East/West

8:30 am - 10:15 am

Plenary Session: Faith, Family and Futures for LGBT Youth
Grand Ballroom

10:30 am - 11:45 am

AIDS and HIV Coverage in LGBT and AIDS-specific media
Elizabethan A

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Documentary Journalism with Filmmakers
Elizabethan B

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Plenary Session: Affirmation Proclamation: Trans* Elders Review Misgendering in News, Culture and Hollywood
Grand Ballroom

1:45 pm - 4:30 pm

Google Trends: Go Beyond Just Finding Out What Everyone is Looking For
Georgian Room

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Journalism and Activism: Younger Journalists Balancing Coverage
Elizabethan B

1:45 pm - 4:30 pm

Linkedin for Journalists & Building a profile
Elizabethan D

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Page to Pages: Journalists as Authors
Elizabethan B

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Transgender Children: Coming out
Elizabethan A

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

History and LGBT Media: B.A.R., BLK and The Ladder’s Barbara Gittings
Elizabethan B

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Queerly Beloved: 25 Years of LGBT Media
Elizabethan A

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Homecoming Reception
Italian Room

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Opening Reception
Colonial Room

9:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Lifetime Members Reception (by invitation only)

10:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Travel Writers Caucus Reception
Library Bar at Hotel Rex

Friday, September 4

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Convention Registration
California East/West

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Career & Community Expo
California East/West

9:30 am - 10:45 am

Life After Marriage: What’s Next
Grand Ballroom

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Career & Community Expo: Critiques Station
California East/West

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Critiques: Resumé, Resumé tapes, Clips & Career profiles (10am)
California East/West

11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Branding: A Master Class
Elizabethan B

11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Mostly Sunny: Life inside the world of a top-rated, long running network television magazine
Elizabethan D

11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Now Trending 2015
Elizabethan A

11:00 am - 12:15 pm

When a Big Story Breaks on Your Watch
Elizabethan C

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Critiques: Resumé, Resumé tapes, Clips & Career profiles (12pm)
California East/West

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

"Out" at the Top
Grand Ballroom

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Critiques: Resumé, Resumé tapes, Clips & Career profiles (2pm)
California East/West

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Are Those Your Jammies? The Key to Getting Better Freelance Gigs
Elizabethan B

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Be a Leader Not a Manager: How to Handle Change and Collaboration in Management
Elizabethan A

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Human Centered Design: UX Design
Elizabethan D

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

To Marry or Not to Marry: How Marriage Equality Affects Personal Finance Decisions
Elizabethan C

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Ask the Recruiters and Optimize Your Profile to Stand Out More Online
Elizabethan A

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

From Print to Pundit
Elizabethan D

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Narrative Storytelling for All Media: 10 Writing Tricks I Wish I Learned 10 Years Sooner
Elizabethan B

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

The Economy Heading Into the Presidential Race
Elizabethan C

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Diversity Reception
Colonial Room

6:45 pm - 10:00 pm

Women's Networking Dinner (Off-Site)
Westin St. Francis

9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Night Out: San Francisco
The LOOKOUT Bar

Saturday, September 5

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Convention Registration
California East/West

10:00 am - 11:15 am

The Hall of Famers: A Conversation
Grand Ballroom

11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Author's Cafe
California East/West

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Better Visuals For All Platforms
Elizabethan D

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Improving Your “It” Factor on TV
Elizabethan C

11:30 am - 11:45 am

Kenneth Jost
California East/West

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Killer Interviews
Elizabethan B

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Transgender: Ask Us Anything
Elizabethan A

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

Diane Walsh
California East/West

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm

Kim Severson
California East/West

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm

David Swatling
California East/West

12:30 pm - 12:45 pm

Benoit Denizet-Lewis
California East/West

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

"Out" on the Air
Grand Ballroom

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Backpack Journalism
Elizabethan C

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Bulletproof Your Story: Better Fact Checking in 7 Steps
Elizabethan B

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Ethical Dilemmas in Journalism Today
Elizabethan A

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Kerry Eleveld
California East/West

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Landing a Job in the Digital Age
Elizabethan D

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Guy Benson
California East/West

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Mark Segal
California East/West

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Jim Provenzano
California East/West

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Tracy Baim
California East/West

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Tim Teeman
California East/West

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Charles Kaiser
California East/West

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Leveraging Diversity Trends in Social Media
Elizabethan B

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Life After the Newsroom
Elizabethan C

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Op Ed 2.0
Elizabethan A

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Work That Wins Awards
Elizabethan D

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

25 Year Champagne Toast (Invite Only)

7:00 pm - 11:30 pm

The Silver Party and Awards Reception
Alexandra’s Room

Sunday, September 6

No Events