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2023 NLGJA National Convention

TOGETHER AGAIN!

Thank you for attending our 2023 National Convention! It was wonderful to welcome so many old friends and new faces to Philadelphia.

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2:00pm EDT

Registration Congress Foyer (4th Floor)

7:00pm EDT

Pre-Convention Warm Up Happy Hour Pen & Pencil Club

8:00am EDT

Registration Congress Foyer (4th Floor)

8:30am EDT

Bi+ Morning Meet-Up Parlor 415 (4th Floor) Women’s+ Morning Meet-Up Parlor 413 (4th Floor)

9:00am EDT

Morning Coffee Klatch Congress Foyer (4th Floor) IRE Watchdog Workshop Regency C2 (Floor 2M)Adam Rhodes

9:30am EDT

Author's Cafe Regency B (Floor 2M)

9:45am EDT

Covering the Club Q Mass Shooting Responsibly Congress C (4th Floor)Marcus Riley • Sean McLaughlin • Cody LaGrow • Ryan Hazelwood • Ashley Portillo Going the Extra Yard: The Art of Multi-Media Storytelling Congress B (4th Floor)Andy Tennant • Katie Barnes • ESPN Grow Your Audience on Google Search Congress A (4th Floor)Sam Chassé • Google News Lab

10:00am EDT

Chapter Leadership Meeting PSFS Room (Floor 33)

11:00am EDT

Framing and Facts: Getting Trans Coverage Right Congress A (4th Floor)Gina Chua • Kae Petrin • Graph Massara (he/him) Seeing Our True Colors: How to Responsibly Cover Tough Diverse Stories Congress B (4th Floor)Dee Tum-Monge • Ernest Owens • Ashley Johnson • Tanya Pai • Conde Nast ABC News Storytellers Summit Regency A (Floor 2M)

11:15am EDT

Perfecting the Pitch: How to Get Your Story on the Air and on Digital Congress C (4th Floor)Jesse Rodriguez • Miguel Martinez Valle • Jo Yurcaba • Meghan Rafferty • Stephanie Gosk • Comcast NBCUniversal

12:00pm EDT

Trans & Nonbinary Brown-Bag Meet-Up Parlor 413 (4th Floor) Lunch on Your Own Offsite

1:15pm EDT

View From The Top Regency B (Floor 2M)Monica Drake • Gray • Marcus Mabry • Keaton Fox • Sharif Durhams • Joseph Jaafari • Paul Bascobert • Christina Kahrl • Joe Ruffolo • Janelle Rodriguez • Dotdash Meredith

2:45pm EDT

Coffee Break Café Congress Foyer (4th Floor)

3:00pm EDT

Boycotts, Backlashes and More: LGBTQ+ News Through a Business Lens Congress C (4th Floor)Emily Birnbaum • Rakshita Saluja • Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou • Elizabeth Fournier • Bloomberg Crafting Your Career Narrative Regency C2 (Floor 2M)Alberto B. Mendoza • Tre'vell Anderson • Sonali Kohli • Lil Kalish • Rashida Salim I Want To Be A (CNN) Producer Congress B (4th Floor)Javier de Diego • David Ingram • Jen Christensen • Eric Johnson • Ramón Escobar • CNN & WBD Sports Women Out on the Air Congress A (4th Floor)Christiane Cordero • Tara Campbell • Kelsi Thorud

4:15pm EDT

Battling Burnout: How journalists (and their managers) can better prioritize mental health in the newsroom Congress B (4th Floor)Aaron Mason • Marcus Riley • Adi Guajardo • Linda Pattillo Bi-alogue: How to Avoid Myths and Misconceptions When Covering the Bi Community Congress C (4th Floor)Jennifer Rahal-Moore • Nico Lang (they/them) • Charles Tyson, Jr. • Martha Madrigal • Lauren Rowello • Sydney Rae Chin Freelance Quick-Start: Your Road Map to Financial and Emotional Sustainability Regency C2 (Floor 2M)Daric Cottingham • Katherine Lewis • Erin McGregor • Lonnie Hood Out on the Trail: Running for Office as an LGBTQ+ Candidate in the U.S. Congress A (4th Floor)Deja Alvarez • Gabriele Magni • Sean Meloy • Ismail Smith-Wade-El

