9 a.m. Meet & Greet

10 a.m. Welcome — NAAJ President
Voting for NAAJ Board Begins
Voting for Thumps Down Award Starts
10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker
11 a.m. Panel: State of the African Media &
Persecution of African Journalists
Panelists:
Chika Onyeani, publisher and editor in chief,
African Sun-Times, New York.
Praxedes Jeremiah, editor & producer, Voice of
America’s Studio Seven & NAAJ vice
president-broadcast.
James Butty, Host, Voice of America’s Daybreak
Africa
Sandra Nyaira, freelancer & president,
NAAJ-U.K. Chapter
Moderator:
Eyobong Ita, NAAJ President & acting city editor,
Springfield News-Sun.
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1: 30 p.m. Multimedia with Keith Jenkins, supervising senior producer for Multimedia at NPR.org
2:30 p.m. Multimedia with Brian Henderson, creative director and the founder of Brimmage Communications, a visual service company in Washington D.C.
3:30 p.m. Legalities of Blogging with Maidstone Mulenga, conversion global editor, Rochester Democrat-Chronicle & NAAJ vice president-print
4:30 p.m. Media & Conflict — Father Clement Aapengnuo, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University
5:30p.m. Annual Meeting
6 p.m. Voting Ends
7 p.m. Announcement of Election Results
7:30 p.m. Swearing-in of new Board members
8 p.m. Conference ends

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