Syracuse University · Nov. 8, 2025

2025 Conference + Awards Dinner

Please join us for our 2025 Journalism Conference and Awards Dinner at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

The conference begins at 9 a.m. and concludes with our Awards Dinner at 6 p.m. Each event requires its own ticket.

Space will be limited.

The deadline for registering for the awards dinner is October 30, and the deadline for conference registration is November 7.

Click here for registration & tickets

Conference details

Date & time: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Tickets: $10 for professionals and free for students – registration still required

Session details : A full day of sessions for professional and student journalists, including:

  • Landing Your First Job: Radio, Print, and TV

  • The Art of the Political Interview

  • Press and Police: Navigating the Beat

  • On the Ground at Ground Zero

  • Be Crisis Ready: Protecting Journalists in an Age of Rising Risk

  • Resume and Reel Review

  • …and more!

Awards dinner details

Celebrate excellence in journalism with peers, mentors, and colleagues at our annual awards dinner.

  • Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner begins at 6 p.m.

  • Tickets: $45 (space is limited)

Overnight accommodations

Attendees are encouraged to book accommodations using one of our two discounted hotel room blocks (valid for Friday and Saturday nights):

If you have questions, please email us.