Saturday, October 21, 2023
1 pm – 5 pm EDT
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The Joyce Cummings Center
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Keynote speaker: Geoff Edgers
Geoff Edgers is the Washington Post’s National Arts Reporter and a 1992 graduate of Tufts University. Before the Post, he was a staff writer at the Boston Globe and has written for GQ, Wired, and Salon. He is also the author of “Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song that Changed American Music Forever” and children’s books in Penguin’s “Who Was?” series on The Beatles, Stan Lee, Julia Child, and Elvis Presley.
Session Tracks
Track 1: Gathering and Evaluating Information
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Mengqi Sun (‘16), Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
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Eric Boodman, Reporter, Stat News
How to find reliable sources while recognizing perspectives, biases, limitations and agendas
Track 2: Gathering and Evaluating Information
Track 3: Gathering and Evaluating Information
Track 2: Nonfiction Storytelling
Track 3: Leading and Collaborating in the Information Industries
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Jim MacMillan (’88), Director, The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting
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Alonso Nichols, MFA ‘22, Chief Photographer, Tufts University
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Patrick Healy (‘93), Deputy Opinion Editor, The New York Times
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Natalia Menard, Assistant Director, Career Mentoring, Tufts University Career Center
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Amy Resnick (‘88) Executive Editor, Chief Investment Officer
Foundational elements and technical expertise needed to craft well-told stories
Enterprise management, talent development, operations skills and thought leadership