Syracuse University · Nov. 8, 2025

2025 Conference & Awards Dinner Venue & Schedule

Venue

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication,
Syracuse University,
215 University Pl, Syracuse, NY 13210

For those arriving via car, we have arranged parking at:

University Avenue Garage,
1101 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210

Click here for directions

 

Conference schedule

Saturday, November 8, 2025

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

  • Registration — Room 101
    Check in and get your badge

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

  • Introductions and Welcome — Room 250
    Brad Horn, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Professor of Practice, Newhouse School

10:00 – 10:50 a.m.

  • Pinpoint: Google’s Solution for Finding the News in Massive Documents — Room 250
    Vix Reitano, Google Tools

  • The Art of the Political Interview — Room 102
    Claire Moran, Producer, Face the Nation (Newhouse + Maxwell ’16)

11:00 – 11:50 a.m.

  • Media Law 101 — Room 250
    Roy S. Gutterman, Director, Tully Center for Free Speech

  • Press and Police: Navigating the Beat — Room 251
    Steven Billmyer, Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard
    Todd Maisel, NY Press Photographers Association

12:00 – 12:50 p.m.

  • Lunch on your own
    Explore eateries on Marshall Street

1:00 – 1:50 p.m.

  • On the Ground at Ground Zero — Room 101
    Todd Maisel, veteran photojournalist, NY Press Photographers Association

  • Hashtags to Headlines: Expanding Reporting Using Social Media — Room 250
    Anthony Adornato, Chair, Broadcast & Digital Journalism, Newhouse School

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.

  • Landing Your First Job — Room 101
    John Lammers, Syracuse.com
    Marlee Tuskes, WNLO-TV
    Tias Schuster, iHeartRadio

  • Be Crisis Ready: Protecting Journalists in an Age of Rising Risk — Room 251
    Bryan Woolston, Executive Director, Crisis Ready Media

3:00 – 3:50 p.m.

  • Resume and Reel Review — Room 101
    Informal critiques; no appointment needed

  • Reporting on Local Impact of Trump Policies — Room 250
    Marnie Eisenstadt and Michelle Breidenbach, Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard

4:00 – 4:50 p.m.

  • Drones: Taking Reporting to New Heights — Room 251
    Scott Trimble, Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard

  • Podcasting: From Idea to Episode — Room 102
    David Sommerstein and Emily Russell, North Country Public Radio

Awards Dinner

Ticket required

  • 5:00 p.m. — Reception Doors Open

  • 6:00 p.m. — Dinner and Awards Ceremony