Schedule

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4
4–5:30 p.m. SPOTLIGHT
Documentary Film Screening and Q&A: A Murder in Mercer
5:30–7 p.m. Registration
The Hub: Exhibitors
Opening Networking Reception

 

THURSDAY, NOV. 5
8 a.m.–5 p.m Registration
Media Tours
Adviser Lounge (sponsored by USAFacts)
8 a.m.–6:30 p.m. The Hub: Exhibitors, ACP Best of Show Entries
9 a.m.–10:50 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Critiques
10–10:50 a.m. CMA Pinnacle Awards: News and Opinion
11–11:50 a.m. KEYNOTE
Lauren Woodman, president, USAFacts
1–4:50 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Critiques
1–1:50 p.m. CMA Pinnacle Awards: Advertising and General
3–3:50 p.m. CMA Pinnacle Awards: Creative
4–4:50 p.m. CMA Membership Meeting and Adviser Awards
5–6:30 p.m. Student Networking Reception
(sponsored by Student Press Freedom Initiative-FIRE)

 

FRIDAY, NOV. 6
8 a.m.–5 p.m Registration
Media Tours
Adviser Lounge (sponsored by USAFacts)
8 a.m.–6:30 p.m. The Hub: Exhibitors
9 a.m.–10:50 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Critiques
10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. CMA Pinnacle Awards: Sports and Features
11–11:50 a.m. KEYNOTE
Dave Jorgenson, journalist, author and video producer, Local News International
Noon ACP Best of Show Entries Due
1–4:50 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Critiques
2–2:50 p.m. Organizational Pinnacle Awards
3–3:50 p.m. Organizational Pinnacle Awards
4–4:50 p.m SPOTLIGHT
Sarah Kellogg & Rachel Lippmann, reporters, St. Louis Public Radio
5–6:30 p.m. Adviser Networking Reception
(sponsored by Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism)

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 7
8–11 a.m. Registration
7:30–9 a.m. ACP Advisory Committee Breakfast
8 a.m.–1 p.m. Adviser Lounge (sponsored by USAFacts)
9 a.m.–10:50 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Critiques
11–11:50 a.m. KEYNOTE
Matt Flener, Investigative Reporter, KMBC 9 News 
12:30–2:30 p.m. ACP Awards: Pacemakers, Best of Show, Individual Awards