5:30pm EDT

Fireside Chat with Janelle Rodriguez, NBC News EVP of Programming Regency B (Floor 2M)Maura Barrett • Janelle Rodriguez Meet the Trans Journalists Association! Lobby Lounge

6:00pm EDT

Queering Country: A Fireside Chat with Trailblazing Musician Chely Wright Regency B (Floor 2M)Frank DiLella • Chely Wright Open 12-Step Meeting Parlor 415 (4th Floor)

7:00pm EDT

2023 Opening Reception: Welcome to Philadelphia! 33rd Floor

9:00pm EDT

Lifetime Members Reception Lifetime Members Only

8:00am EDT

Registration Congress Foyer (4th Floor)

8:30am EDT

QPOC Morning Meet-Up Parlor 413 (4th Floor)

9:00am EDT

Career & Community Expo Regency A, C2 and Regency Foyer (Floor 2M)

9:15am EDT

Breakfast from the Ford Foundation Regency B (Floor 2M) Curating the Conversation on Anti-Drag Laws Regency B (Floor 2M)Orion Rummler • Kate Ruane • Steven Monacelli • Beatrice Thomas • Ford Foundation

11:30am EDT

Mental Health and Wellbeing in Journalism Congress A (4th Floor)Ricky Cody • John Handiboe • Taylor Bruck • Dr. Nicole Cross • Spectrum (Charter) Navigating the Book Writing Process Congress B (4th Floor)Kristina Marusic • Curtis Chin • Miguel Martinez Valle • Aaron Foley The Eroding Fourth Estate? Rebuilding Public Trust in Journalism Congress C (4th Floor)Sudeep Reddy • Gina Chua • Sharif Durhams • Steven Overly (he/him) • Katerina Eva Matsa • SAG-AFTRA

12:30pm EDT

Lunch on Your Own Offsite

12:45pm EDT

Womens+ Brown-Bag Meet-Up Parlor 413 (4th Floor)

1:45pm EDT

In the Courts and In the Classroom: Covering the Backlash to LGBTQ+ Expression in 2023 Regency B (Floor 2M)Elizabeth Daley • Hannah Schoenbaum • Stephen Jiwanmall • Christopher Geidner • Piper Hutchinson

3:00pm EDT

Coffee Break Café Regency A (Floor 2M)

3:30pm EDT

Finding and Telling the Story with Social Media Congress B (4th Floor)Robert Bennett • Craig Duff • Roman Feeser • Kedzie Teller • Paige McIntyre Pink Wave: How a record 436 LGBTQ+ Candidates Got Elected in 2022 even as states like Texas and Florida targeted queer people, voters had other ideas. Congress A (4th Floor)Scott Shafer • Miguel Martinez Valle • Anne Wakabayashi • Shevrin Jones • Rue Landau Self-care for trans and nonbinary reporters Congress C (4th Floor)Gina Chua • Katie Barnes • Kathleen Massara • Orion Rummler

3:45pm EDT

Newsroom Leadership: Lessons on Decision-Making and Management Regency B (Floor 2M)Yvette Miley • Brooke Sopelsa • Rebecca Blumenstein • Greg Kordick • Jonathan Capehart • Osvaldo 'Ozzie' Martinez • Comcast NBCUniversal

4:45pm EDT

Covering Bisexual Issues in 2023 and Beyond Congress A (4th Floor)Nico Lang (they/them) • Michelle Garcia • Elaina Patton • Alex Berg Entering Thru Mentoring: Your Journey to Success in the Newsroom and Media Congress C (4th Floor)Patrick Lee • Kelly Frank • Alicia Hastey • Tylan Jennings • Thomas Hanson • CBS Sound Advice: Taking your Audience to the Scene Creatively and Clearly Regency C2 (Floor 2M)Rick Stuckey • Aaron Bloom • Madeline Ducharme The Big Story: Breaking News to Breaking Out Congress B (4th Floor)Tori Powell • David Culver • Shimon Prokupecz • Jen Christensen • Ramón Escobar • CNN & WBD Sports

