AGENDA
Keynote speakers, featured presentations, public conversations, lightning talks, networking spaces, workshops, think-in sessions, meet the bridge-builders, documentary screening, and performances. Join us in-person or virtually for two days packed with ideas, innovation, and ingenuity.
Friday, June 3
10:00 am
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Welcoming Words – Palabras de bienvenida
10:00 am
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10:15 am
Graciela Mochkofsky
Executive Director, Center for Community Media
Sarah Bartlett
Dean, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York
10:15 am
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed for only-virtual tickets attendees
What The Clemente Means for Latinx New York
10:15 am
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10:20 am
Libertad Guerra
Executive Director, The Clemente
10:20 am
Summit Kickoff
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed for only-virtual tickets attendees
The Rise of Bilingual Podcasting
10:20 am
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11:30 am
Maria Elena Garcia
Executive editor, Futuro Studios. Creator and host, Anything for Selena podcast.
Carolina Guerrero
CEO, Radio Ambulante.
Paulina Velasco
Managing producer, LWC Studios.
Alana Casanova-Burgess
Host and producer, La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience.
12:00 pm
Lunch & Networking Space
La Esquinita
In-person
Lunch & Networking
12:00 pm
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2:00 pm
2:00 pm
Featured Presentation
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Letting Communities Set the News Agenda
2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
Madeleine Bair
Journalist and media developer. Founder, El Timpano.
Adriana Gallardo
Engagement reporter, ProPublica
Mazin Sidahmed
Co-executive director, Documented.
3:00 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Enlace Latino, primer medio digital sin fines de lucro y en español de Carolina del Norte
3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Paola Jaramillo
Co-founder and executive director, Enlace Latino
3:00 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Transnational: Exploring Global Transgender Experiences
3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Alyza Enriquez
Producer, director, and image maker, Vice. Member, Trans Journalists Association
3:00 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
San Quentin News: Journalism by the Incarcerated
3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Jesse Vasquez
Project Director, Friends of San Quentin News
3:00 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Ain't I Latina?: Celebrating Black Latinas
3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Janel Martinez
Writer and founder, Ain't I Latina? blog.
3:30 pm
Featured Presentation
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Deliveristas Unidos: Reporters and Organizers in Conversation
3:30 pm
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4:15 pm
Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Covers The Bronx, THE CITY
Gustavo Ajche
Leader #losdeliveristasunidos, Workers Justice Project
Josefa Velasquez
Senior reporter, The City
Ernesta Galvez
Leader #losdeliveristasunidos, Workers Justice Project
4:15 pm
Networking Space
La Esquinita
In-person
Networking
4:15 pm
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4:30 pm
4:30 pm
Public Conversation
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Polarization, Latinx Voting Rights and the Midterms
4:30 pm
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5:30 pm
Greisa Martinez Rosas
Executive Director, United We Dream and United We Dream Action
Julio Vaqueiro
Emmy award-winning journalist. Anchor, Noticias Telemundo.
Marisa Franco
Co-founder and executive director, Mijente and the Mijente Support Committee.
5:30 pm
Performance
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Standup comedy con Felipe Torres Medina y Alise Morales
5:30 pm
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6:30 pm
Felipe Torres Medina
Writer, comedian. Writer, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Alise Morales
Comedy writer and performer. Writer, Betches Sup newsletter and co-host, Betches Sup podcast. Isobel, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Saturday, June 4
9:00 am
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
Building and Writing to Your Latinx Audience
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Fidel Martinez
Fidel Martinez is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He writes the Latinx Files, a weekly newsletter that focuses on the American Latinx experience. Before joining the Times in 2018, he worked as politics editor for Mitu and as a social storytelling producer for Fusion Media Group. He is a proud native of the Rio Grande Valley.
Synopsis
Using the Latinx Files newsletter and similar projects as case studies, this workshop will outline several tried and true strategies to help you build successful non-traditional news products geared towards English-dominant Latinx audiences.
9:00 am
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
The Editor as Citizen of Letters
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Oscar Villalon
Oscar is the managing editor at the literary journal ZYZZYVA. His writing has appeared in Freeman’s, the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, Literary Hub, and other publications, and in the anthology, There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis (Vintage). A former board member of the National Book Critics Circle, and a former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, he was the chair of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize fiction jury.
