Thursday:

Reporting Expedition (optional)
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
4 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Advance reservations required. Contact James W. Crawley, vice president, at james.w.crawley@gmail.com

Keynote Address and Reception
Speaker: to be announced
McCormick Tribune Auditorium
Northwestern University
7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Friday

9 a.m. -- Welcome

9:15 a.m. -- Morning Session
Oh, those Baghdad Blues - Cheating death while finding the story.

10:45 a.m. -- Morning Breakout Sessions

A. Covering the Home Front - Putting on the full-court press in Peoria.

B. JAG & the journalist -- Reporting on military justice

C. Pictures of War I

12:30 p.m. -- Luncheon Address - Annual awards and speaker to be announced.

2 p.m. -- Afternoon Session

Crisis in Your Backyard - Fighting through the homefront fog.

3:45 p.m. -- Afternoon Breakout Sessions

A. Getting the Package - Beyond the VO and sound bite at 6 & 11.

B. Crisis Over There - Pounding out the story after dodging the bullets.

C. Pictures of War II.

Dinner - on your own.

SATURDAY - Training Day

9 a.m. - Breakfast meeting, election of officers and board

10 a.m. - Morning Breakout Sessions

A. Military 101 - The ABCs of reporting on America's armed forces.

B. Defense download - Computer-assisted reporting and the military.

11:30 a.m. - Lunch - Box lunch and checkout time

12:30 p.m. - Afternoon Breakout Sessions

A. Military 102 - Niche reporting and playing with the big boys.

B. Synergizing the Military Story - Melding words, TV and the Internet.

2 p.m. - Conference closes.

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