6:00pm EDT

Open 12-Step Meeting Parlor 415 (4th Floor)

7:00pm EDT

Women’s+ Networking Dinner Ancient Spirits & Grillè

8:30pm EDT

Night Out: Philadelphia Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar

8:00am EDT

Trans & Nonbinary Morning Meet-Up Parlor 413 (4th Floor) Registration Congress Foyer (4th Floor)

9:00am EDT

Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation: How Healing Through Storytelling Changes Individuals, Communities and Newsrooms Regency B (Floor 2M)Ken Lemon • David Cordero • Sharif Durhams • Carla Thompson • Kellogg Foundation

10:45am EDT

Addressing Disparities and Discrimination in Today’s Healthcare System Congress B (4th Floor)Alex Sheldon • Elle Lett • Jesse Ehrenfeld • David Oliver • American Medical Association Covering LGBTQ+ Issues in Red States Congress C (4th Floor)Xan Hart • Spencer Brooks • Ryan Wood • Christopher Kane • TEGNA Dogma and Disinformation: Challenges in Political Reporting Today Congress A (4th Floor)Steven Overly (he/him) • Grace Ashford • Eugene Scott • Jo Yurcaba • Think.Public.Media Radical Storytelling Through Independent Journalism presented by The Curve Foundation Regency C2 (Floor 2M)Travers Johnson • Leo Aquino • Erin Reed • Alex Medina

11:45am EDT

Bi+ Brown-Bag Meet-Up Parlor 413 (4th Floor) QPOC Brown-Bag Meet-Up Parlor 415 (4th Floor) Lunch on Your Own Offsite

1:00pm EDT

Michael Triplett Series: Under Attack but Keeping the Faith: the Weaponization of Religion and the LGBTQ Community Regency B (Floor 2M)Cathy Renna • Nico Lang (they/them) • Jaweed Kaleem • Jamie Bruesehoff • Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza • Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart • General Motors

2:45pm EDT

AP Style: A Tool Book, Not a Rule Book Congress C (4th Floor)Bethany Grace Howe • Jeff McMillan (he/him) • Paula Froke • Pia Sarkar • Anna Jo Bratton Beyond the Breaking News: Covering LGBTQ+ Communities and Spaces Congress B (4th Floor)Mary Helene Hall • Erik Hall • Kim Bojórquez • Stephanie Solis • Jamie Stockwell • Axios Laws and Lives: Covering The Wave Of Anti-Trans Bills On The Road To “Eradication” Regency C2 (Floor 2M)Adam Rhodes • Minami Funakoshi • Jo Yurcaba News You Can Use: The LGBTQ+ Game Show Congress A (4th Floor)Kelly Frank • Lee Grossman • Thomas Hanson • Kris Van Cleave • Norman Oliver • CBS

3:30pm EDT

Coffee Break Café Congress Foyer (4th Floor)

4:00pm EDT

From Headlines to Headphones: Podcasting 101 Congress A (4th Floor)Sydney Harper • Benjamin Coy • Bryan Lowder • Madeline Ducharme • Christina Cauterucci From the Front Office to the Field: Journalism's Role in Building Visibility for LGBTQ Leaders in Sports Congress B (4th Floor)Karleigh Webb • Cyd Zeigler • Vox Queer Science! Find Your Voice — and Work — as a Science/Medical Writer Congress C (4th Floor)Kristina Marusic • Bryn Nelson • Miriam Fauzia • Randy Dotinga

5:15pm EDT

AI, AI, Ooohhhhh … Congress B (4th Floor)Arlyn Gajilan • Eric Hegedus • Ina Fried • Erin Coyle Convention CONNECTions: A Showcase of Student Work Congress A (4th Floor)TEGNA • MGM Resorts

6:00pm EDT

Open 12-Step Meeting Parlor 415 (4th Floor)

6:30pm EDT

Diversity Reception Regency Foyer (Floor 2M)

7:30pm EDT

2023 Closing Reception Regency Ballroom (Floor 2M)

10:00am EDT

NLGJA Board of Directors Meeting Lescaze