Synopsis
An axiom about newsrooms is that in the drawer of every editor and reporter, there’s a novel being worked on. This is a testament to the love of writing—and reading—inherent to the vocation of journalism. It also points to an opportunity to examine how literature—from fiction to biographies to histories—can inform the editor's vision in their role as a guide to the chronicling of their community. An overview of the ways literature could expand upon what is published and how it is written will be discussed.
9:00 am
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
Cultivating Growth With Audience Development
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Tania González
Tania is the global director of audience development at WIRED, based in San Francisco. She is responsible for creating and implementing a content distribution strategy across search, newsletters, multiple social networks, and emerging platforms. Before joining WIRED, Gonzalez was a senior audience development manager for CNET Media Group. She started her career in media as a production assistant for Univision Arizona, and soon after, she got promoted to news producer.
Synopsis
A comprehensive overview of the guiding principles that will help you diversify your audience sources and build a deep connection with your readers, viewers, and listeners wherever they are. These strategies encompass a multi-touch approach with your audience that you can leverage to meet your growth and business goals.
9:00 am
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
Leveraging Google Tools to Find Sources, Verify Content and Save Time
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Vix Reitano
Vix Reitano is the award-winning Founder + CEO of Agency 6B, an advertising agency based in Jersey City, NJ, specializing in revenue-generating communications + strategy for CPG companies and D2C brands. Reitano is a Forbes #Next1000 2021 Honoree and a Member of the Forbes Agency Council. She founded Agency 6B in 2015 as a six-figure business in six weeks.
Synopsis
An overview of the Google Tools that all journalists can use to find new sources, verify photos and videos and save time by creating automated alerts based on a topic or series of topics plus the most powerful free tools available to improve your reporting.
9:00 am
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
Perfecciona tu Pitch
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos es defensor del lector para la red PBS, el interlocutor entre las audiencias y la comunidad de periodistas y creadores de contenido de la red de medios públicos. Tras cuatro décadas como autor, reportero y editor de investigación, corresponsal en América Latina, Sandoval-Palos ha sido reconocido como líder en la comunidad periodística. Más recientemente, ayudó a lanzar palabra., la revista digital de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos.
Sinopsis
Una cosa es tener buenas ideas para crónicas e historias. Pero si eres periodista independiente que busca convertir esas ideas en tareas pagadas, hay cosas importantes que debes considerar al formular la propuesta ganadora. Traigan ideas para historias y sus preguntas para el discurso, y desmitificamos lo que sucede antes y después de enviar su propuesta. El taller explorará un mercado en expansión, pero aún difícil, para el periodismo independiente.
9:00 am
Workshop
Virtual
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
News Product Tools and Frameworks for Equity & Inclusion
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Felicitas Carrique
Feli is an Argentinian journalist and product thinker working at the intersection of media, technology, and sustainability. In her previous role as the Innovation Director at SembraMedia, she worked with news organizations across Latin America, Spain, and the United States to promote innovation and led product design and systems development for the organization.
Synopsis
In an ever-changing media landscape, journalists and media need to make sure that high-quality information is accessible to as many people as possible to make more informed decisions and contribute to a democratic society. In this workshop, we will explore how the Product discipline applied to the news field can help us be intentional about inclusion and develop trust and information-based products for everyone.
9:00 am
Workshop
Virtual
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
Drawing Fire
9:00 am
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12:00 pm
Lalo Alcaraz
Lalo is an award-winning visual/media artist and television/film writer. A Los Angeles resident, he has been chronicling the ascendancy of Latinos in the U.S. for over a quarter-century. The busy Chicano artist is the creator of the syndicated daily comic strip La Cucaracha seen in the L.A. Times and other newspapers nationwide. Alcaraz is the founder and Jefe-in-Chief of POCHO, which started out as a Xeroxed zine in the last century and now ranks as a leading Latino satire website.
Synopsis
The life of an editorial cartoonist today has changed greatly from the “Golden Era” of editorial cartooning in daily newspapers of the past. Lalo Alcaraz will discuss his career and inspiration for staying angry forever.
