UW Center for Journalism Ethics Conference

press release: Kara Swisher is the editor-at-large of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast and co-executive producer of the Code Conference. She also has a special series on MSNBC called “Revolution” on the impact of technology on work, society and more, and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

Swisher co-founded former Recode and Code owner Revere Digital and, before that, co-produced and co-hosted The Wall Street Journal’s “D: All Things Digital,” with Walt Mossberg. It was the major high-tech conference with interviewees such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and many other leading players in the tech and media industries.

Previously, Swisher worked as a reporter at the Washington Post and as an editor at the City Paper of Washington, D.C. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and her graduate degree at Columbia University’s School of Journalism.

Swisher is also the author of “aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web,” published by Times Business Books in July 1998. The sequel, “There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future,” was published in the fall of 2003 by Crown Business Books.

PROGRAM

9 AM: KEYNOTE CONVERSATION WITH KARA SWISHER

The View from Silicon Valley: Gender, Journalism & Tech

10 AM: THE POWER OF PORTRAYALS IN A WIRED WORLD

• Barbara Glickstein, director of communications, Media Projects at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University School of Nursing
• more panelists to come

Moderated by Tracy Lucht, associate professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University

11:15 AM: GENDER AT WORK: OVERCOMING BIAS IN THE NEWSROOM

• Michelle Ferrier, dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, founder of TrollBusters.com
• Christina Kahrl, senior editor for MLB coverage at ESPN
• Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Moderated by Lindsay Palmer, assistant professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, UW-Madison

12:15 PM: LUNCH & SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS

1:15 PM: SHADID AWARD RECOGNITION

1:30 PM: REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS: MOVING FORWARD WITH EQUITY & INTEGRITY

• Sharif Durhams, senior editor, CNN
• Elisa Lee Muñoz, executive director, International Women’s Media Foundation
• Tracy Schweikert, vice president of human resources, POLITICO
• Susan Ramsett, general manager, KWQC TV-6

Moderated by Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity, Loyola University Chicago

2:45 PM CLOSING REMARKS