10:00 am
Meet the Bridge-Builders - Session Hosted by the Pulitzer Center
Teatro Sea
In-person
An Alternative to Extractive Journalism: Community-centered Investigations
10:00 am
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11:00 am
Maria Inés Zamudio
Immigration Reporter at WBEZ
Manuel Martinez
Staff Visual Journalist (Producer) at WBEZ
Marina Walker
Executive Editor at The Pulitzer Center
12:00 pm
Lunch & Networking Space
La Esquinita
In-person
Lunch & Networking
12:00 pm
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2:00 pm
12:00 pm
Think-In Session
Teatro Sea
In-Person
To Document Suffering Through the Lens of Dignity: My insight as a Photojournalist
12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
Adriana Zehbrauskas
Adriana is a Brazilian documentary photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Number of Selected Participants
40 Latinx participants from all over the country.
How to Participate
Buy your ticket, and you will receive by email a link to pre-register for the Think-in session.
12:30 am
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
The VICE News Method of Short News Doc Production
12:30 am
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3:30 pm
Miguel Fernández Flores
Miguel is a documentary filmmaker and field producer for VICE News in New York City, where he's lived for the last seven years. He's directed and produced news documentaries for Showtime, VICE News Tonight, HBO, Hulu, Spotify, and podcasts in English and Spanish, such as El Hilo. His works are focused on the secondary effects of the war on drugs, as well as migration issues.
Synopsis
This workshop will allow a peek into the VICE News’ method of news docs production, from the early process of idea gathering and creation, pre-production and access gathering, field production, to editing and posting. The idea is to engage in a conversation about the production process and the challenges each stage brings, taking a couple of VICE News productions as examples and taking them apart.
12:30 pm
Workshop
The Clemente
In-Person
After buying your ticket, visit the "Workshops" page to pre-register for this workshop.
Introduction to Visual Investigations
12:30 pm
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3:30 pm
Ainara Tiefenthäler
Ainara is a journalist, producer, and video editor at the New York Times. During her tenure at the Times, she has covered breaking news and political extremism, reporting on separatism in Catalonia, immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border, and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. In 2020, she joined the Times’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Visual Investigations team, focusing on human rights violations, police brutality, and far-right movements nationally and internationally.
Synopsis
This workshop focuses on tools and techniques for finding visuals and sources online, geolocating and chronolocating media, analyzing metadata, and verifying open-source materials.
2:00 pm
Keynote Speaker
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Moving Through and Beyond the Pandemic
2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
Carlos del Río
A global health and infectious disease expert. Professor, Emory University.
Apoorva Mandavilli
Science and global health reporter, The New York Times.
3:00 pm
Featured Presentation
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Expanding the Reach of Public Media
3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Maribel Lopez
Head, PBS Digital Studios
3:30 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed for only-virtual tickets attendees
Combatir la desinformación en Estados Unidos para un público hispano
3:30 pm
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4:00 pm
Tamoa Calzadilla
Managing editor, Factchequeado.
3:30 pm
Lightning Talks
La Esquinita
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed for only-virtual tickets attendees
The Uproot Project: A New Perspective on Environmental Justice
3:30 pm
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4:00 pm
Yvette Cabrera
Founding member, The Uproot Project. Senior reporter, The Center for Public Integrity
3:30 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed for only-virtual tickets attendees
L.A. Taco: How Hyperlocal Community Media Has Scooped the Big Media Players to Serve Los Angeles
3:30 pm
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4:00 pm
Javier Cabral
Editor in chief, L.A. Taco
3:30 pm
Lightning Talks
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Altavoz Lab: A collaborative mentorship project of NAHJ’s palabra
3:30 pm
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4:00 pm
Valeria Fernández
Managing editor, palabra. NAHJ. Creator, Comadres al Aire podcast.
4:00 pm
Featured Presentation
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Building Each Other Up: More Latinx Voices in Publishing
4:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Saraciea J. Fennell
Founder, The Bronx is Reading. Member, Advisory Board of POC in Publishing, Latinx in Publishing
Nadxieli Nieto
Executive editor, Flatiron Books. Board member, Latinx in Publishing.
Daisy Hernández
Journalist. Author, The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect
5:00 pm
Public Conversation
Flamboyán
In-person/virtual
Session live-streamed only-virtual tickets for attendees
Nuyorkinos Dance the Street
5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Jimmy Bosch
Jazz and Salsa Music trombonist, composer and bandleader
David González
Metro visual reporter, The New York Times
To be confirmed
6:00 pm
Documentary Screening
Flamboyán
In-person
“MIJA”, followed by a Q&A sessions with Isabel Castro, director.
6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Isabel Castro
Four-time Emmy-nominated, Mexican-American filmmaker and journalist. Director, "Mija" documentary.